diff --git a/sdk/eventhub/azure-eventhub/stress/scripts/dev_requirement.txt b/sdk/eventhub/azure-eventhub/stress/scripts/dev_requirement.txt
index d3ffc7a78295..70e626492a26 100644
--- a/sdk/eventhub/azure-eventhub/stress/scripts/dev_requirement.txt
+++ b/sdk/eventhub/azure-eventhub/stress/scripts/dev_requirement.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 psutil
-azure-eventhub
+azure-eventhub==5.8.0a5
 azure-eventhub-checkpointstoreblob
 azure-eventhub-checkpointstoreblob-aio
 azure-servicebus==0.50.3