diff --git a/lib/builder-manager/src/index.ts b/lib/builder-manager/src/index.ts
index 8b3eba39b0dd..39e4a3248306 100644
--- a/lib/builder-manager/src/index.ts
+++ b/lib/builder-manager/src/index.ts
@@ -109,7 +109,16 @@ const starter: StarterFunction = async function* starterGeneratorFn({
 
   yield;
 
-  const html = await renderHTML(template, title, customHead, addonFiles, features, refs, logLevel);
+  const html = await renderHTML(
+    template,
+    title,
+    customHead,
+    addonFiles,
+    features,
+    refs,
+    logLevel,
+    options
+  );
 
   yield;
 
@@ -162,7 +171,16 @@ const builder: BuilderFunction = async function* builderGeneratorFn({ startTime,
   const managerFiles = copy(coreDirOrigin, coreDirTarget);
   const addonFiles = readDeep(addonsDir);
 
-  const html = await renderHTML(template, title, customHead, addonFiles, features, refs, logLevel);
+  const html = await renderHTML(
+    template,
+    title,
+    customHead,
+    addonFiles,
+    features,
+    refs,
+    logLevel,
+    options
+  );
 
   yield;
 
diff --git a/lib/builder-manager/src/utils/template.ts b/lib/builder-manager/src/utils/template.ts
index a6e506ac07e7..de06262b2314 100644
--- a/lib/builder-manager/src/utils/template.ts
+++ b/lib/builder-manager/src/utils/template.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { readFile, pathExists } from 'fs-extra';
 
 import { render } from 'ejs';
 
-import type { Ref } from '@storybook/core-common';
+import type { Options, Ref } from '@storybook/core-common';
 
 import { readDeep } from './directory';
 
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ export const renderHTML = async (
   files: ReturnType<typeof readDeep>,
   features: Promise<Record<string, any>>,
   refs: Promise<Record<string, Ref>>,
-  logLevel: Promise<string>
+  logLevel: Promise<string>,
+  { versionCheck, releaseNotesData, docsMode, previewUrl, serverChannelUrl }: Options
 ) => {
   const customHeadRef = await customHead;
   const titleRef = await title;
@@ -72,6 +73,12 @@ export const renderHTML = async (
       FEATURES: JSON.stringify(await features, null, 2),
       REFS: JSON.stringify(await refs, null, 2),
       LOGLEVEL: JSON.stringify(await logLevel, null, 2),
+      // These two need to be double stringified because the UI expects a string
+      VERSIONCHECK: JSON.stringify(JSON.stringify(versionCheck), null, 2),
+      RELEASE_NOTES_DATA: JSON.stringify(JSON.stringify(releaseNotesData), null, 2),
+      DOCS_MODE: JSON.stringify(docsMode, null, 2), // global docs mode
+      PREVIEW_URL: JSON.stringify(previewUrl, null, 2), // global preview URL
+      SERVER_CHANNEL_URL: JSON.stringify(serverChannelUrl, null, 2),
     },
     head: customHeadRef ? await readFile(customHeadRef, 'utf8') : '',
   });