diff --git a/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md b/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
index b5a18a8a0989..9c8fc4e72ffc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+## 8.5.0-alpha.2
+
+- Addon Test: Only render the TestingModule component in development mode - [#29501](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29501), thanks @yannbf!
+- CLI: Fix Solid init by installing `@storybook/test` - [#29514](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29514), thanks @shilman!
+- Core: Add bun support with npm fallback - [#29267](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29267), thanks @stephenjason89!
+- Core: Add support for groups to `TooltipLinkList` and use it for main Storybook menu - [#29507](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29507), thanks @ghengeveld!
+- Core: Shim CJS-only globals in ESM output - [#29157](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29157), thanks @valentinpalkovic!
+- Next.js: Fix bundled react and react-dom in monorepos - [#29444](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29444), thanks @sentience!
+- Next.js: Upgrade sass-loader from ^13.2.0 to ^14.2.1 - [#29264](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29264), thanks @HoncharenkoZhenya!
+
 ## 8.5.0-alpha.1
 
 - Core: Relax peer dep constraint of shim packages - [#29503](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29503), thanks @kasperpeulen!
diff --git a/code/package.json b/code/package.json
index f0c40b3c83a0..f5eb8d7194da 100644
--- a/code/package.json
+++ b/code/package.json
@@ -293,5 +293,6 @@
         "Dependency Upgrades"
       ]
     ]
-  }
+  },
+  "deferredNextVersion": "8.5.0-alpha.2"
 }
diff --git a/docs/versions/next.json b/docs/versions/next.json
index f7ae322dcdb2..fc37bddaa9f6 100644
--- a/docs/versions/next.json
+++ b/docs/versions/next.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"version":"8.5.0-alpha.1","info":{"plain":"- Core: Relax peer dep constraint of shim packages - [#29503](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29503), thanks @kasperpeulen!"}}
+{"version":"8.5.0-alpha.2","info":{"plain":"- Addon Test: Only render the TestingModule component in development mode - [#29501](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29501), thanks @yannbf!\n- CLI: Fix Solid init by installing `@storybook/test` - [#29514](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29514), thanks @shilman!\n- Core: Add bun support with npm fallback - [#29267](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29267), thanks @stephenjason89!\n- Core: Add support for groups to `TooltipLinkList` and use it for main Storybook menu - [#29507](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29507), thanks @ghengeveld!\n- Core: Shim CJS-only globals in ESM output - [#29157](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29157), thanks @valentinpalkovic!\n- Next.js: Fix bundled react and react-dom in monorepos - [#29444](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29444), thanks @sentience!\n- Next.js: Upgrade sass-loader from ^13.2.0 to ^14.2.1 - [#29264](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29264), thanks @HoncharenkoZhenya!"}}