diff --git a/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md b/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
index 697526d7685d..0f95d73be3a1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+## 8.0.0-alpha.3
+
+- Addon-docs: Fix storybook MDX check - [#24696](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/24696), thanks [@shilman](https://github.com/shilman)!
+- Addons: Remove unused postinstall package - [#25150](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25150), thanks [@shilman](https://github.com/shilman)!
+- Angular: Update Angular cli templates - [#25152](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25152), thanks [@Marklb](https://github.com/Marklb)!
+- Blocks: Fix Subtitle block for unattached docs pages - [#25157](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25157), thanks [@kripod](https://github.com/kripod)!
+- Ember: Fix @storybook/ember - [#23435](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23435), thanks [@francois2metz](https://github.com/francois2metz)!
+- Maintenance: Set engines field to Node.js >= 18 for packages - [#25105](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25105), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!
+
 ## 8.0.0-alpha.2
 
 - Core: Maintenance changes for NextJS embedding - [#25086](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25086), thanks [@shilman](https://github.com/shilman)!
diff --git a/code/package.json b/code/package.json
index ab56dd6aa804..0b9aa0ac2cb7 100644
--- a/code/package.json
+++ b/code/package.json
@@ -316,5 +316,6 @@
         "Dependency Upgrades"
       ]
     ]
-  }
+  },
+  "deferredNextVersion": "8.0.0-alpha.3"
 }
diff --git a/docs/versions/next.json b/docs/versions/next.json
index fa9aa8ce29c5..87806eaaf3b8 100644
--- a/docs/versions/next.json
+++ b/docs/versions/next.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"version":"8.0.0-alpha.2","info":{"plain":"- Core: Maintenance changes for NextJS embedding - [#25086](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25086), thanks [@shilman](https://github.com/shilman)!\n- Docs: Use encodeURIComponent to encode story name - [#25062](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25062), thanks [@xyy94813](https://github.com/xyy94813)!\n- Init: Allow users to generate a new project in empty directory - [#24997](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/24997), thanks [@Integrayshaun](https://github.com/Integrayshaun)!\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)!\n- Vue: Remove unused preset-vue-webpack - [#25151](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25151), thanks [@shilman](https://github.com/shilman)!"}}
+{"version":"8.0.0-alpha.3","info":{"plain":"- Addon-docs: Fix storybook MDX check - [#24696](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/24696), thanks [@shilman](https://github.com/shilman)!\n- Addons: Remove unused postinstall package - [#25150](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25150), thanks [@shilman](https://github.com/shilman)!\n- Angular: Update Angular cli templates - [#25152](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25152), thanks [@Marklb](https://github.com/Marklb)!\n- Blocks: Fix Subtitle block for unattached docs pages - [#25157](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25157), thanks [@kripod](https://github.com/kripod)!\n- Ember: Fix @storybook/ember - [#23435](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23435), thanks [@francois2metz](https://github.com/francois2metz)!\n- Maintenance: Set engines field to Node.js >= 18 for packages - [#25105](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25105), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!"}}