diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 891c92531..3df11de40 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - master
+      - $default-branch
   pull_request:
 name: ci
 jobs:
diff --git a/.kokoro/release/publish.cfg b/.kokoro/release/publish.cfg
index 39f3cddc3..efee05b9b 100644
--- a/.kokoro/release/publish.cfg
+++ b/.kokoro/release/publish.cfg
@@ -1,23 +1,3 @@
-# Get npm token from Keystore
-before_action {
-  fetch_keystore {
-    keystore_resource {
-      keystore_config_id: 73713
-      keyname: "google_cloud_npm_token"
-      backend_type: FASTCONFIGPUSH
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-before_action {
-  fetch_keystore {
-    keystore_resource {
-      keystore_config_id: 73713
-      keyname: "yoshi-automation-github-key"
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 before_action {
   fetch_keystore {
     keystore_resource {
@@ -27,26 +7,6 @@ before_action {
   }
 }
 
-# Fetch magictoken to use with Magic Github Proxy
-before_action {
-  fetch_keystore {
-    keystore_resource {
-      keystore_config_id: 73713
-      keyname: "releasetool-magictoken"
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-# Fetch api key to use with Magic Github Proxy
-before_action {
-  fetch_keystore {
-    keystore_resource {
-      keystore_config_id: 73713
-      keyname: "magic-github-proxy-api-key"
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 env_vars: {
   key: "SECRET_MANAGER_KEYS"
   value: "npm_publish_token,releasetool-publish-reporter-app,releasetool-publish-reporter-googleapis-installation,releasetool-publish-reporter-pem"
diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
index 7b01cc90c..900dbbe91 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/gax-nodejs.git",
-        "sha": "eed447fdbac1340109b2bfc0d50460cc1c790f6b"
+        "sha": "1e15e2786b482630988cdd09705726f342e626d8"
       }
     },
     {
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "57c23fa5705499a4181095ced81f0ee0933b64f6"
+        "sha": "c6706ee5d693e9ae5967614170732646590d8374"
       }
     }
   ]