Storybook Upgrade

Upgrades all Storybook packages in a project to a specific version.

Why this matters for the monorepo

This skill is mainly for validating Storybook changes outside this repository.

• QA a canary build from a Storybook PR in a downstream app
• Reproduce or verify a bug in an external project

Usage

npx storybook@<VERSION> upgrade

Examples

Upgrade to canary version

npx --yes --allow-remote=all https://pkg.pr.new/storybook@<SHA> upgrade

Upgrade to latest stable

npx storybook@latest upgrade

Upgrade to specific release

npx storybook@8.5.0 upgrade

What it does

1. Detects all @storybook/* packages in your project
2. Upgrades them all to the specified version
3. Handles peer dependencies automatically
4. Works with npm, yarn, and pnpm

Important

• DO NOT manually install storybook packages with npm add / yarn add / pnpm add
• Always use npx storybook@<version> upgrade to ensure all packages stay in sync
• The upgrade command handles version resolution across all storybook packages
• ALWAYS upgrade only 1 major version at a time!
  • Example: 8.x → 9.x → 10.x → canary of 10
  • Never skip major versions (e.g., don't go from 8.x directly to 10.x)