diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index a25671aae..c2dd1d4b0 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -76,5 +76,6 @@
       "groupName": "jackson dependencies"
     }
   ],
-  "semanticCommits": true
+  "semanticCommits": true,
+  "masterIssue": true
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
index 691e9c943..a126dbb56 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-speech.git",
-        "sha": "33d45ba19194329df5cd69fa02008d57e83e9a54"
+        "sha": "e844b1df384873db647f3a426181bec818767df0"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "8b65daa222d193b689279162781baf0aa1f0ffd2"
+        "sha": "cac9eef310652bf138dd76b716e4986e757d62ac"
       }
     }
   ],