diff --git a/.changeset/friendly-vans-develop.md b/.changeset/friendly-vans-develop.md
index 9499e2010b6..724a1508cdb 100644
--- a/.changeset/friendly-vans-develop.md
+++ b/.changeset/friendly-vans-develop.md
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 ---
-'gatsby-plugin-clerk': patch
-'@clerk/clerk-js': patch
-'@clerk/clerk-sdk-node': patch
-'@clerk/backend': patch
-'@clerk/fastify': patch
-'@clerk/nextjs': patch
-'@clerk/shared': patch
-'@clerk/clerk-expo': patch
+'gatsby-plugin-clerk': major
+'@clerk/clerk-js': major
+'@clerk/clerk-sdk-node': major
+'@clerk/backend': major
+'@clerk/fastify': major
+'@clerk/nextjs': major
+'@clerk/shared': major
+'@clerk/clerk-expo': major
 ---
 
 Internal update default apiUrl domain from clerk.dev to clerk.com
diff --git a/.changeset/pre.json b/.changeset/pre.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eb7dcd3a8ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/pre.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  "mode": "pre",
+  "tag": "alpha-v5",
+  "initialVersions": {
+    "@clerk/backend": "0.31.3",
+    "@clerk/chrome-extension": "0.4.10",
+    "@clerk/clerk-js": "4.63.0",
+    "eslint-config-custom": "0.3.0",
+    "@clerk/clerk-expo": "0.19.12",
+    "@clerk/fastify": "0.6.17",
+    "gatsby-plugin-clerk": "4.4.18",
+    "@clerk/localizations": "1.26.7",
+    "@clerk/nextjs": "4.25.7",
+    "@clerk/clerk-react": "4.27.0",
+    "@clerk/remix": "3.1.0",
+    "@clerk/clerk-sdk-node": "4.12.16",
+    "@clerk/shared": "1.0.0",
+    "@clerk/themes": "1.7.9",
+    "@clerk/types": "3.57.0"
+  },
+  "changesets": []
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.changeset/thin-phones-drop.md b/.changeset/thin-phones-drop.md
index 9e256160a0a..fa834f8bb92 100644
--- a/.changeset/thin-phones-drop.md
+++ b/.changeset/thin-phones-drop.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-'@clerk/nextjs': patch
+'@clerk/nextjs': major
 ---
 
 Drop `user`, `session`, and `organization` resources from the returned value of `auth()`.
diff --git a/.changeset/tough-roses-hunt.md b/.changeset/tough-roses-hunt.md
index ccfd10a14d4..9c136ec3533 100644
--- a/.changeset/tough-roses-hunt.md
+++ b/.changeset/tough-roses-hunt.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
-'@clerk/clerk-js': patch
-'@clerk/types': patch
+'@clerk/clerk-js': major
+'@clerk/types': major
 ---
 
 Avatar Shimmer will be enabled by default for `<UserButton/>` and `<OrganizationSwitcher/>`.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index c8f83bfe7ca..848c321e22b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - main
-      - main-v4
+      - release/v4
       - ci-updates
 
 concurrency:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-canary.yml b/.github/workflows/release-canary.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a8497df3b4..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release-canary.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-name: Canary release
-run-name: Canary release from ${{ github.ref_name }}
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-  canary-release:
-    if: ${{ github.repository == 'clerkinc/javascript' }}
-    runs-on: ${{ vars.RUNNER_NORMAL }}
-    env:
-      TURBO_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TURBO_TOKEN }}
-      TURBO_TEAM: ${{ vars.TURBO_TEAM }}
-      TURBO_REMOTE_ONLY: true
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - name: Setup
-        uses: ./.github/actions/setup
-
-      - name: Version packages for canary
-        id: version-packages
-        run: npm run version:canary | tail -1 >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-      - name: Canary release
-        if: steps.version-packages.outputs.success == '1'
-        run: npm run release:canary
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-prod.yml b/.github/workflows/release-prod.yml
index 17019296f7d..36ee80a8840 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-prod.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-prod.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ run-name: Production release PR
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - main-v4
+      - main
+      - release/v4
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
@@ -39,8 +40,6 @@ jobs:
         id: changesets
         uses: changesets/action@v1
         with:
-          title: Version Packages
-          commit: "chore(repo): Version packages"
           publish: npm run release
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CLERK_COOKIE_PAT }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-staging.yml b/.github/workflows/release-staging.yml
index c494f2674fe..3e571f4541e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-staging.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-staging.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ run-name: Staging release from ${{ github.ref_name }}
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - main-v4
+      - release/v4
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
diff --git a/docs/PUBLISH.md b/docs/PUBLISH.md
index 1a8c347d0d4..e23e3945c73 100644
--- a/docs/PUBLISH.md
+++ b/docs/PUBLISH.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ If a PR got merged into `main` that should also be released in older versions (e
 Duplicate the `.env.example` file inside `scripts` and rename it to `.env`. Fill out the `GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN` variable. Afterwards, you'll be able to run the CLI like so:
 
 ```shell
-node backports.mjs main-v4 1234
+node backports.mjs release/v4 1234
 ```
 
-The command above will backport the PR `1234` to the branch `main-v4`.
+The command above will backport the PR `1234` to the branch `release/v4`.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9e8b48118d1..4f5bfbafd13 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
     "nuke": "./scripts/nuke.sh",
     "prepare": "husky install",
     "release": "TURBO_FORCE=true FORCE_COLOR=1 npm run build -- --force && changeset publish && git push --follow-tags",
-    "release:canary": "TURBO_FORCE=true FORCE_COLOR=1 npm run build && changeset publish --tag canary --no-git-tag",
     "release:snapshot": "TURBO_FORCE=true FORCE_COLOR=1 npm run build && changeset publish --tag snapshot --no-git-tag",
     "release:staging": "TURBO_FORCE=true FORCE_COLOR=1 npm run build && changeset publish --tag staging --no-git-tag",
     "test": "FORCE_COLOR=1 turbo test --concurrency=${TURBO_CONCURRENCY:-80%}",
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@
     "turbo:clean": "turbo daemon clean",
     "update:lockfile": "npm run nuke && npm install -D --arch=x64 --platform=linux turbo && npm install -D --arch=arm64 --platform=darwin turbo",
     "version": "changeset version && ./scripts/version-info.sh",
-    "version:canary": "./scripts/canary.mjs",
     "version:snapshot": "./scripts/snapshot.mjs",
     "version:staging": "./scripts/staging.mjs",
     "yalc:all": "for d in packages/*/; do echo $d; cd $d; yalc push --replace --sig; cd '../../'; done"
diff --git a/scripts/canary.mjs b/scripts/canary.mjs
deleted file mode 100755
index e3e552c01c4..00000000000
--- a/scripts/canary.mjs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env zx
-
-import 'zx/globals';
-
-import { constants } from './common.mjs';
-
-await $`npx json -I -f ${constants.ChangesetConfigFile} -e "this.changelog = false"`;
-
-const res = await $`npx changeset version --snapshot canary`;
-const success = !res.stderr.includes('No unreleased changesets found');
-
-await $`git checkout HEAD -- ${constants.ChangesetConfigFile}`;
-
-if (success) {
-  echo('success=1');
-} else {
-  echo('success=0');
-}