diff --git a/.kokoro/release/stage.cfg b/.kokoro/release/stage.cfg
index 20c09f1c5..8cd8055a9 100644
--- a/.kokoro/release/stage.cfg
+++ b/.kokoro/release/stage.cfg
@@ -13,32 +13,7 @@ action {
   }
 }
 
-# Fetch the token needed for reporting release status to GitHub
-before_action {
-  fetch_keystore {
-    keystore_resource {
-      keystore_config_id: 73713
-      keyname: "yoshi-automation-github-key"
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-# Fetch magictoken to use with Magic Github Proxy
-before_action {
-  fetch_keystore {
-    keystore_resource {
-      keystore_config_id: 73713
-      keyname: "releasetool-magictoken"
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-# Fetch api key to use with Magic Github Proxy
-before_action {
-  fetch_keystore {
-    keystore_resource {
-      keystore_config_id: 73713
-      keyname: "magic-github-proxy-api-key"
-    }
-  }
+env_vars: {
+  key: "SECRET_MANAGER_KEYS"
+  value: "releasetool-publish-reporter-app,releasetool-publish-reporter-googleapis-installation,releasetool-publish-reporter-pem"
 }
diff --git a/.kokoro/release/stage.sh b/.kokoro/release/stage.sh
index d19191fc8..3c482cbc5 100755
--- a/.kokoro/release/stage.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/release/stage.sh
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@
 set -eo pipefail
 
 # Start the releasetool reporter
-# Disable reporting due to issue observed with Kokoro blocking releases
-# python3 -m pip install gcp-releasetool
-# python3 -m releasetool publish-reporter-script > /tmp/publisher-script; source /tmp/publisher-script
+python3 -m pip install gcp-releasetool
+python3 -m releasetool publish-reporter-script > /tmp/publisher-script; source /tmp/publisher-script
 
 source $(dirname "$0")/common.sh
 MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE=$(realpath $(dirname "$0")/../../)/settings.xml
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 72ae05454..0d096b941 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ If you are using Maven without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-  <version>1.116.10</version>
+  <version>1.117.0</version>
 </dependency>
 
 ```
diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
index b470fc6c2..19764839c 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery.git",
-        "sha": "a0e760fbb1f5a9b169045ceba2dcf682d4736995"
+        "sha": "863c9e1d7da8a63154677fb32954e2048dd48e9e"
       }
     },
     {
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "968465a1cad496e1292ef4584a054a35f756ff94"
+        "sha": "019c7168faa0e56619f792693a8acdb30d6de19b"
       }
     }
   ],