diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 28d18cedd4ca..f1861a3686b1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## 7.6.1
+
+- Next.js: Fix AppRouterProvider usage - [#25032](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25032), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!
+- SvelteKit: Fix HMR not working - [#25031](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25031), thanks [@JReinhold](https://github.com/JReinhold)!
+- Test: Downgrade @testing-library/user-event to 14.3.0 - [#25004](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25004), thanks [@kasperpeulen](https://github.com/kasperpeulen)!
+- Webpack: Fix exclude regex in react-docgen-loader - [#25030](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25030), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!
+
 ## 7.6.0
 
 Storybook 7.6 is here with increased performance and much more!
diff --git a/code/package.json b/code/package.json
index d7296cadf934..da3aeb481d18 100644
--- a/code/package.json
+++ b/code/package.json
@@ -328,5 +328,6 @@
         "Dependency Upgrades"
       ]
     ]
-  }
+  },
+  "deferredNextVersion": "7.6.1"
 }
diff --git a/docs/versions/latest.json b/docs/versions/latest.json
index bf6c9f1c4f34..c75de132ca72 100644
--- a/docs/versions/latest.json
+++ b/docs/versions/latest.json
@@ -1,6 +1 @@
-{
-  "version": "7.6.0",
-  "info": {
-    "plain": "- 🔥 Improved SWC support\n- 🧪New test utilities and fast build mode\n- 🔼NextJS SWC + avif support & fixes\n- 🤡 SvelteKit page and navigation mocking\n- ⚛️React-docgen upgrade\n- 🎨Controls a11y, background theming, and viewports\n- 🩺CLI: The doctor is in!\n- 🚫Addons: Remove React as a peer dependency\n- 🪦Storyshots and Vue2 deprecated"
-  }
-}
+{"version":"7.6.1","info":{"plain":"- Next.js: Fix AppRouterProvider usage - [#25032](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25032), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!\n- SvelteKit: Fix HMR not working - [#25031](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25031), thanks [@JReinhold](https://github.com/JReinhold)!\n- Test: Downgrade @testing-library/user-event to 14.3.0 - [#25004](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25004), thanks [@kasperpeulen](https://github.com/kasperpeulen)!\n- Webpack: Fix exclude regex in react-docgen-loader - [#25030](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25030), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!"}}