diff --git a/.kokoro/coerce_logs.sh b/.kokoro/coerce_logs.sh
index 5cf7ba49..46edbf7f 100755
--- a/.kokoro/coerce_logs.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/coerce_logs.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ job=$(basename ${KOKORO_JOB_NAME})
 echo "coercing sponge logs..."
 for xml in `find . -name *-sponge_log.xml`
 do
-  echo "processing ${xml}"
   class=$(basename ${xml} | cut -d- -f2)
   dir=$(dirname ${xml})/${job}/${class}
   text=$(dirname ${xml})/${class}-sponge_log.txt
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 32fc5f8d..bff40479 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-tasks.git",
-        "sha": "5f2c4c1a64d9bee0c0a89566833f140d218e22d8"
+        "sha": "19bc4be2d0fc080132b3853126848e4e73c899fb"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "8f76a885deaaf2fe234daeba4a8cc4d1b3de8086"
+        "sha": "87254ac89a9559864c0a245d6b150406439ce3d8"
       }
     }
   ],