diff --git a/eng/versioning/version_client.txt b/eng/versioning/version_client.txt
index ed25368ff6c70..5083342c390f1 100644
--- a/eng/versioning/version_client.txt
+++ b/eng/versioning/version_client.txt
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ com.azure:azure-messaging-eventhubs-checkpointstore-blob;1.20.2;1.21.0-beta.1
 com.azure:azure-messaging-eventhubs-checkpointstore-jedis;1.0.0-beta.3;1.0.0-beta.4
 com.azure:azure-messaging-eventhubs-stress;1.0.0-beta.1;1.0.0-beta.1
 com.azure:azure-messaging-eventhubs-track2-perf;1.0.0-beta.1;1.0.0-beta.1
-com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus;7.17.7;7.17.8
+com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus;7.17.8;7.18.0-beta.2
 com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus-stress;1.0.0-beta.1;1.0.0-beta.1
 com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus-track2-perf;1.0.0-beta.1;1.0.0-beta.1
 com.azure:azure-messaging-webpubsub;1.3.3;1.4.0-beta.1
diff --git a/sdk/communication/azure-communication-callautomation/pom.xml b/sdk/communication/azure-communication-callautomation/pom.xml
index fc8b109888fcb..b525cf3543929 100644
--- a/sdk/communication/azure-communication-callautomation/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/communication/azure-communication-callautomation/pom.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
       <artifactId>azure-messaging-servicebus</artifactId>
-      <version>7.17.7</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus;dependency} -->
+      <version>7.17.8</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus;dependency} -->
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/sdk/resourcemanager/azure-resourcemanager-samples/pom.xml b/sdk/resourcemanager/azure-resourcemanager-samples/pom.xml
index fe6ca6aecd0eb..5eff523ef9705 100644
--- a/sdk/resourcemanager/azure-resourcemanager-samples/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/resourcemanager/azure-resourcemanager-samples/pom.xml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
       <artifactId>azure-messaging-servicebus</artifactId>
-      <version>7.17.7</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus;dependency} -->
+      <version>7.17.8</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus;dependency} -->
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
diff --git a/sdk/servicebus/azure-messaging-servicebus-stress/pom.xml b/sdk/servicebus/azure-messaging-servicebus-stress/pom.xml
index 9cf2d4bc590dd..d4254d8a5cde1 100644
--- a/sdk/servicebus/azure-messaging-servicebus-stress/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/servicebus/azure-messaging-servicebus-stress/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
       <artifactId>azure-messaging-servicebus</artifactId>
-      <version>7.17.8</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus;current} -->
+      <version>7.18.0-beta.2</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus;current} -->
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- logging, tracing, metrics -->
diff --git a/sdk/servicebus/azure-messaging-servicebus-track2-perf/pom.xml b/sdk/servicebus/azure-messaging-servicebus-track2-perf/pom.xml
index a9a81fb9b33a8..2899a47b0ecf5 100644
--- a/sdk/servicebus/azure-messaging-servicebus-track2-perf/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/servicebus/azure-messaging-servicebus-track2-perf/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
       <artifactId>azure-messaging-servicebus</artifactId>
-      <version>7.17.8</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus;current} -->
+      <version>7.18.0-beta.2</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus;current} -->
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
diff --git a/sdk/servicebus/azure-messaging-servicebus/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/servicebus/azure-messaging-servicebus/CHANGELOG.md
index 36dafa2ca1fe4..651ac883d0845 100644
--- a/sdk/servicebus/azure-messaging-servicebus/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/servicebus/azure-messaging-servicebus/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Release History
 
+## 7.18.0-beta.2 (Unreleased)
+
+### Features Added
+
+### Breaking Changes
+
+### Bugs Fixed
+
+### Other Changes
+
 ## 7.17.8 (2025-01-09)
 
 ### Features Added
diff --git a/sdk/servicebus/azure-messaging-servicebus/docs/pom.xml b/sdk/servicebus/azure-messaging-servicebus/docs/pom.xml
index 85423cb9bf7f2..160b3b5bad8b6 100644
--- a/sdk/servicebus/azure-messaging-servicebus/docs/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/servicebus/azure-messaging-servicebus/docs/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
             <artifactId>azure-messaging-servicebus</artifactId>
-            <version>7.17.8</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus;current} -->
+            <version>7.18.0-beta.2</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus;current} -->
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Dependencies required for Log4j2 -->
diff --git a/sdk/servicebus/azure-messaging-servicebus/pom.xml b/sdk/servicebus/azure-messaging-servicebus/pom.xml
index 4e3294ccbac58..db9b942ec71ad 100644
--- a/sdk/servicebus/azure-messaging-servicebus/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/servicebus/azure-messaging-servicebus/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
   <artifactId>azure-messaging-servicebus</artifactId>
-  <version>7.17.8</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus;current} -->
+  <version>7.18.0-beta.2</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus;current} -->
   <name>Microsoft Azure client library for Service Bus</name>
   <description>This package contains the Microsoft Azure Service Bus client library</description>
   <url>https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java</url>
diff --git a/sdk/spring/spring-cloud-azure-autoconfigure/pom.xml b/sdk/spring/spring-cloud-azure-autoconfigure/pom.xml
index 8d1ddbfb1a3a5..88162d3edf38a 100644
--- a/sdk/spring/spring-cloud-azure-autoconfigure/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/spring/spring-cloud-azure-autoconfigure/pom.xml
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
       <artifactId>azure-messaging-servicebus</artifactId>
-      <version>7.17.7</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus;dependency} -->
+      <version>7.17.8</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus;dependency} -->
       <optional>true</optional>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
diff --git a/sdk/spring/spring-cloud-azure-service/pom.xml b/sdk/spring/spring-cloud-azure-service/pom.xml
index 1b571e8685374..061d79efb1822 100644
--- a/sdk/spring/spring-cloud-azure-service/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/spring/spring-cloud-azure-service/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
       <artifactId>azure-messaging-servicebus</artifactId>
-      <version>7.17.7</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus;dependency} -->
+      <version>7.17.8</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus;dependency} -->
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/sdk/spring/spring-cloud-azure-starter-servicebus/pom.xml b/sdk/spring/spring-cloud-azure-starter-servicebus/pom.xml
index dc4d46b478be2..4895a29ecc520 100644
--- a/sdk/spring/spring-cloud-azure-starter-servicebus/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/spring/spring-cloud-azure-starter-servicebus/pom.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
       <artifactId>azure-messaging-servicebus</artifactId>
-      <version>7.17.7</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus;dependency} -->
+      <version>7.17.8</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus;dependency} -->
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/sdk/spring/spring-cloud-azure-stream-binder-servicebus-core/pom.xml b/sdk/spring/spring-cloud-azure-stream-binder-servicebus-core/pom.xml
index 91caa3dc453bb..fbf9aa5927d25 100644
--- a/sdk/spring/spring-cloud-azure-stream-binder-servicebus-core/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/spring/spring-cloud-azure-stream-binder-servicebus-core/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
       <artifactId>azure-messaging-servicebus</artifactId>
-      <version>7.17.7</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus;dependency} -->
+      <version>7.17.8</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus;dependency} -->
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
diff --git a/sdk/spring/spring-messaging-azure-servicebus/pom.xml b/sdk/spring/spring-messaging-azure-servicebus/pom.xml
index a39b63599224e..f26971732606b 100644
--- a/sdk/spring/spring-messaging-azure-servicebus/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/spring/spring-messaging-azure-servicebus/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
       <artifactId>azure-messaging-servicebus</artifactId>
-      <version>7.17.7</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus;dependency} -->
+      <version>7.17.8</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus;dependency} -->
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>