diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 38e3d961b3c3..ee61820d6939 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 7.6.10
+
+- CLI: Fix existing version detection in `upgrade` - [#25642](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25642), thanks [@JReinhold](https://github.com/JReinhold)!
+- React: Fix acorn ecma version warning - [#25634](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25634), thanks [@dannyhw](https://github.com/dannyhw)!
+
 ## 7.6.9
 
 - ConfigFile: Fix export specifiers - [#25590](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25590), thanks [@shilman](https://github.com/shilman)!
diff --git a/code/lib/cli/src/upgrade.ts b/code/lib/cli/src/upgrade.ts
index eaee3a819f88..5537d3fe6b2a 100644
--- a/code/lib/cli/src/upgrade.ts
+++ b/code/lib/cli/src/upgrade.ts
@@ -292,7 +292,8 @@ export const doUpgrade = async ({
 
   const packageManager = JsPackageManagerFactory.getPackageManager({ force: pkgMgr });
 
-  const beforeVersion = await getStorybookCoreVersion();
+  // If we can't determine the existing version (Yarn PnP), fallback to v0.0.0 to not block the upgrade
+  const beforeVersion = (await getStorybookCoreVersion()) ?? '0.0.0';
   const currentVersion = versions['@storybook/cli'];
   const isCanary = currentVersion.startsWith('0.0.0');
 
diff --git a/code/lib/telemetry/src/package-json.ts b/code/lib/telemetry/src/package-json.ts
index 8163cc2fa167..56e6823b5920 100644
--- a/code/lib/telemetry/src/package-json.ts
+++ b/code/lib/telemetry/src/package-json.ts
@@ -28,10 +28,8 @@ export const getActualPackageJson = async (packageName: string) => {
   return packageJson;
 };
 
-// Note that this probably doesn't work in PNPM mode
+// Note that this probably doesn't work in Yarn PNP mode because @storybook/telemetry doesn't depend on @storybook/cli
 export const getStorybookCoreVersion = async () => {
-  const coreVersions = await Promise.all(
-    ['@storybook/core-common', '@storybook/core-server'].map(getActualPackageVersion)
-  );
-  return coreVersions.find((v) => v.version)?.version;
+  const { version } = await getActualPackageVersion('@storybook/cli');
+  return version;
 };
diff --git a/code/package.json b/code/package.json
index c4b898cf4cdc..981062d6bf75 100644
--- a/code/package.json
+++ b/code/package.json
@@ -329,5 +329,6 @@
         "Dependency Upgrades"
       ]
     ]
-  }
+  },
+  "deferredNextVersion": "7.6.10"
 }
diff --git a/code/renderers/react/src/docs/lib/inspection/acornParser.ts b/code/renderers/react/src/docs/lib/inspection/acornParser.ts
index 75be3aafb34c..ce62510430b8 100644
--- a/code/renderers/react/src/docs/lib/inspection/acornParser.ts
+++ b/code/renderers/react/src/docs/lib/inspection/acornParser.ts
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ function parseExpression(expression: any): ParsingResult<InspectionInferedType>
 }
 
 export function parse(value: string): ParsingResult<InspectionInferedType> {
-  const ast = acornParser.parse(`(${value})`) as unknown as estree.Program;
+  const ast = acornParser.parse(`(${value})`, { ecmaVersion: 2020 }) as unknown as estree.Program;
 
   let parsingResult: ParsingResult<InspectionUnknown> = {
     inferredType: { type: InspectionType.UNKNOWN },
diff --git a/docs/versions/latest.json b/docs/versions/latest.json
index 52a105c32c9f..5c7301f0994b 100644
--- a/docs/versions/latest.json
+++ b/docs/versions/latest.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"version":"7.6.9","info":{"plain":"- ConfigFile: Fix export specifiers - [#25590](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25590), thanks [@shilman](https://github.com/shilman)!\n- Webpack5: Make export-order-loader compatible with both esm and cjs - [#25540](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25540), thanks [@mlazari](https://github.com/mlazari)!"}}
+{"version":"7.6.10","info":{"plain":"- CLI: Fix existing version detection in `upgrade` - [#25642](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25642), thanks [@JReinhold](https://github.com/JReinhold)!\n- React: Fix acorn ecma version warning - [#25634](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25634), thanks [@dannyhw](https://github.com/dannyhw)!"}}
diff --git a/docs/versions/next.json b/docs/versions/next.json
index 6ab64e4d4e00..690b644cd675 100644
--- a/docs/versions/next.json
+++ b/docs/versions/next.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"version":"8.0.0-alpha.10","info":{"plain":"- API: Remove deprecations from manager and preview api - [#25536](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25536), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!\n- Addon Controls: Remove unused hideNoControlsWarning type - [#25417](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25417), thanks [@yannbf](https://github.com/yannbf)!\n- Addon Remark-GFM: Upgrade remark-gfm - [#25301](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25301), thanks [@yannbf](https://github.com/yannbf)!\n- Addon-actions: Fix module resolution for react-native - [#25296](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25296), thanks [@dannyhw](https://github.com/dannyhw)!\n- Angular: Remove deprecated Story type - [#25558](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25558), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!\n- CLI: Add addon `remove` command - [#25538](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25538), thanks [@shilman](https://github.com/shilman)!\n- CLI: Check optionalDependencies for storybook versions - [#25406](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25406), thanks [@reyronald](https://github.com/reyronald)!\n- CLI: Sandbox script should use current version to init - [#25560](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25560), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!\n- CLI: Versioned installation of monorepo packages - [#25517](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25517), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!\n- CLI: Versioned upgrade of monorepo packages - [#25553](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25553), thanks [@JReinhold](https://github.com/JReinhold)!\n- Core: Prevent stories lookup in node_modules - [#25214](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25214), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!\n- Core: Refactor preview and deprecate story store - [#24926](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/24926), thanks [@tmeasday](https://github.com/tmeasday)!\n- Doc blocks: Remove deprecated props from Primary block - [#25461](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25461), thanks [@yannbf](https://github.com/yannbf)!\n- Doc blocks: Remove deprecated props from Source block - [#25459](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25459), thanks [@yannbf](https://github.com/yannbf)!\n- Doc blocks: Remove deprecated props from Story block - [#25460](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25460), thanks [@yannbf](https://github.com/yannbf)!\n- Maintenance: Pin TS to >= 4.2 as typefest 2 requires it - [#25548](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25548), thanks [@kasperpeulen](https://github.com/kasperpeulen)!\n- Maintenance: Upgrade to prettier 3 - [#25524](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25524), thanks [@kasperpeulen](https://github.com/kasperpeulen)!\n- Remove deprecated properties from manager-api - [#25578](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25578), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!\n- Test: Fix user event being inlined by tsup by using an interface - [#25547](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25547), thanks [@kasperpeulen](https://github.com/kasperpeulen)!\n- Test: Upgrade test package to vitest 1.1.3 - [#25576](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25576), thanks [@kasperpeulen](https://github.com/kasperpeulen)!\n- UI: Add configurable tags-based exclusion from sidebar/autodocs - [#25328](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25328), thanks [@shilman](https://github.com/shilman)!\n- Webpack: Remove deprecated standalone webpackConfig option - [#25481](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25481), thanks [@yannbf](https://github.com/yannbf)!"}}
+{"version":"8.0.0-alpha.11","info":{"plain":"- Angular: Remove cached NgModules and introduce a global queue during bootstrapping - [#24982](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/24982), thanks [@Marklb](https://github.com/Marklb)!\n- CLI: Fix sandbox command versioning - [#25600](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25600), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!\n- CLI: Support upgrading to canary versions - [#25596](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25596), thanks [@JReinhold](https://github.com/JReinhold)!\n- ConfigFile: Fix export specifiers - [#25590](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25590), thanks [@shilman](https://github.com/shilman)!\n- Interaction: Replace @storybook/jest by @storybook/test - [#25584](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25584), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!\n- Next.js: Pass jsConfig to SWC Loader and load config with defaults - [#25203](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25203), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!\n- Parameters: Remove passArgsFirst flag - [#25585](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25585), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!\n- Preset: Remove deprecated config preset - [#25607](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25607), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!\n- React: Refactor RSC out of Next - [#25591](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25591), thanks [@shilman](https://github.com/shilman)!\n- Sandboxes: Update wait-on command to use TCP instead of HTTP - [#25541](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25541), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!\n- Telejson: Update stringify options in codebase - [#25564](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25564), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!\n- UI: Fix menu icon on the sidebar - [#25587](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25587), thanks [@cdedreuille](https://github.com/cdedreuille)!\n- Webpack5: Make export-order-loader compatible with both esm and cjs - [#25540](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25540), thanks [@mlazari](https://github.com/mlazari)!"}}