diff --git a/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md b/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
index 840c5ee3edb8..7531b8ae1743 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 8.0.0-alpha.18
+
+- UI: Fix custom tabs not showing in the manager - [#25792](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25792), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!
+
 ## 8.0.0-alpha.17
 
 - CLI: Fix add command for non monorepo deps - [#25791](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25791), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!
diff --git a/code/package.json b/code/package.json
index e813ddf3ae86..eb65f4b3937d 100644
--- a/code/package.json
+++ b/code/package.json
@@ -292,5 +292,6 @@
         "Dependency Upgrades"
       ]
     ]
-  }
+  },
+  "deferredNextVersion": "8.0.0-alpha.18"
 }
diff --git a/docs/versions/next.json b/docs/versions/next.json
index 05542e26f3d1..8896cb52377d 100644
--- a/docs/versions/next.json
+++ b/docs/versions/next.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"version":"8.0.0-alpha.17","info":{"plain":"- CLI: Fix add command for non monorepo deps - [#25791](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25791), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!\n- 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)!"}}
+{"version":"8.0.0-alpha.18","info":{"plain":"- UI: Fix custom tabs not showing in the manager - [#25792](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25792), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!"}}