diff --git a/.github/workflows/live-test.yml b/.github/workflows/live-test.yml
index a49aef1b7..53715b93b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/live-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/live-test.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run live tests
         run: dotnet test ./tests/OpenAI.Tests.csproj
           --configuration Release
-          --filter="TestCategory!=Smoke&TestCategory!=Images&TestCategory!=Uploads&TestCategory!=Moderations&TestCategory!=FineTuning&TestCategory!=Manual"
+          --filter="TestCategory!=Smoke&TestCategory!=Images&TestCategory!=Uploads&TestCategory!=Moderations&TestCategory!=FineTuning&TestCategory!=Conversation&TestCategory!=Manual"
           --logger "trx;LogFilePrefix=live"
           --results-directory ${{github.workspace}}/artifacts/test-results
           ${{ env.version_suffix_args}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e20a89e66..8b821dc4b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run Live Tests
         run: dotnet test ./tests/OpenAI.Tests.csproj
           --configuration Release
-          --filter="TestCategory!=Smoke&TestCategory!=Images&TestCategory!=Uploads&TestCategory!=Moderations&TestCategory!=FineTuning&TestCategory!=Manual"
+          --filter="TestCategory!=Smoke&TestCategory!=Images&TestCategory!=Uploads&TestCategory!=Moderations&TestCategory!=FineTuning&TestCategory!=Conversation&TestCategory!=Manual"
           --logger "trx;LogFilePrefix=live"
           --results-directory ${{ github.workspace }}/artifacts/test-results
           ${{ env.version_suffix_args }}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9c874d66e..276d75def 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Release History
 
+## 2.1.0-beta.1 (2024-10-01)
+
+With this updated preview library release, we're excited to bring early support for the newly-announced `/realtime` beta API. You can read more about `/realtime` here: https://openai.com/index/introducing-the-realtime-api/
+
+Given the scope and recency of the feature area, the new `RealtimeConversationClient` is subject to substantial refinement and change over the coming weeks -- this release is purely intended to empower early development against `gpt-4o-realtime-preview` as quickly and efficiently as possible.
+
+### Features Added
+
+- Added a new `RealtimeConversationClient` in a corresponding scenario namespace. ([ff75da4](https://github.com/openai/openai-dotnet/commit/ff75da4167bc83fa85eb69ac142cab88a963ed06))
+  - This maps to the new `/realtime` beta endpoint and is thus marked with a new `[Experimental("OPENAI002")]` diagnostic tag. 
+  - This is a very early version of the convenience surface and thus subject to significant change
+  - Documentation and samples will arrive soon; in the interim, see [the scenario test files](/tests/RealtimeConversation) for basic usage
+  - You can also find an external sample employing this client, together with Azure OpenAI support, at https://github.com/Azure-Samples/aoai-realtime-audio-sdk/tree/main/dotnet/samples/console
+
 ## 2.0.0 (2024-09-30)
 
 > [!NOTE]
diff --git a/src/OpenAI.csproj b/src/OpenAI.csproj
index 2cdc4b907..8080280b9 100644
--- a/src/OpenAI.csproj
+++ b/src/OpenAI.csproj
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
     <AssemblyTitle>SDK Code Generation OpenAI</AssemblyTitle>
     <PackageTags>OpenAI;openai-dotnet;ChatGPT;Dall-E</PackageTags>
 
-    <VersionPrefix>2.0.0</VersionPrefix>
-    <VersionSuffix></VersionSuffix>
+    <VersionPrefix>2.1.0</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionSuffix>beta.1</VersionSuffix>
 
     <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>