diff --git a/.github/release-trigger.yml b/.github/release-trigger.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4ca94189e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release-trigger.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+enabled: true
diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
index 1102bfd73b..a6a60c795e 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable.git",
-        "sha": "fbe8494bfabe2de3f0437291aac6a1c5d5acba6d"
+        "sha": "09b31bd9032dc36071cb8d32fc5cb6d4d85878e1"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "ff01716e16d2c6e87eaf87197b753ac9fcbbed5d"
+        "sha": "63cff634aabb85854caa511c5837ea6b45f42b4b"
       }
     }
   ],
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
     ".github/generated-files-bot.yml",
     ".github/readme/synth.py",
     ".github/release-please.yml",
+    ".github/release-trigger.yml",
     ".github/snippet-bot.yml",
     ".github/sync-repo-settings.yaml",
     ".github/trusted-contribution.yml",