diff --git a/.changeset/pre.json b/.changeset/pre.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bc7c401c05a54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/pre.json
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{
+  "mode": "pre",
+  "tag": "next",
+  "initialVersions": {
+    "astro": "2.9.6",
+    "@astrojs/prism": "2.1.2",
+    "@astrojs/rss": "2.4.3",
+    "create-astro": "3.1.10",
+    "@astrojs/alpinejs": "0.2.2",
+    "@astrojs/cloudflare": "6.6.2",
+    "@astrojs/deno": "4.3.0",
+    "@astrojs/image": "0.17.2",
+    "@astrojs/lit": "2.1.0",
+    "@astrojs/markdoc": "0.4.4",
+    "@astrojs/mdx": "0.19.7",
+    "@astrojs/netlify": "2.5.1",
+    "@astrojs/node": "5.3.0",
+    "@astrojs/partytown": "1.2.3",
+    "@astrojs/preact": "2.2.1",
+    "@astrojs/prefetch": "0.3.0",
+    "@astrojs/react": "2.2.1",
+    "@astrojs/sitemap": "2.0.1",
+    "@astrojs/solid-js": "2.2.0",
+    "@astrojs/svelte": "3.1.0",
+    "@astrojs/tailwind": "4.0.0",
+    "@astrojs/turbolinks": "0.2.2",
+    "@astrojs/vercel": "3.7.4",
+    "@astrojs/vue": "2.2.1",
+    "@astrojs/internal-helpers": "0.1.1",
+    "@astrojs/markdown-component": "1.0.5",
+    "@astrojs/markdown-remark": "2.2.1",
+    "@astrojs/telemetry": "2.1.1",
+    "@astrojs/underscore-redirects": "0.2.0"
+  },
+  "changesets": []
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e30175ad7ebd6..f952f6c6b0f8c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
       - "1-legacy"
+      - next
 
 defaults:
   run: