diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6137bef2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Code owners file.
+# This file controls who is tagged for review for any given pull request.
+
+# For syntax help see:
+# https://help.github.com/en/github/creating-cloning-and-archiving-repositories/about-code-owners#codeowners-syntax
+
+# The java-samples-reviewers team is the default owner for samples changes
+samples/**/*.java       @googleapis/java-samples-reviewers
diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
index c8051690..47f0f020 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-tasks.git",
-        "sha": "f16972c45e53cdd4b4015823fe4c3588539a1e7a"
+        "sha": "a4d056386ae70f243e87cfc1589ee8354cb7d711"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "5b48b0716a36ca069db3038da7e205c87a22ed19"
+        "sha": "8b65daa222d193b689279162781baf0aa1f0ffd2"
       }
     }
   ],