diff --git a/.kokoro/dependencies.sh b/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
index cee4f11e..c91e5a56 100755
--- a/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
@@ -43,12 +43,13 @@ function completenessCheck() {
   # Output dep list with compile scope generated using the original pom
   # Running mvn dependency:list on Java versions that support modules will also include the module of the dependency.
   # This is stripped from the output as it is not present in the flattened pom.
+  # Only dependencies with 'compile' or 'runtime' scope are included from original dependency list.
   msg "Generating dependency list using original pom..."
-  mvn dependency:list -f pom.xml -Dsort=true | grep '\[INFO]    .*:.*:.*:.*:.*' | sed -e s/\\s--\\smodule.*// | grep -v ':test$' >.org-list.txt
+  mvn dependency:list -f pom.xml -DincludeScope=runtime -Dsort=true | grep '\[INFO]    .*:.*:.*:.*:.*' | sed -e s/\\s--\\smodule.*// >.org-list.txt
 
-  # Output dep list generated using the flattened pom (test scope deps are ommitted)
+  # Output dep list generated using the flattened pom (only 'compile' and 'runtime' scopes)
   msg "Generating dependency list using flattened pom..."
-  mvn dependency:list -f .flattened-pom.xml -Dsort=true | grep '\[INFO]    .*:.*:.*:.*:.*' >.new-list.txt
+  mvn dependency:list -f .flattened-pom.xml -DincludeScope=runtime -Dsort=true | grep '\[INFO]    .*:.*:.*:.*:.*' >.new-list.txt
 
   # Compare two dependency lists
   msg "Comparing dependency lists..."
@@ -85,4 +86,4 @@ then
 else
   msg "Errors found. See log statements above."
   exit 1
-fi
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
index f225c9ea..e53fc62f 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigqueryconnection.git",
-        "sha": "5b56d0081d87782a762795d1f8234d64fb869641"
+        "sha": "a2ce5c715265dc0fc60f48d96359e4cb5b4156d5"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "4530cc6ff080ef8aca258c1ec92c4db10a1bbfb4"
+        "sha": "f8823dec98277a9516f2fb6fae9f58b3a59a23e1"
       }
     }
   ],