diff --git a/src/ssh/HISTORY.md b/src/ssh/HISTORY.md
index 7e8d3a2d09c..0ae7d64c49d 100644
--- a/src/ssh/HISTORY.md
+++ b/src/ssh/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 Release History
 ===============
+2.0.10
+------
+* Raise minimum CLI core version to 2.71.0 to match the AAZ-based compute (VM) commands introduced in 2.0.9
+
 2.0.9
 -----
 * Migrate code from Azure SDK to AAZ based commands for compute operations (VM)
diff --git a/src/ssh/azext_ssh/azext_metadata.json b/src/ssh/azext_ssh/azext_metadata.json
index 91e03c05b84..109a694c38e 100644
--- a/src/ssh/azext_ssh/azext_metadata.json
+++ b/src/ssh/azext_ssh/azext_metadata.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
     "azext.isPreview": false,
-    "azext.minCliCoreVersion": "2.45.0"
+    "azext.minCliCoreVersion": "2.71.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/ssh/setup.py b/src/ssh/setup.py
index ce838f7ffc0..9ca88145188 100644
--- a/src/ssh/setup.py
+++ b/src/ssh/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
-VERSION = "2.0.9"
+VERSION = "2.0.10"
 
 CLASSIFIERS = [
     'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',