diff --git a/sdk/communication/azure-communication-messages/setup.py b/sdk/communication/azure-communication-messages/setup.py
index c0d6b48794c6..8ad7241d15db 100644
--- a/sdk/communication/azure-communication-messages/setup.py
+++ b/sdk/communication/azure-communication-messages/setup.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     url="https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/main/sdk",
     keywords="azure, azure sdk",
     classifiers=[
-        "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+        "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
         "Programming Language :: Python",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",