diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/JobStatisticsTest.java b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/JobStatisticsTest.java
index a28eae26b..edd76f821 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/JobStatisticsTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/JobStatisticsTest.java
@@ -322,26 +322,31 @@ public void testIncomplete() {
                 new com.google.api.services.bigquery.model.JobStatistics()
                     .setCreationTime(1234L)
                     .setStartTime(5678L));
+    JobStatistics jobStatistics;
 
     job.setConfiguration(
         new com.google.api.services.bigquery.model.JobConfiguration()
             .setCopy(new com.google.api.services.bigquery.model.JobConfigurationTableCopy()));
-    assertThat(JobStatistics.fromPb(job)).isInstanceOf(CopyStatistics.class);
+    jobStatistics = JobStatistics.fromPb(job);
+    assertThat(jobStatistics).isInstanceOf(CopyStatistics.class);
 
     job.setConfiguration(
         new com.google.api.services.bigquery.model.JobConfiguration()
             .setLoad(new com.google.api.services.bigquery.model.JobConfigurationLoad()));
-    assertThat(JobStatistics.fromPb(job)).isInstanceOf(LoadStatistics.class);
+    jobStatistics = JobStatistics.fromPb(job);
+    assertThat(jobStatistics).isInstanceOf(LoadStatistics.class);
 
     job.setConfiguration(
         new com.google.api.services.bigquery.model.JobConfiguration()
             .setExtract(new com.google.api.services.bigquery.model.JobConfigurationExtract()));
-    assertThat(JobStatistics.fromPb(job)).isInstanceOf(ExtractStatistics.class);
+    jobStatistics = JobStatistics.fromPb(job);
+    assertThat(jobStatistics).isInstanceOf(ExtractStatistics.class);
 
     job.setConfiguration(
         new com.google.api.services.bigquery.model.JobConfiguration()
             .setQuery(new com.google.api.services.bigquery.model.JobConfigurationQuery()));
-    assertThat(JobStatistics.fromPb(job)).isInstanceOf(QueryStatistics.class);
+    jobStatistics = JobStatistics.fromPb(job);
+    assertThat(jobStatistics).isInstanceOf(QueryStatistics.class);
   }
 
   private void compareExtractStatistics(ExtractStatistics expected, ExtractStatistics value) {
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/it/ITBigQueryTest.java b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/it/ITBigQueryTest.java
index 1e0291757..ff4068940 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/it/ITBigQueryTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/it/ITBigQueryTest.java
@@ -1202,11 +1202,9 @@ public void testUpdateTimePartitioning() {
             .build();
 
     Table table = bigquery.create(TableInfo.of(tableId, tableDefinition));
-    assertThat(table.getDefinition()).isInstanceOf(StandardTableDefinition.class);
-    assertThat(
-            ((StandardTableDefinition) table.getDefinition())
-                .getTimePartitioning()
-                .getExpirationMs())
+    TableDefinition definition = table.getDefinition();
+    assertThat(definition).isInstanceOf(StandardTableDefinition.class);
+    assertThat(((StandardTableDefinition) definition).getTimePartitioning().getExpirationMs())
         .isNull();
 
     table =
@@ -1219,10 +1217,9 @@ public void testUpdateTimePartitioning() {
                     .build())
             .build()
             .update(BigQuery.TableOption.fields(BigQuery.TableField.TIME_PARTITIONING));
+    TableDefinition updatedDefinition = table.getDefinition();
     assertThat(
-            ((StandardTableDefinition) table.getDefinition())
-                .getTimePartitioning()
-                .getExpirationMs())
+            ((StandardTableDefinition) updatedDefinition).getTimePartitioning().getExpirationMs())
         .isEqualTo(42L);
 
     table =
@@ -1235,10 +1232,7 @@ public void testUpdateTimePartitioning() {
                     .build())
             .build()
             .update(BigQuery.TableOption.fields(BigQuery.TableField.TIME_PARTITIONING));
-    assertThat(
-            ((StandardTableDefinition) table.getDefinition())
-                .getTimePartitioning()
-                .getExpirationMs())
+    assertThat(((StandardTableDefinition) definition).getTimePartitioning().getExpirationMs())
         .isNull();
 
     table.delete();
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f1c180150..e4eb0b279 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-config</artifactId>
-    <version>0.13.1</version>
+    <version>1.0.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <developers>