diff --git a/.kokoro/dependencies.sh b/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
index a7e999d3..9030ba8f 100755
--- a/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 set -eo pipefail
+shopt -s nullglob
 
 ## Get the directory of the build script
 scriptDir=$(realpath $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"))
diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
index 38bc9019..35538d69 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage-nio.git",
-        "sha": "e1f52e26009d1fc125d8543ed823eb41925bbb22"
+        "sha": "aae6534a85c42a567890f8b409dceac1c2cee965"
       }
     },
     {
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "1c0c698705e668ccb3d68556ae7260f16ce63a6e"
+        "sha": "87254ac89a9559864c0a245d6b150406439ce3d8"
       }
     }
   ],