diff --git a/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata b/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata
index b28e6ec6..b83ff85e 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-storage-nio.git",
-        "sha": "34819d986dfebe953eec603718ab339018d69d12"
+        "sha": "159531eb50a5898b441915bb10b24a0a62e03c42"
       }
     },
     {
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index eced199d..c5020fe0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ If you are using Maven with [BOM][libraries-bom], add this to your pom.xml file
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-      <version>18.1.0</version>
+      <version>19.0.0</version>
       <type>pom</type>
       <scope>import</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ If you are using Maven without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 
 If you are using Gradle 5.x or later, add this to your dependencies
 ```Groovy
-implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:18.1.0')
+implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:19.0.0')
 
 compile 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-nio'
 ```