diff --git a/src/azure-cli/setup.py b/src/azure-cli/setup.py
index 5d6d3f56e72..ae81a2e99e1 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/setup.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/setup.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 DEPENDENCIES = [
     "antlr4-python3-runtime~=4.13.1",
     'azure-appconfiguration~=1.7.1',
-    'azure-batch~=15.0.0b1',
+    'azure-batch==15.0.0b1',
     'azure-cli-core=={}'.format(VERSION),
     'azure-cosmos~=3.0,>=3.0.2',
     'azure-data-tables==12.4.0',