diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6137bef2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Code owners file.
+# This file controls who is tagged for review for any given pull request.
+
+# For syntax help see:
+# https://help.github.com/en/github/creating-cloning-and-archiving-repositories/about-code-owners#codeowners-syntax
+
+# The java-samples-reviewers team is the default owner for samples changes
+samples/**/*.java       @googleapis/java-samples-reviewers
diff --git a/.kokoro/build.sh b/.kokoro/build.sh
index 2358f47f..ddee3319 100755
--- a/.kokoro/build.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/build.sh
@@ -51,9 +51,7 @@ test)
     RETURN_CODE=$?
     ;;
 lint)
-    mvn \
-      -Penable-samples \
-      com.coveo:fmt-maven-plugin:check
+    mvn com.coveo:fmt-maven-plugin:check
     RETURN_CODE=$?
     ;;
 javadoc)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6dcb04c2..6f052d64 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ If you are using Maven with [BOM][libraries-bom], add this to your pom.xml file
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-      <version>5.3.0</version>
+      <version>5.5.0</version>
       <type>pom</type>
       <scope>import</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index d738f6f9..ead63e0e 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -76,5 +76,6 @@
       "groupName": "jackson dependencies"
     }
   ],
-  "semanticCommits": true
+  "semanticCommits": true,
+  "masterIssue": true
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
index 3bcb7183..36049523 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-monitoring.git",
-        "sha": "6ed9f56add0f760b00c5250bbe80f2b87d02bd22"
+        "sha": "568a61ae80726466b40680b4f99925550fc09bf7"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "f395615039665af6599f69305efcd886685e74f9"
+        "sha": "987270824bd26f6a8c716d5e2022057b8ae7b26e"
       }
     }
   ],