diff --git a/.github/generated-files-bot.yml b/.github/generated-files-bot.yml
index 47c2ba13..c644a24e 100644
--- a/.github/generated-files-bot.yml
+++ b/.github/generated-files-bot.yml
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ ignoreAuthors:
 - 'renovate-bot'
 - 'yoshi-automation'
 - 'release-please[bot]'
+- 'gcf-owl-bot[bot]'
diff --git a/.kokoro/build.sh b/.kokoro/build.sh
index 710e2364..bb7374cf 100755
--- a/.kokoro/build.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/build.sh
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ cd ${scriptDir}/..
 # include common functions
 source ${scriptDir}/common.sh
 
-# Print out Java version
-java -version
+# Print out Maven & Java version
+mvn -version
 echo ${JOB_TYPE}
 
 # attempt to install 3 times with exponential backoff (starting with 10 seconds)
diff --git a/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc11.sh b/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc11.sh
index 1b463db1..403f72ca 100755
--- a/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc11.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc11.sh
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ 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
+# copy CHANGELOG to docfx-yml dir and rename history.md
+cp CHANGELOG.md target/docfx-yml/history.md
 
 pushd target/docfx-yml
 
diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
index bdf19dc5..fc2f72fc 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-redis.git",
-        "sha": "1940d118470b2cedf1611c8a8fc41a975190ff54"
+        "sha": "72b922439f167fd7902f327a852fe7aaaf31ec71"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "4f4b1b9b8d8b52f1e9e4a76165896debce5ab7f1"
+        "sha": "8eae0234a16b26c2ff616d305dbd9786c8b10a47"
       }
     }
   ],