diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## 7.1.2
+
+- Addon: Create @storybook/addon-themes - [#23524](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23524), thanks [@Integrayshaun](https://github.com/Integrayshaun)!
+- Angular: Fix initialization of Storybook in Angular 16.1 - [#23598](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23598), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!
+- Dependencies: Downgrade `jest-mock` - [#23597](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23597), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!
+- Dependencies: Upgrade simple-update-notifier - [#23396](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23396), thanks [@dartess](https://github.com/dartess)!
+
 ## 7.1.1
 
 - Angular: Make enableProdMode optional - [#23489](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23489), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!
diff --git a/code/package.json b/code/package.json
index ede08c95eacf..5e97885ccee5 100644
--- a/code/package.json
+++ b/code/package.json
@@ -326,5 +326,6 @@
         "Dependency Upgrades"
       ]
     ]
-  }
+  },
+  "deferredNextVersion": "7.1.2"
 }
diff --git a/docs/versions/latest.json b/docs/versions/latest.json
index 8e259c0c84ab..23fa519a65b2 100644
--- a/docs/versions/latest.json
+++ b/docs/versions/latest.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"version":"7.1.1","info":{"plain":"- Angular: Make enableProdMode optional - [#23489](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23489), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!\n- CLI: Gracefully shutdown and cleanup execa child processes - [#23538](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23538), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!\n- CLI: Improve support of mono repositories - [#23458](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23458), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!"}}
+{"version":"7.1.2","info":{"plain":"- Addon: Create @storybook/addon-themes - [#23524](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23524), thanks [@Integrayshaun](https://github.com/Integrayshaun)!\n- Angular: Fix initialization of Storybook in Angular 16.1 - [#23598](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23598), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!\n- Dependencies: Downgrade `jest-mock` - [#23597](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23597), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!\n- Dependencies: Upgrade simple-update-notifier - [#23396](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23396), thanks [@dartess](https://github.com/dartess)!"}}