diff --git a/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata b/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata
index 5e57547a..35a03974 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-dataproc.git",
-        "sha": "4fac03735c5044ea07d22db640d4eee094b3d305"
+        "sha": "bfd2e191598235e3a1ab36a9a35e1949504b5a54"
       }
     },
     {
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7f2ba850..fe4da82b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ If you are using Maven without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-dataproc</artifactId>
-  <version>1.1.7</version>
+  <version>1.1.8</version>
 </dependency>
 
 ```