diff --git a/java-container/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/java-container/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index dfd85d726563..82b5a1a2e2e1 100644
--- a/java-container/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
+++ b/java-container/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 docker:
   image: gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/owlbot-java:latest
-  digest: sha256:086f6916c24f11a1a196ea47f9da39abb4ca8730fcd6e69158fec4834287bcde
+  digest: sha256:894d56f45fc3f4f0d5f3bcf790846419ee2d8e44715eae8917d6a1bba2b7283d
diff --git a/java-container/.kokoro/dependencies.sh b/java-container/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
index d7476cfe9727..bd8960246f66 100755
--- a/java-container/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
+++ b/java-container/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
@@ -57,54 +57,3 @@ retry_with_backoff 3 10 \
     -Dclirr.skip=true
 
 mvn -B dependency:analyze -DfailOnWarning=true
-
-echo "****************** DEPENDENCY LIST COMPLETENESS CHECK *******************"
-## Run dependency list completeness check
-function completenessCheck() {
-  # Output dep list with compile scope generated using the original pom
-  # Running mvn dependency:list on Java versions that support modules will also include the module of the dependency.
-  # This is stripped from the output as it is not present in the flattened pom.
-  # Only dependencies with 'compile' or 'runtime' scope are included from original dependency list.
-  msg "Generating dependency list using original pom..."
-  mvn dependency:list -f pom.xml -DincludeScope=runtime -Dsort=true | grep '\[INFO]    .*:.*:.*:.*:.*' | sed -e 's/ --.*//' >.org-list.txt
-
-  # Output dep list generated using the flattened pom (only 'compile' and 'runtime' scopes)
-  msg "Generating dependency list using flattened pom..."
-  mvn dependency:list -f .flattened-pom.xml -DincludeScope=runtime -Dsort=true | grep '\[INFO]    .*:.*:.*:.*:.*' >.new-list.txt
-
-  # Compare two dependency lists
-  msg "Comparing dependency lists..."
-  diff .org-list.txt .new-list.txt >.diff.txt
-  if [[ $? == 0 ]]
-    then
-      msg "Success. No diff!"
-  else
-    msg "Diff found. See below: "
-    msg "You can also check .diff.txt file located in $1."
-    cat .diff.txt
-    return 1
-  fi
-}
-
-# Allow failures to continue running the script
-set +e
-
-error_count=0
-for path in **/.flattened-pom.xml
-do
-  # Check flattened pom in each dir that contains it for completeness
-  dir=$(dirname "$path")
-  pushd "$dir"
-  completenessCheck "$dir"
-  error_count=$(($error_count + $?))
-  popd
-done
-
-if [[ $error_count == 0 ]]
-then
-  msg "All checks passed."
-  exit 0
-else
-  msg "Errors found. See log statements above."
-  exit 1
-fi
diff --git a/java-container/.kokoro/requirements.in b/java-container/.kokoro/requirements.in
index cfdc2e7ed955..6aa7cf2b55ee 100644
--- a/java-container/.kokoro/requirements.in
+++ b/java-container/.kokoro/requirements.in
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@ pycparser==2.21
 pyperclip==1.8.2
 python-dateutil==2.8.2
 requests==2.27.1
+certifi==2022.9.24
 importlib-metadata==4.8.3
 zipp==3.6.0
 google_api_core==2.8.2
 google-cloud-storage==2.0.0
+google-resumable-media==2.3.3
 google-cloud-core==2.3.1
 typing-extensions==4.1.1
 urllib3==1.26.12
diff --git a/java-container/.kokoro/requirements.txt b/java-container/.kokoro/requirements.txt
index 170f1c63abb7..4a16dfadf82a 100644
--- a/java-container/.kokoro/requirements.txt
+++ b/java-container/.kokoro/requirements.txt
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@ cachetools==4.2.4 \
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   google-auth
-certifi==2022.9.14 \
-    --hash=sha256:36973885b9542e6bd01dea287b2b4b3b21236307c56324fcc3f1160f2d655ed5 \
-    --hash=sha256:e232343de1ab72c2aa521b625c80f699e356830fd0e2c620b465b304b17b0516
-    # via requests
+certifi==2022.9.24 \
+    --hash=sha256:0d9c601124e5a6ba9712dbc60d9c53c21e34f5f641fe83002317394311bdce14 \
+    --hash=sha256:90c1a32f1d68f940488354e36370f6cca89f0f106db09518524c88d6ed83f382
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements.in
+    #   requests
 cffi==1.15.1 \
     --hash=sha256:00a9ed42e88df81ffae7a8ab6d9356b371399b91dbdf0c3cb1e84c03a13aceb5 \
     --hash=sha256:03425bdae262c76aad70202debd780501fabeaca237cdfddc008987c0e0f59ef \
@@ -218,7 +220,9 @@ google-crc32c==1.3.0 \
 google-resumable-media==2.3.3 \
     --hash=sha256:27c52620bd364d1c8116eaac4ea2afcbfb81ae9139fb3199652fcac1724bfb6c \
     --hash=sha256:5b52774ea7a829a8cdaa8bd2d4c3d4bc660c91b30857ab2668d0eb830f4ea8c5
-    # via google-cloud-storage
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements.in
+    #   google-cloud-storage
 googleapis-common-protos==1.56.3 \
     --hash=sha256:6f1369b58ed6cf3a4b7054a44ebe8d03b29c309257583a2bbdc064cd1e4a1442 \
     --hash=sha256:87955d7b3a73e6e803f2572a33179de23989ebba725e05ea42f24838b792e461
@@ -335,33 +339,29 @@ packaging==21.3 \
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   gcp-releasetool
-protobuf==3.19.5 \
-    --hash=sha256:1867f93b06a183f87696871bb8d1e99ee71dbb69d468ce1f0cc8bf3d30f982f3 \
-    --hash=sha256:3c4160b601220627f7e91154e572baf5e161a9c3f445a8242d536ee3d0b7b17c \
-    --hash=sha256:4ee2af7051d3b10c8a4fe6fd1a2c69f201fea36aeee7086cf202a692e1b99ee1 \
-    --hash=sha256:5266c36cc0af3bb3dbf44f199d225b33da66a9a5c3bdc2b14865ad10eddf0e37 \
-    --hash=sha256:5470f892961af464ae6eaf0f3099e2c1190ae8c7f36f174b89491281341f79ca \
-    --hash=sha256:66d14b5b90090353efe75c9fb1bf65ef7267383034688d255b500822e37d5c2f \
-    --hash=sha256:67efb5d20618020aa9596e17bfc37ca068c28ec0c1507d9507f73c93d46c9855 \
-    --hash=sha256:696e6cfab94cc15a14946f2bf72719dced087d437adbd994fff34f38986628bc \
-    --hash=sha256:6a02172b9650f819d01fb8e224fc69b0706458fc1ab4f1c669281243c71c1a5e \
-    --hash=sha256:6eca9ae238ba615d702387a2ddea635d535d769994a9968c09a4ca920c487ab9 \
-    --hash=sha256:950abd6c00e7b51f87ae8b18a0ce4d69fea217f62f171426e77de5061f6d9850 \
-    --hash=sha256:9e1d74032f56ff25f417cfe84c8147047732e5059137ca42efad20cbbd25f5e0 \
-    --hash=sha256:9e42b1cf2ecd8a1bd161239e693f22035ba99905ae6d7efeac8a0546c7ec1a27 \
-    --hash=sha256:9f957ef53e872d58a0afd3bf6d80d48535d28c99b40e75e6634cbc33ea42fd54 \
-    --hash=sha256:a89aa0c042e61e11ade320b802d6db4ee5391d8d973e46d3a48172c1597789f8 \
-    --hash=sha256:c0f80876a8ff0ae7064084ed094eb86497bd5a3812e6fc96a05318b92301674e \
-    --hash=sha256:c44e3282cff74ad18c7e8a0375f407f69ee50c2116364b44492a196293e08b21 \
-    --hash=sha256:d249519ba5ecf5dd6b18150c9b6bcde510b273714b696f3923ff8308fc11ae49 \
-    --hash=sha256:d3973a2d58aefc7d1230725c2447ce7f86a71cbc094b86a77c6ee1505ac7cdb1 \
-    --hash=sha256:dca2284378a5f2a86ffed35c6ac147d14c48b525eefcd1083e5a9ce28dfa8657 \
-    --hash=sha256:e63b0b3c42e51c94add62b010366cd4979cb6d5f06158bcae8faac4c294f91e1 \
-    --hash=sha256:f2b599a21c9a32e171ec29a2ac54e03297736c578698e11b099d031f79da114b \
-    --hash=sha256:f2bde37667b18c2b5280df83bc799204394a5d2d774e4deaf9de0eb741df6833 \
-    --hash=sha256:f4f909f4dde413dec435a44b0894956d55bb928ded7d6e3c726556ca4c796e84 \
-    --hash=sha256:f976234e20ab2785f54224bcdafa027674e23663b132fa3ca0caa291a6cfbde7 \
-    --hash=sha256:f9cebda093c2f6bfed88f1c17cdade09d4d96096421b344026feee236532d4de
+protobuf==3.20.2 \
+    --hash=sha256:03d76b7bd42ac4a6e109742a4edf81ffe26ffd87c5993126d894fe48a120396a \
+    --hash=sha256:09e25909c4297d71d97612f04f41cea8fa8510096864f2835ad2f3b3df5a5559 \
+    --hash=sha256:18e34a10ae10d458b027d7638a599c964b030c1739ebd035a1dfc0e22baa3bfe \
+    --hash=sha256:291fb4307094bf5ccc29f424b42268640e00d5240bf0d9b86bf3079f7576474d \
+    --hash=sha256:2c0b040d0b5d5d207936ca2d02f00f765906622c07d3fa19c23a16a8ca71873f \
+    --hash=sha256:384164994727f274cc34b8abd41a9e7e0562801361ee77437099ff6dfedd024b \
+    --hash=sha256:3cb608e5a0eb61b8e00fe641d9f0282cd0eedb603be372f91f163cbfbca0ded0 \
+    --hash=sha256:5d9402bf27d11e37801d1743eada54372f986a372ec9679673bfcc5c60441151 \
+    --hash=sha256:712dca319eee507a1e7df3591e639a2b112a2f4a62d40fe7832a16fd19151750 \
+    --hash=sha256:7a5037af4e76c975b88c3becdf53922b5ffa3f2cddf657574a4920a3b33b80f3 \
+    --hash=sha256:8228e56a865c27163d5d1d1771d94b98194aa6917bcfb6ce139cbfa8e3c27334 \
+    --hash=sha256:84a1544252a933ef07bb0b5ef13afe7c36232a774affa673fc3636f7cee1db6c \
+    --hash=sha256:84fe5953b18a383fd4495d375fe16e1e55e0a3afe7b4f7b4d01a3a0649fcda9d \
+    --hash=sha256:9c673c8bfdf52f903081816b9e0e612186684f4eb4c17eeb729133022d6032e3 \
+    --hash=sha256:a9e5ae5a8e8985c67e8944c23035a0dff2c26b0f5070b2f55b217a1c33bbe8b1 \
+    --hash=sha256:b4fdb29c5a7406e3f7ef176b2a7079baa68b5b854f364c21abe327bbeec01cdb \
+    --hash=sha256:c184485e0dfba4dfd451c3bd348c2e685d6523543a0f91b9fd4ae90eb09e8422 \
+    --hash=sha256:c9cdf251c582c16fd6a9f5e95836c90828d51b0069ad22f463761d27c6c19019 \
+    --hash=sha256:e39cf61bb8582bda88cdfebc0db163b774e7e03364bbf9ce1ead13863e81e359 \
+    --hash=sha256:e8fbc522303e09036c752a0afcc5c0603e917222d8bedc02813fd73b4b4ed804 \
+    --hash=sha256:f34464ab1207114e73bba0794d1257c150a2b89b7a9faf504e00af7c9fd58978 \
+    --hash=sha256:f52dabc96ca99ebd2169dadbe018824ebda08a795c7684a0b7d203a290f3adb0
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   gcp-docuploader
diff --git a/java-container/README.md b/java-container/README.md
index 053e413a3492..82c8abfb3940 100644
--- a/java-container/README.md
+++ b/java-container/README.md
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-container'
 If you are using Gradle without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Groovy
-implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-container:2.6.0'
+implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-container:2.8.0'
 ```
 
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-container" % "2.6.0"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-container" % "2.8.0"
 ```
 
 ## Authentication