diff --git a/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md b/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
index b6021fc61dc1..92b3fd073479 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+## 7.2.0-rc.1
+
+- Automigration: Fix wrap-require automigration for common js main.js files - [#23644](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23644), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!
+- CSF-tools: Parse stories using typescript keywords 'satisfies' and 'as' - [#23638](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23638), thanks [@joaonunomota](https://github.com/joaonunomota)!
+- Core: Fix channelOptions for serverChannel - [#23615](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23615), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!
+- Maintainance: Fix codeowner docs glob - [#23610](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23610), thanks [@kasperpeulen](https://github.com/kasperpeulen)!
+- NextJS: Add `@babel/core` as a dependency - [#22450](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/22450), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!
+- Vite: Fix config loading - project directory - [#22240](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/22240), thanks [@nVitius](https://github.com/nVitius)!
+
 ## 7.2.0-rc.0
 
 - Addon: Create @storybook/addon-themes - [#23524](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23524), thanks [@Integrayshaun](https://github.com/Integrayshaun)!
diff --git a/code/package.json b/code/package.json
index 8c83b2a41028..d854995c9687 100644
--- a/code/package.json
+++ b/code/package.json
@@ -326,5 +326,6 @@
         "Dependency Upgrades"
       ]
     ]
-  }
+  },
+  "deferredNextVersion": "7.2.0-rc.1"
 }
diff --git a/docs/versions/next.json b/docs/versions/next.json
index 4bf0a26b1a1f..656cf442535e 100644
--- a/docs/versions/next.json
+++ b/docs/versions/next.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"version":"7.2.0-rc.0","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- CLI: Gracefully shutdown and cleanup execa child processes - [#23538](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23538), 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)!\n- Storyshots: fix broken storyshots with angular - [#23555](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23555), thanks [@mattlewis92](https://github.com/mattlewis92)!\n- TypeScript: Added `expanded` to `CoreCommon_StorybookRefs` to fix typescript errors - [#23488](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23488), thanks [@DotwoodMedia](https://github.com/DotwoodMedia)!\n- TypeScript: Downgrade to the last version of type-fest that doesn't need typescript 5.0 - [#23574](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23574), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!\n- Vue2: Source Decorator reactivity - [#23149](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23149), thanks [@chakAs3](https://github.com/chakAs3)!"}}
+{"version":"7.2.0-rc.1","info":{"plain":"- Automigration: Fix wrap-require automigration for common js main.js files - [#23644](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23644), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!\n- CSF-tools: Parse stories using typescript keywords 'satisfies' and 'as' - [#23638](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23638), thanks [@joaonunomota](https://github.com/joaonunomota)!\n- Core: Fix channelOptions for serverChannel - [#23615](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23615), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!\n- Maintainance: Fix codeowner docs glob - [#23610](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23610), thanks [@kasperpeulen](https://github.com/kasperpeulen)!\n- NextJS: Add `@babel/core` as a dependency - [#22450](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/22450), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!\n- Vite: Fix config loading - project directory - [#22240](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/22240), thanks [@nVitius](https://github.com/nVitius)!"}}