diff --git a/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata b/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata
index a8f3218d2..b4f3f3f79 100644
--- a/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata
+++ b/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-asset.git",
-        "sha": "6d81810c1c1d36d6c64471cc10ce70431c0b4116"
+        "sha": "97fe39e16e68f88ee89907807ac69789697d186e"
       }
     },
     {
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 36676a3dc..a53381ed7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ If you are using Maven with [BOM][libraries-bom], add this to your pom.xml file
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-      <version>17.0.0</version>
+      <version>18.0.0</version>
       <type>pom</type>
       <scope>import</scope>
     </dependency>