diff --git a/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md b/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
index 11c0c137f628..0930b04e6a74 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## 8.0.0-alpha.6
+
+- NextJS: Autoconfigure public directory for new projects - [#25279](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25279), thanks [@shilman](https://github.com/shilman)!
+- Vite: Fix pre-transform error in Vite 5 - [#25329](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25329), thanks [@yannbf](https://github.com/yannbf)!
+- Vue3: Fix pnp by making compiler-core a dependency - [#25311](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25311), thanks [@shilman](https://github.com/shilman)!
+
 ## 8.0.0-alpha.5
 
 - Core: Remove the `-s` flag from build & dev - [#25266](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25266), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!
diff --git a/code/package.json b/code/package.json
index 6c3ff4745889..74611f227eda 100644
--- a/code/package.json
+++ b/code/package.json
@@ -308,5 +308,6 @@
         "Dependency Upgrades"
       ]
     ]
-  }
+  },
+  "deferredNextVersion": "8.0.0-alpha.6"
 }
diff --git a/docs/versions/next.json b/docs/versions/next.json
index 5244617df4d6..9731c646282b 100644
--- a/docs/versions/next.json
+++ b/docs/versions/next.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"version":"8.0.0-alpha.5","info":{"plain":"- Core: Remove the `-s` flag from build & dev - [#25266](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25266), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!\n- Core: Skip no-framework error when ignorePreview=true - [#25286](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25286), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!\n- Core: Unique outputDir/cacheDir for each configDir - [#25264](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25264), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!\n- Dependencies: Semver dependency fixes - [#25283](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25283), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!\n- NextJS: Mock out `server-only` package for RSC - [#25263](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25263), thanks [@shilman](https://github.com/shilman)!"}}
+{"version":"8.0.0-alpha.6","info":{"plain":"- NextJS: Autoconfigure public directory for new projects - [#25279](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25279), thanks [@shilman](https://github.com/shilman)!\n- Vite: Fix pre-transform error in Vite 5 - [#25329](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25329), thanks [@yannbf](https://github.com/yannbf)!\n- Vue3: Fix pnp by making compiler-core a dependency - [#25311](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25311), thanks [@shilman](https://github.com/shilman)!"}}