diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eb1d08887aba..6283eba4f47b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 10.1.9
+
+- Telemetry: Remove instance of check for sub-error handling - [#33356](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/33356), thanks @valentinpalkovic!
+
 ## 10.1.8
 
 - React-Vite: Update @joshwooding/vite-plugin-react-docgen-typescript - [#33349](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/33349), thanks @valentinpalkovic!
diff --git a/code/core/src/core-server/withTelemetry.ts b/code/core/src/core-server/withTelemetry.ts
index d15cee2560d8..a7e77bd42e83 100644
--- a/code/core/src/core-server/withTelemetry.ts
+++ b/code/core/src/core-server/withTelemetry.ts
@@ -137,11 +137,9 @@ export async function sendTelemetryError(
       );
 
       // If this is a StorybookError with sub-errors, send telemetry for each sub-error separately
-      if (error instanceof StorybookError && error.subErrors.length > 0) {
+      if (error && 'subErrors' in error && error.subErrors.length > 0) {
         for (const subError of error.subErrors) {
-          if (subError instanceof StorybookError) {
-            await sendTelemetryError(subError, eventType, options, blocking, error);
-          }
+          await sendTelemetryError(subError, eventType, options, blocking, error as StorybookError);
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/code/package.json b/code/package.json
index 588f94aa8092..2832d14d4426 100644
--- a/code/package.json
+++ b/code/package.json
@@ -286,5 +286,6 @@
         "Dependency Upgrades"
       ]
     ]
-  }
+  },
+  "deferredNextVersion": "10.1.9"
 }
diff --git a/docs/versions/latest.json b/docs/versions/latest.json
index 99ca5ac2fb18..1b1e4a906e8a 100644
--- a/docs/versions/latest.json
+++ b/docs/versions/latest.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"version":"10.1.8","info":{"plain":"- React-Vite: Update @joshwooding/vite-plugin-react-docgen-typescript - [#33349](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/33349), thanks @valentinpalkovic!"}}
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+{"version":"10.1.9","info":{"plain":"- Telemetry: Remove instance of check for sub-error handling - [#33356](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/33356), thanks @valentinpalkovic!"}}
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