diff --git a/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md b/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
index 8be319848da1..622ac1189722 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+## 8.4.0-beta.1
+
+- Addon Test: Error when addon interactions exists - [#29434](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29434), thanks @valentinpalkovic!
+- Addon Test: Escape XML when converting ANSI to HTML in test errors - [#29446](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29446), thanks @ghengeveld!
+- Addon Test: Fix hiding stacktrace for assertion errors in test panel - [#29458](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29458), thanks @ghengeveld!
+- CLI: Fix `yarn` detection - [#29448](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29448), thanks @ndelangen!
+- Core: Close story status menu when selecting an item - [#29455](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29455), thanks @ghengeveld!
+- Core: Open 'Component tests' addon panel when clicking a story status - [#29456](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29456), thanks @ghengeveld!
+- Core: Show checkmark icon in story status dropdown and update status label for component tests - [#29451](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29451), thanks @ghengeveld!
+- Dependencies: Upgrade VTA to v3.1.0 - [#29449](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29449), thanks @ghengeveld!
+- Maintenance: Fix broken and outdated documentation links - [#29412](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29412), thanks @jonniebigodes!
+
 ## 8.4.0-beta.0
 
 - Core: Add unified UI Testing Module - [#29241](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29241), thanks @yannbf!
diff --git a/code/package.json b/code/package.json
index d45bb18f3f43..642cda1ae24c 100644
--- a/code/package.json
+++ b/code/package.json
@@ -293,5 +293,6 @@
         "Dependency Upgrades"
       ]
     ]
-  }
+  },
+  "deferredNextVersion": "8.4.0-beta.1"
 }
diff --git a/docs/versions/next.json b/docs/versions/next.json
index 1c8227c452c5..8fd540cc156a 100644
--- a/docs/versions/next.json
+++ b/docs/versions/next.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"version":"8.4.0-beta.0","info":{"plain":"- Core: Add unified UI Testing Module - [#29241](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29241), thanks @yannbf!\n- Svelte: Improve argTypes inference with `svelte2tsx` - support runes - [#29423](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29423), thanks @JReinhold!"}}
+{"version":"8.4.0-beta.1","info":{"plain":"- Addon Test: Error when addon interactions exists - [#29434](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29434), thanks @valentinpalkovic!\n- Addon Test: Escape XML when converting ANSI to HTML in test errors - [#29446](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29446), thanks @ghengeveld!\n- Addon Test: Fix hiding stacktrace for assertion errors in test panel - [#29458](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29458), thanks @ghengeveld!\n- CLI: Fix `yarn` detection - [#29448](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29448), thanks @ndelangen!\n- Core: Close story status menu when selecting an item - [#29455](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29455), thanks @ghengeveld!\n- Core: Open 'Component tests' addon panel when clicking a story status - [#29456](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29456), thanks @ghengeveld!\n- Core: Show checkmark icon in story status dropdown and update status label for component tests - [#29451](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29451), thanks @ghengeveld!\n- Dependencies: Upgrade VTA to v3.1.0 - [#29449](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29449), thanks @ghengeveld!\n- Maintenance: Fix broken and outdated documentation links - [#29412](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/29412), thanks @jonniebigodes!"}}