diff --git a/.github/release-please.yml b/.github/release-please.yml
index 2dfdd99c..0f609111 100644
--- a/.github/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/release-please.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-releaseType: java-yoshi
-bumpMinorPreMajor: true
 branches:
-  - releaseType: java-lts
-    bumpMinorPreMajor: true
-    branch: 2.1.0-sp
+- branch: 2.1.0-sp
+  bumpMinorPreMajor: true
+  handleGHRelease: true
+  releaseType: java-lts
+bumpMinorPreMajor: true
+handleGHRelease: true
+releaseType: java-yoshi
diff --git a/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc11.sh b/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc11.sh
index 51f6d1eb..bb7ea224 100755
--- a/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc11.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc11.sh
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ pushd target/docfx-yml
 python3 -m docuploader create-metadata \
  --name ${NAME} \
  --version ${VERSION} \
+ --xrefs devsite://java/gax \
+ --xrefs devsite://java/google-cloud-core \
+ --xrefs devsite://java/api-common \
+ --xrefs devsite://java/proto-google-common-protos \
+ --xrefs devsite://java/google-api-client \
+ --xrefs devsite://java/google-http-client \
+ --xrefs devsite://java/protobuf \
  --language java
 
 # upload yml to production bucket
diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
index 79bccb2a..0ec0f865 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-monitoring.git",
-        "sha": "0add314b7fb617f55a01026e6670f81113a70046"
+        "sha": "035679aa63aed7efb965b588df9ac19ed2cbc9a5"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "8285c2b4cdbc3771d031ad91e1c4ec9e55fff45d"
+        "sha": "046994f491c02806aea60118e214a9edd67f5ab7"
       }
     }
   ],