diff --git a/eng/ci/public-build.yml b/eng/ci/public-build.yml
index a8456b72..470a94f9 100644
--- a/eng/ci/public-build.yml
+++ b/eng/ci/public-build.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ extends:
     - stage: Build
       jobs:
       - template: /eng/templates/jobs/build.yml@self
+      # Skip the build stage for SDK and Extensions release branches. This stage will fail because pyproject.toml contains the updated (and unreleased) library version
+      condition: and(eq(variables.isSdkRelease, false), eq(variables.isExtensionsRelease, false), eq(variables['USETESTPYTHONSDK'], false), eq(variables['USETESTPYTHONEXTENSIONS'], false))
     - stage: RunUnitTests
       dependsOn: Build
       jobs:
diff --git a/eng/templates/jobs/build.yml b/eng/templates/jobs/build.yml
index dd422f4f..c5b989c7 100644
--- a/eng/templates/jobs/build.yml
+++ b/eng/templates/jobs/build.yml
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           python -m pip install .
         displayName: 'Build python worker'
-        # Skip the build stage for SDK and Extensions release branches. This stage will fail because pyproject.toml contains the updated (and unreleased) library version
-        condition: and(eq(variables.isSdkRelease, false), eq(variables.isExtensionsRelease, false), eq(variables['USETESTPYTHONSDK'], false), eq(variables['USETESTPYTHONEXTENSIONS'], false))
       - bash: |
           pip install pip-audit
           pip-audit -r requirements.txt
-        displayName: 'Run vulnerability scan'
\ No newline at end of file
+        displayName: 'Run vulnerability scan'
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5e7f39c0..a8581e5a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Intended Audience :: Developers"
 ]
 dependencies = [
-     "azure-functions==1.23.0b1",
+     "azure-functions==1.23.0b2",
      "python-dateutil ~=2.9.0",
      "protobuf~=3.19.3; python_version == '3.7'",
      "protobuf~=4.25.3; python_version >= '3.8'",