Merge pull request #26049 from storybookjs/norbert/fix-caret-in-upgrade

CLI: Fix logic to add `^` packages in upgrade

code/lib/cli/src/upgrade.ts

@@ -223,10 +223,16 @@ export const doUpgrade = async ({
         return dependency in versions;
       }) as Array<keyof typeof versions>;
       return monorepoDependencies.map((dependency) => {
+        let char = '^';
+        if (isOutdated) {
+          char = '';
+        }
+        if (isCanary) {
+          char = '';
+        }
         /* add ^ modifier to the version if this is the latest stable or prerelease version
            example outputs: @storybook/react@^8.0.0 */
-        const maybeCaret = (!isOutdated || isPrerelease) && !isCanary ? '^' : '';
-        return `${dependency}@${maybeCaret}${versions[dependency]}`;
+        return `${dependency}@${char}${versions[dependency]}`;
       });
     };