diff --git a/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata b/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata
index f717a2391f..f2f3015d80 100644
--- a/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata
+++ b/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner.git",
-        "sha": "0ad0f40ff5991021cacae715bfa9cfbcb849fa64"
+        "sha": "8eab323893fda4a464f66cffa87f553f6888c8f8"
       }
     },
     {
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 52df886acf..c103612f20 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ If you are using Maven without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner</artifactId>
-  <version>5.0.0</version>
+  <version>5.1.0</version>
 </dependency>
 
 ```