diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 95e77ff0a..8f33afabc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@ on:
 jobs:
   release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: ${{ !github.event.pull_request || github.event.pull_request.merged == true && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'released') }}
+    if: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'released') }}
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
       - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v2
         with:
           version: 8.4.0
@@ -44,16 +46,32 @@ jobs:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_NPM_TOKEN }}
           ACTIONS_STEP_DEBUG: ${{ secrets.ACTIONS_STEP_DEBUG }}
+          PREVIEW_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.pull_request.merged != true && github.head_ref }}
+          GITHUB_REF: ${{ github.head_ref }}
+          # GITHUB_CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(github) }}
         run: |
           if [[ "${TRACE:-false}" == true || "${ACTIONS_STEP_DEBUG:-false}" == true ]]; then
             set -o xtrace # Trace the execution of the script (debug)
           fi
+          unset GITHUB_ACTIONS
           . ./packages/dx/bin/release-packages.sh
 
           changed_paths="$(gh pr view --json files --jq '.files.[].path' "${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}" | cut -d / -f 1,2 | uniq)";
-          release_packages "$changed_paths"
-          released_packages=$(extract_package_versions "$changed_paths");
+          release_notes=$(release_packages "$changed_paths" "$PREVIEW_BRANCH")
+          echo "$release_notes"
 
-          if [[ "${{github.event.pull_request.number}}" != "" && "$released_packages" != "" ]]; then
-            gh pr comment "${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}" --body "🚀 Released in ${released_packages}"
+          if [ "${{github.event.pull_request.number}}" != "" ]; then
+            if [ "$PREVIEW_BRANCH" = "" ]; then
+              released_packages=$(extract_package_versions "$changed_paths");
+              if [ "$released_packages" != "" ]; then
+                gh pr comment "${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}" --body "🚀 This PR changes was released in ${released_packages}"
+              else
+                gh pr comment "${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}" --body "No packages to release"
+              fi
+            else
+              echo -e "# Release notes for packages that will be published after merge\n\n" > release_notes.txt
+              echo "$release_notes" | sed 's/\x1B\[[0-9;]\{1,\}[A-Za-z]//g' | sed '/^##/,$!d' >> release_notes.txt
+              gh pr comment "${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}" --body-file ./release_notes.txt
+              rm -f release_notes.txt
+            fi
           fi
diff --git a/packages/casl-mongoose/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/casl-mongoose/CHANGELOG.md
index 30baf20de..ad3e264d5 100644
--- a/packages/casl-mongoose/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/casl-mongoose/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
-## [7.3.1](https://github.com/stalniy/casl/compare/@casl/mongoose@7.3.0...@casl/mongoose@7.3.1) (2024-03-27)
+## [8.0.1](https://github.com/stalniy/casl/compare/@casl/mongoose@8.0.0...@casl/mongoose@8.0.1) (2024-03-27)
 
 
 ### Bug Fixes
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ### Features
 
-* adds accessibleBy and accessibleFieldsBy to casl-mongoose ([#880](https://github.com/stalniy/casl/issues/880)) ([42745d6](https://github.com/stalniy/casl/commit/42745d65fc6a4c1752ded2599ab37246292b1c84))
+* adds `accessibleBy` and `accessibleFieldsBy` to casl-mongoose ([#880](https://github.com/stalniy/casl/issues/880)) ([42745d6](https://github.com/stalniy/casl/commit/42745d65fc6a4c1752ded2599ab37246292b1c84))
 
 ## [7.2.2](https://github.com/stalniy/casl/compare/@casl/mongoose@7.2.1...@casl/mongoose@7.2.2) (2024-01-31)
 
diff --git a/packages/casl-mongoose/package.json b/packages/casl-mongoose/package.json
index 5ba632546..dc6801ac7 100644
--- a/packages/casl-mongoose/package.json
+++ b/packages/casl-mongoose/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@casl/mongoose",
-  "version": "7.3.1",
+  "version": "8.0.1",
   "description": "Allows to query accessible records from MongoDB based on CASL rules",
   "main": "dist/es6c/index.js",
   "es2015": "dist/es6m/index.mjs",
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
   "author": "Sergii Stotskyi <sergiy.stotskiy@gmail.com>",
   "license": "MIT",
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "@casl/ability": "^6.3.2",
+    "@casl/ability": "^6.7.0",
     "mongoose": "^6.0.13 || ^7.0.0 || ^8.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/dx/bin/release-packages.sh b/packages/dx/bin/release-packages.sh
index 93f4ce653..e8f5d303a 100755
--- a/packages/dx/bin/release-packages.sh
+++ b/packages/dx/bin/release-packages.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 
 release_packages() {
   changed_paths=$1;
+  preview_branch=$2;
+
+  echo "Releasing packages with the next args (branch: ${preview_branch:-master}): $changed_paths"
 
   if [ "$changed_paths" = "" ];then
-      echo <<<______HERE__
+    echo <<<______HERE__
       Usage:
         release-packages "packages/casl-ability"
         release-packages '
@@ -28,8 +31,12 @@ ______HERE__;
       pnpm_options="${pnpm_options} --filter ./${path}"
   done
 
-  echo "running: pnpm run -r $pnpm_options release" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-  pnpm run -r $pnpm_options release
+  release_options=""
+  if [ "$preview_branch" != "" ]; then
+    release_options="  --dry-run --no-ci --branches master,$preview_branch"
+  fi
+  echo "running: pnpm run -r $pnpm_options release $release_options" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+  pnpm run -r $pnpm_options release $release_options
 }
 
 extract_package_versions() {