diff --git a/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md b/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
index 05bbfb9847d..0c77f07cefc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## 8.5.0-beta.4
+
+- Addon Themes: Deprecate useThemeParameters - [#30111](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/30111), thanks @yannbf!
+- Build: Downgrade to esbuild 0.24.0 - [#30116](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/30116), thanks @yannbf!
+- CLI: Re-Add Nuxt support - [#28607](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/28607), thanks @valentinpalkovic!
+- Core: Prevent infinite rerendering caused by comparison by reference - [#30081](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/30081), thanks @ghengeveld!
+
 ## 8.5.0-beta.3
 
 - Addon A11y: Fix skipped status handling in Testing Module - [#30077](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/30077), thanks @valentinpalkovic!
diff --git a/code/package.json b/code/package.json
index 5b5a7ae214d..9a2137742b2 100644
--- a/code/package.json
+++ b/code/package.json
@@ -294,5 +294,6 @@
         "Dependency Upgrades"
       ]
     ]
-  }
+  },
+  "deferredNextVersion": "8.5.0-beta.4"
 }
diff --git a/docs/versions/next.json b/docs/versions/next.json
index 35963144623..33865fddf4f 100644
--- a/docs/versions/next.json
+++ b/docs/versions/next.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"version":"8.5.0-beta.3","info":{"plain":"- Addon A11y: Fix skipped status handling in Testing Module - [#30077](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/30077), thanks @valentinpalkovic!\n- Core: Float context menu button on top of story titles in sidebar - [#30080](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/30080), thanks @ghengeveld!\n- Onboarding: Replace `react-confetti` with `@neoconfetti/react` - [#30098](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/30098), thanks @ndelangen!"}}
+{"version":"8.5.0-beta.4","info":{"plain":"- Addon Themes: Deprecate useThemeParameters - [#30111](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/30111), thanks @yannbf!\n- Build: Downgrade to esbuild 0.24.0 - [#30116](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/30116), thanks @yannbf!\n- CLI: Re-Add Nuxt support - [#28607](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/28607), thanks @valentinpalkovic!\n- Core: Prevent infinite rerendering caused by comparison by reference - [#30081](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/30081), thanks @ghengeveld!"}}