diff --git a/eng/versioning/version_client.txt b/eng/versioning/version_client.txt
index 01485e00b6ae..a6e96b1a7805 100644
--- a/eng/versioning/version_client.txt
+++ b/eng/versioning/version_client.txt
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ com.azure:azure-identity-extensions;1.2.9;1.3.0-beta.1
 com.azure:azure-identity-broker;1.1.21;1.2.0-beta.1
 com.azure:azure-identity-broker-samples;1.0.0-beta.1;1.0.0-beta.1
 com.azure:azure-identity-perf;1.0.0-beta.1;1.0.0-beta.1
-com.azure:azure-iot-deviceupdate;1.0.34;1.1.0
+com.azure:azure-iot-deviceupdate;1.1.0;1.2.0-beta.1
 com.azure:azure-iot-modelsrepository;1.0.0-beta.1;1.0.0-beta.2
 com.azure:azure-json;1.5.1;1.6.0-beta.1
 com.azure:azure-maps-traffic;1.0.0-beta.1;1.0.0-beta.2
diff --git a/sdk/deviceupdate/azure-iot-deviceupdate/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/deviceupdate/azure-iot-deviceupdate/CHANGELOG.md
index d25b0ccefd3f..2e33033071cc 100644
--- a/sdk/deviceupdate/azure-iot-deviceupdate/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/deviceupdate/azure-iot-deviceupdate/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Release History
 
+## 1.2.0-beta.1 (Unreleased)
+
+### Features Added
+
+### Breaking Changes
+
+### Bugs Fixed
+
+### Other Changes
+
 ## 1.1.0 (2026-08-05)
 
 ### Features Added
diff --git a/sdk/deviceupdate/azure-iot-deviceupdate/pom.xml b/sdk/deviceupdate/azure-iot-deviceupdate/pom.xml
index fdf6aedd01e5..11d06e11d450 100644
--- a/sdk/deviceupdate/azure-iot-deviceupdate/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/deviceupdate/azure-iot-deviceupdate/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
   <artifactId>azure-iot-deviceupdate</artifactId>
-  <version>1.1.0</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-iot-deviceupdate;current} -->
+  <version>1.2.0-beta.1</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-iot-deviceupdate;current} -->
   <name>Microsoft Device Update for IoT Hub client library for Java</name>
   <description>This package contains Microsoft Device Update for IoT Hub client library.</description>