diff --git a/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc11.sh b/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc11.sh
index 7c5e6f5db..ef7fd42bd 100755
--- a/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc11.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc11.sh
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ export VERSION=$(grep ${NAME}: versions.txt | cut -d: -f3)
 # generate yml
 mvn clean site -B -q -P docFX
 
+# copy README to docfx-yml dir and rename index.md
+cp README.md target/docfx-yml/index.md
+
 pushd target/docfx-yml
 
 # create metadata
@@ -52,4 +55,4 @@ python3 -m docuploader create-metadata \
 python3 -m docuploader upload . \
  --credentials ${CREDENTIALS} \
  --staging-bucket ${STAGING_BUCKET_V2} \
- --destination-prefix docfx-
+ --destination-prefix docfx
diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
index 0d17e8f45..563c152ab 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore.git",
-        "sha": "fb34aff01c577c573f283e09c09043296d10a2ae"
+        "sha": "e2050e5519c003872f1adefb8cdb7f90d7e30b73"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "21da7d9fa02f6916d9f87cf4072b3547b5c72eb5"
+        "sha": "d0bdade9a962042dc0f770cf631086f3db59b5b0"
       }
     }
   ],