diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-and-test.yml
index 24a6a65c5..9463c31b5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-and-test.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: Lint and Test
-on: push
+on: [push, merge_group]
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-test-action-next.yml b/.github/workflows/smoke-test-action-next.yml
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c0c4f7f44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke-test-action-next.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name: Smoke test via action next
+on: merge_group
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  lint-and-test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: lts/*
+      - run: corepack enable
+      - run: yarn
+      - name: Push to action-next
+        run: yarn run release-next
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Run build against action-next
+        uses: chromaui/action-next@latest
+        with:
+          buildScriptName: build-test-storybook
+          exitZeroOnChanges: true
+          forceRebuild: true
+        env:
+          LOG_LEVEL: debug
+          DEBUG: chromatic-cli
+          CHROMATIC_PROJECT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SMOKE_TESTS_CHROMATIC_PROJECT_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e8570f9ef..20b21bb82 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
     "lint:js": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production eslint --cache --cache-location=.cache/eslint --report-unused-disable-directives",
     "lint:package": "sort-package-json",
     "release": "./scripts/release.mjs",
+    "release-next": "./scripts/releaseNext.mjs",
     "prepack": "clean-package",
     "postpack": "clean-package restore",
     "publish-action": "./scripts/publishAction.mjs",
diff --git a/scripts/releaseNext.mjs b/scripts/releaseNext.mjs
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..78b6b9329
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/releaseNext.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+import { $ } from 'execa';
+
+import { main as publishAction } from './publishAction.mjs';
+
+async function main() {
+  const { stdout: status } = await $`git status --porcelain`;
+  if (status) {
+    console.error(`❗️ Working directory is not clean:\n${status}`);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  await build();
+  await publishAction('next');
+}
+
+async function build() {
+  const { stdout: nextVersion } = await $`auto shipit --dry-run --quiet`;
+
+  console.info(`📌 Temporarily bumping version to '${nextVersion}' for build step`);
+  await $`npm --no-git-tag-version version ${nextVersion}`;
+
+  console.info('📦 Building with new version');
+  await $({
+    stdio: 'inherit',
+    env: {
+      ...process.env,
+      SENTRY_RELEASE: nextVersion,
+    },
+  })`yarn build`;
+
+  console.info('✅ Build with new version completed, ready for push to action-next!');
+}
+
+main();