diff --git a/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md b/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
index 620e9307a8a7..5cabcb48423f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+## 8.0.0-beta.3
+
+- Actions: Add spy to action for explicit actions - [#26033](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/26033), thanks [@kasperpeulen](https://github.com/kasperpeulen)!
+- Addon Themes: Make type generic less strict - [#26042](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/26042), thanks [@yannbf](https://github.com/yannbf)!
+- Addon-docs: Fix pnpm+Vite failing to build with `@storybook/theming` Rollup error - [#26024](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/26024), thanks [@JReinhold](https://github.com/JReinhold)!
+- CLI: Refactor to add autoblockers - [#25934](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25934), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!
+- Codemod: Migrate to test package - [#25958](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25958), thanks [@kasperpeulen](https://github.com/kasperpeulen)!
+- Portable stories: Only provide a play function wrapper if it exists - [#25974](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25974), thanks [@yannbf](https://github.com/yannbf)!
+
 ## 8.0.0-beta.2
 
 - Core: Fix boolean `true` args in URL getting ignored - [#25950](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25950), thanks [@JReinhold](https://github.com/JReinhold)!
diff --git a/code/package.json b/code/package.json
index ae2ef37fd85a..ec5bb2c3de6e 100644
--- a/code/package.json
+++ b/code/package.json
@@ -292,5 +292,6 @@
         "Dependency Upgrades"
       ]
     ]
-  }
+  },
+  "deferredNextVersion": "8.0.0-beta.3"
 }
diff --git a/docs/versions/next.json b/docs/versions/next.json
index 615ec622d172..a8fda1f7dc3a 100644
--- a/docs/versions/next.json
+++ b/docs/versions/next.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"version":"8.0.0-beta.2","info":{"plain":"- Core: Fix boolean `true` args in URL getting ignored - [#25950](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25950), thanks [@JReinhold](https://github.com/JReinhold)!\n- Core: Move @types packages to dev deps in core-common - [#25387](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25387), thanks [@kyletsang](https://github.com/kyletsang)!\n- Maintenance: Rename testing-utils paths to portable-stories - [#25888](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25888), thanks [@yannbf](https://github.com/yannbf)!\n- Portable stories: Pass story context to the play function of a composed story - [#25943](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25943), thanks [@yannbf](https://github.com/yannbf)!\n- UI: Fix `display=true` warning in console - [#25951](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25951), thanks [@JReinhold](https://github.com/JReinhold)!\n- UI: Update deprecated Icons with the new @storybook/icons in addons - [#25822](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25822), thanks [@cdedreuille](https://github.com/cdedreuille)!\n- Vite: Add a `rollup-plugin-webpack-stats` to allow stats from preview builds - [#25923](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25923), thanks [@tmeasday](https://github.com/tmeasday)!"}}
+{"version":"8.0.0-beta.3","info":{"plain":"- Actions: Add spy to action for explicit actions - [#26033](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/26033), thanks [@kasperpeulen](https://github.com/kasperpeulen)!\n- Addon Themes: Make type generic less strict - [#26042](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/26042), thanks [@yannbf](https://github.com/yannbf)!\n- Addon-docs: Fix pnpm+Vite failing to build with `@storybook/theming` Rollup error - [#26024](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/26024), thanks [@JReinhold](https://github.com/JReinhold)!\n- CLI: Refactor to add autoblockers - [#25934](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25934), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!\n- Codemod: Migrate to test package - [#25958](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25958), thanks [@kasperpeulen](https://github.com/kasperpeulen)!\n- Portable stories: Only provide a play function wrapper if it exists - [#25974](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25974), thanks [@yannbf](https://github.com/yannbf)!"}}