diff --git a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/CHANGELOG.md
index 78b3c3b0b6cd..6c128ba50189 100644
--- a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Release History
 
-## 1.10.0b2 (Unreleased)
-
-### Features Added
+## 1.10.0 (2022-04-21)
 
 ### Breaking Changes
 
-### Bugs Fixed
+> These changes do not impact the API of stable versions such as 1.9.0.
+> Only code written against a beta version such as 1.10.0b1 may be affected.
+- `validate_authority` support is not available in 1.10.0.
 
 ### Other Changes
 
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 
 ### Breaking Changes
 
+> These changes do not impact the API of stable versions such as 1.8.0.
+> Only code written against a beta version such as 1.9.0b1 may be affected.
 - `validate_authority` support is not available in 1.9.0.
 
 ### Bugs Fixed
diff --git a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/azure/identity/_internal/msal_credentials.py b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/azure/identity/_internal/msal_credentials.py
index a0c9780e1eea..5c9b247aeb22 100644
--- a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/azure/identity/_internal/msal_credentials.py
+++ b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/azure/identity/_internal/msal_credentials.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class MsalCredential(object):
     def __init__(self, client_id, client_credential=None, **kwargs):
         # type: (str, Optional[Union[str, Dict]], **Any) -> None
         authority = kwargs.pop("authority", None)
-        self._validate_authority = kwargs.pop("validate_authority", True)
+        # self._validate_authority = kwargs.pop("validate_authority", True)
         self._authority = normalize_authority(authority) if authority else get_default_authority()
         self._regional_authority = os.environ.get(EnvironmentVariables.AZURE_REGIONAL_AUTHORITY_NAME)
         self._tenant_id = kwargs.pop("tenant_id", None) or "organizations"
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def _get_app(self, **kwargs):
                 azure_region=self._regional_authority,
                 token_cache=self._cache,
                 http_client=self._client,
-                validate_authority=self._validate_authority
+                # validate_authority=self._validate_authority
             )
 
         return self._client_applications[tenant_id]
diff --git a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/azure/identity/_version.py b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/azure/identity/_version.py
index 2eee951b42c6..bb55d3375050 100644
--- a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/azure/identity/_version.py
+++ b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/azure/identity/_version.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
 # Licensed under the MIT License.
 # ------------------------------------
-VERSION = "1.10.0b2"
+VERSION = "1.10.0"
diff --git a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/setup.py b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/setup.py
index 3e14f65f384d..e11baf9c0483 100644
--- a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/setup.py
+++ b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/setup.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     author_email="azpysdkhelp@microsoft.com",
     url="https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/main/sdk/identity/azure-identity",
     classifiers=[
-        "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+        "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
         "Programming Language :: Python",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
         "azure-core<2.0.0,>=1.11.0",
         "cryptography>=2.5",
         "msal<2.0.0,>=1.12.0",
-        "msal-extensions~=1.0.0",
+        "msal-extensions<2.0.0,>=1.0.0",
         "six>=1.12.0",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/shared_requirements.txt b/shared_requirements.txt
index dc270432d1ce..c2aba233ca33 100644
--- a/shared_requirements.txt
+++ b/shared_requirements.txt
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ mock
 typing
 typing-extensions
 msal<2.0.0,>=1.12.0
-msal-extensions~=1.0.0
+msal-extensions<2.0.0,>=1.0.0
 msrest>=0.6.21
 msrestazure<2.0.0,>=0.4.32
 azure-mgmt-core<2.0.0,>=1.3.0