diff --git a/.craft.yml b/.craft.yml
index 1e3c27f319a2..bc1446711d2c 100644
--- a/.craft.yml
+++ b/.craft.yml
@@ -125,11 +125,6 @@ targets:
     id: '@sentry-internal/eslint-config-sdk'
     includeNames: /^sentry-internal-eslint-config-sdk-\d.*\.tgz$/
 
-  ## 8. Experimental packages
-  - name: npm
-    id: '@sentry/node-experimental'
-    includeNames: /^sentry-node-experimental-\d.*\.tgz$/
-
   # AWS Lambda Layer target
   - name: aws-lambda-layer
     includeNames: /^sentry-node-serverless-\d+.\d+.\d+(-(beta|alpha)\.\d+)?\.zip$/
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e52d23393fa1..8bafd44c9c78 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 - "You miss 100 percent of the chances you don't take. — Wayne Gretzky" — Michael Scott
 
-## 8.0.0-alpha.8
+## 8.0.0-alpha.9
 
 This is the eighth alpha release of Sentry JavaScript SDK v8, which includes a variety of breaking changes.
 
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ monitoring.
 - ref(gcp-serverless): Remove setting `.__sentry_transaction` (#11346)
 - ref(nextjs): Replace multiplexer with conditional exports (#11442)
 
+## 8.0.0-alpha.8
+
+This is a partially broken release and was superseded by version `8.0.0-alpha.9`.
+
 ## 8.0.0-alpha.7
 
 This is the seventh alpha release of Sentry JavaScript SDK v8, which includes a variety of breaking changes.