diff --git a/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md b/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
index 0ee045065da6..f1707007d862 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## 8.0.0-alpha.17
+
+- Core: Fix `--test` must be passed for `build.test` values to be set. - [#25828](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25828), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!
+- Test: Fix vitest patch to work with portable stories and upgrade testing-library/jest-dom - [#25840](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25840), thanks [@kasperpeulen](https://github.com/kasperpeulen)!
+- UI: Fix sidebar top and bottom addons not showing - [#25825](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25825), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!
+- Webpack: Update StorybookConfig import in core-webpack types.ts - [#25740](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25740), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!
+
 ## 8.0.0-alpha.16
 
 - CLI: Fix `upgrade` detecting the wrong version of existing Storybooks - [#25752](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25752), thanks [@JReinhold](https://github.com/JReinhold)!
diff --git a/code/package.json b/code/package.json
index 11d7a645835f..54724214567a 100644
--- a/code/package.json
+++ b/code/package.json
@@ -292,5 +292,6 @@
         "Dependency Upgrades"
       ]
     ]
-  }
+  },
+  "deferredNextVersion": "8.0.0-alpha.17"
 }
diff --git a/docs/versions/next.json b/docs/versions/next.json
index 5cafa5e5cdea..ba6a8cb781e2 100644
--- a/docs/versions/next.json
+++ b/docs/versions/next.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"version":"8.0.0-alpha.16","info":{"plain":"- CLI: Fix `upgrade` detecting the wrong version of existing Storybooks - [#25752](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25752), thanks [@JReinhold](https://github.com/JReinhold)!\n- CLI: Update init for react native v7 - [#25780](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25780), thanks [@dannyhw](https://github.com/dannyhw)!\n- UI: Improve how the addon panel work on mobile - [#25787](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25787), thanks [@cdedreuille](https://github.com/cdedreuille)!"}}
+{"version":"8.0.0-alpha.17","info":{"plain":"- Core: Fix `--test` must be passed for `build.test` values to be set. - [#25828](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25828), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!\n- Test: Fix vitest patch to work with portable stories and upgrade testing-library/jest-dom - [#25840](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25840), thanks [@kasperpeulen](https://github.com/kasperpeulen)!\n- UI: Fix sidebar top and bottom addons not showing - [#25825](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25825), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!\n- Webpack: Update StorybookConfig import in core-webpack types.ts - [#25740](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25740), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!"}}