diff --git a/sdk/servicebus/azure-servicebus/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/servicebus/azure-servicebus/CHANGELOG.md
index 4eb350072779..68e423009b13 100644
--- a/sdk/servicebus/azure-servicebus/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/servicebus/azure-servicebus/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Release History
 
+## 7.9.0b2 (Unreleased)
+
+### Features Added
+
+### Breaking Changes
+
+### Bugs Fixed
+
+### Other Changes
+
 ## 7.9.0a1 (2022-10-11)
 
 Version 7.9.0a1 is our first efforts to build an Azure Service Bus client library based on a pure Python implemented AMQP stack.
diff --git a/sdk/servicebus/azure-servicebus/azure/servicebus/_version.py b/sdk/servicebus/azure-servicebus/azure/servicebus/_version.py
index a1657ed58240..af44a949fa58 100644
--- a/sdk/servicebus/azure-servicebus/azure/servicebus/_version.py
+++ b/sdk/servicebus/azure-servicebus/azure/servicebus/_version.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 # Licensed under the MIT License.
 # ------------------------------------
 
-VERSION = "7.9.0a1"
+VERSION = "7.9.0b2"
diff --git a/sdk/servicebus/azure-servicebus/setup.py b/sdk/servicebus/azure-servicebus/setup.py
index d561a5d38220..895684614eb7 100644
--- a/sdk/servicebus/azure-servicebus/setup.py
+++ b/sdk/servicebus/azure-servicebus/setup.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     author_email='azpysdkhelp@microsoft.com',
     url='https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python',
     classifiers=[
-        "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
+        "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
         'Programming Language :: Python',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',