diff --git a/.kokoro/dependencies.sh b/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
index fecbc6e9..b7d959ba 100755
--- a/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ function completenessCheck() {
   mvn dependency:list -f pom.xml -DincludeScope=runtime -Dsort=true | grep '\[INFO]    .*:.*:.*:.*:.*' | sed -e s/\\s--\\smodule.*// >.org-list.txt
 
   # Output dep list generated using the flattened pom (only 'compile' and 'runtime' scopes)
-  # [3/1/2021] Adding -DexcludeArtifactIds=annotations,gson,protobuf-java-util,commons-codec,commons-logging,perfmark-api
+  # [3/1/2021] Adding -DexcludeArtifactIds=annotations,gson,protobuf-java-util,commons-codec,commons-logging,animal-sniffer-annotations
   # due to maven dependency plugin setting transitive compile/runtime deps scope to test when it is also a test dep
   # Raised issue: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MDEP-737
   msg "Generating dependency list using flattened pom..."
-  mvn dependency:list -f .flattened-pom.xml -DincludeScope=runtime -DexcludeArtifactIds=annotations,protobuf-java-util,commons-codec,commons-logging,perfmark-api -Dsort=true | grep '\[INFO]    .*:.*:.*:.*:.*' >.new-list.txt
-
+  mvn dependency:list -f .flattened-pom.xml -DincludeScope=runtime -DexcludeArtifactIds=annotations,protobuf-java-util,commons-codec,commons-logging,animal-sniffer-annotations -Dsort=true | grep '\[INFO]    .*:.*:.*:.*:.*' >.new-list.txt
+  
   # Compare two dependency lists
   msg "Comparing dependency lists..."
   diff .org-list.txt .new-list.txt >.diff.txt
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2e9c8cdf..39396ab2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-dependencies</artifactId>
-        <version>1.3.0</version>
+        <version>1.4.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>