diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 802c4064..59da0235 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@
 ### Breaking changes
 
 * Use java worker middleware to avoid wrapper method when create orchestrator function ([#87](https://github.com/microsoft/durabletask-java/pull/87))
+* Fixed DurableClientContext.createCheckStatusResponse to return 202 ([#92](https://github.com/microsoft/durabletask-java/pull/92))
 
 * to be updated
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diff --git a/azurefunctions/src/main/java/com/microsoft/durabletask/azurefunctions/DurableClientContext.java b/azurefunctions/src/main/java/com/microsoft/durabletask/azurefunctions/DurableClientContext.java
index d8cbc04c..e9515dd0 100644
--- a/azurefunctions/src/main/java/com/microsoft/durabletask/azurefunctions/DurableClientContext.java
+++ b/azurefunctions/src/main/java/com/microsoft/durabletask/azurefunctions/DurableClientContext.java
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ public HttpResponseMessage createCheckStatusResponse(HttpRequestMessage<?> reque
 
         String instanceStatusURL = baseUrl + "/runtime/webhooks/durabletask/instances/" + encodedInstanceId;
 
-        // Construct the response as an HTTP 201 with a JSON object payload
-        return request.createResponseBuilder(HttpStatus.CREATED)
+        // Construct the response as an HTTP 202 with a JSON object payload
+        return request.createResponseBuilder(HttpStatus.ACCEPTED)
                 .header("Location", instanceStatusURL + "?" + this.requiredQueryStringParameters)
                 .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
                 .body(new HttpCreateCheckStatusResponse(