diff --git a/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md b/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
index cae24fdc0f31..e297bd8aeffe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## 8.0.0-alpha.2
+
+- Docs: Use encodeURIComponent to encode story name - [#25062](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25062), thanks [@xyy94813](https://github.com/xyy94813)!
+- Svelte: Support v5 prereleases - [#24889](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/24889), thanks [@allozaur](https://github.com/allozaur)!
+- Vue: Remove deprecated vue packages from next - [#25108](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25108), thanks [@kasperpeulen](https://github.com/kasperpeulen)!
+
 ## 8.0.0-alpha.1
 
 - Angular: Drop v14.x support - [#25101](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25101), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!
diff --git a/code/package.json b/code/package.json
index ed73b890ed7e..dc7e5676f831 100644
--- a/code/package.json
+++ b/code/package.json
@@ -318,5 +318,6 @@
         "Dependency Upgrades"
       ]
     ]
-  }
+  },
+  "deferredNextVersion": "8.0.0-alpha.2"
 }
diff --git a/docs/versions/next.json b/docs/versions/next.json
index fae3915b5229..0ec4eaae770e 100644
--- a/docs/versions/next.json
+++ b/docs/versions/next.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"version":"8.0.0-alpha.1","info":{"plain":"- Angular: Drop v14.x support - [#25101](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25101), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!\n- Angular: Fix CSF Plugin - [#25098](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25098), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!\n- Build: Fix Angular sandbox - [#23896](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23896), thanks [@Marklb](https://github.com/Marklb)!\n- CLI: Improve dependency metadata detection in storybook doctor - [#25037](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25037), thanks [@yannbf](https://github.com/yannbf)!\n- CLI: Point the update-notice to the changelog in the suggested version - [#19911](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/19911), thanks [@cprecioso](https://github.com/cprecioso)!\n- CLI: Typescript strict mode - [#22254](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/22254), thanks [@0916dhkim](https://github.com/0916dhkim)!\n- CSF: Autotitle fix multiple dots and handle stories.js - [#21840](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/21840), thanks [@agriffis](https://github.com/agriffis)!\n- Next.js: Add next/font/local declarations support - [#24983](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/24983), thanks [@MauricioRobayo](https://github.com/MauricioRobayo)!\n- Next.js: Drop Next.js < v13.5 support - [#25104](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25104), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!\n- Next.js: Fix AppRouterProvider usage - [#25032](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25032), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!\n- Next.js: Fix next/font/local usage in babel mode - [#25045](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25045), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!\n- Next.js: Update validateData function for next/font compatibility - [#25061](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25061), thanks [@kkirby](https://github.com/kkirby)!\n- NextJS: Add experimental RSC support - [#25091](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25091), thanks [@shilman](https://github.com/shilman)!\n- React-Docgen: Make error-handling more gentle - [#25055](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25055), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!\n- React: Change `StoryFnReactReturnType` to `JSX.Element` - [#23204](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23204), thanks [@chakAs3](https://github.com/chakAs3)!\n- React: Set `react-docgen` to default TS docgen - [#24165](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/24165), thanks [@shilman](https://github.com/shilman)!\n- SvelteKit: Fix HMR not working - [#25031](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25031), thanks [@JReinhold](https://github.com/JReinhold)!\n- TypeScript: Migrate `@storybook/docs-tools` to strict TS - [#22567](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/22567), thanks [@efrenaragon96](https://github.com/efrenaragon96)!\n- UI: Add stricter types to the language property of the SyntaxHighlighter - [#22790](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/22790), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!\n- Viewport: Fix viewport dts files - [#25107](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25107), thanks [@kasperpeulen](https://github.com/kasperpeulen)!\n- Webpack: Fix exclude regex in react-docgen-loader - [#25030](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25030), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!"}}
+{"version":"8.0.0-alpha.2","info":{"plain":"- Docs: Use encodeURIComponent to encode story name - [#25062](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25062), thanks [@xyy94813](https://github.com/xyy94813)!\n- Svelte: Support v5 prereleases - [#24889](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/24889), thanks [@allozaur](https://github.com/allozaur)!\n- Vue: Remove deprecated vue packages from next - [#25108](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25108), thanks [@kasperpeulen](https://github.com/kasperpeulen)!"}}