diff --git a/.github/trusted-contribution.yml b/.github/trusted-contribution.yml
index f247d5c789..a0ba1f7d90 100644
--- a/.github/trusted-contribution.yml
+++ b/.github/trusted-contribution.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 trustedContributors:
-- renovate-bot
\ No newline at end of file
+- renovate-bot
+- gcf-owl-bot[bot]
diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
index ddee3d6f71..f0941a2fe3 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner.git",
-        "sha": "87b77a3be3fc9cb206e147dcce818b594b2c6b4b"
+        "sha": "0a311ad38558dbf91c863941165cce456cf3c14c"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "17ee6e5c08f2eb47029beee4776ce990e56b3925"
+        "sha": "a6b97202771f89a4b76873d43ea9a07d7fc95f91"
       }
     }
   ],
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
     ".github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/support_request.md",
     ".github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md",
     ".github/generated-files-bot.yml",
-    ".github/readme/synth.py",
     ".github/release-trigger.yml",
     ".github/snippet-bot.yml",
     ".github/trusted-contribution.yml",
@@ -70,7 +69,6 @@
     ".kokoro/common.cfg",
     ".kokoro/common.sh",
     ".kokoro/continuous/java8.cfg",
-    ".kokoro/continuous/readme.cfg",
     ".kokoro/dependencies.sh",
     ".kokoro/nightly/integration.cfg",
     ".kokoro/nightly/java11.cfg",