diff --git a/java-workflows/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/java-workflows/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index 9351fdfb9ac8..3473042c086e 100644
--- a/java-workflows/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
+++ b/java-workflows/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 docker:
   image: gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/owlbot-java:latest
-  digest: sha256:387835a1375a0049ec44e02542c844302854c732d8291bdf8e472c0ff70a8f67
+  digest: sha256:df8d7b2cc0dbc65871e7edd86601901a0612b272fa3f7f0eb590c5c53aa5f92e
diff --git a/java-workflows/.github/workflows/approve-readme.yaml b/java-workflows/.github/workflows/approve-readme.yaml
index 1bb182327612..f5fc7d5169eb 100644
--- a/java-workflows/.github/workflows/approve-readme.yaml
+++ b/java-workflows/.github/workflows/approve-readme.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.repository_owner == 'googleapis' && github.head_ref == 'autosynth-readme'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/github-script@v5
+      - uses: actions/github-script@v6
         with:
           github-token: ${{secrets.YOSHI_APPROVER_TOKEN}}
           script: |
diff --git a/java-workflows/.github/workflows/auto-release.yaml b/java-workflows/.github/workflows/auto-release.yaml
index 18e23230d98f..7a106d007edf 100644
--- a/java-workflows/.github/workflows/auto-release.yaml
+++ b/java-workflows/.github/workflows/auto-release.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: contains(github.head_ref, 'release-please')
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/github-script@v5
+    - uses: actions/github-script@v6
       with:
         github-token: ${{secrets.YOSHI_APPROVER_TOKEN}}
         debug: true
diff --git a/java-workflows/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/java-workflows/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 6b5e56aaacd1..83ef7f9c2cf3 100644
--- a/java-workflows/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/java-workflows/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         java: [8, 11, 17]
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
       with:
         distribution: zulu
         java-version: ${{matrix.java}}
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ jobs:
   windows:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
       with:
         distribution: zulu
         java-version: 8
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         java: [8, 11, 17]
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
       with:
         distribution: zulu
         java-version: ${{matrix.java}}
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ jobs:
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
       with:
         distribution: zulu
         java-version: 11
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ jobs:
   clirr:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
       with:
         distribution: zulu
         java-version: 8
diff --git a/java-workflows/.github/workflows/samples.yaml b/java-workflows/.github/workflows/samples.yaml
index d5d964df15fa..912ed8b2b027 100644
--- a/java-workflows/.github/workflows/samples.yaml
+++ b/java-workflows/.github/workflows/samples.yaml
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ jobs:
   checkstyle:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
+          distribution: zulu
           java-version: 8
       - name: Run checkstyle
         run: mvn -P lint --quiet --batch-mode checkstyle:check
diff --git a/java-workflows/.kokoro/build.bat b/java-workflows/.kokoro/build.bat
index cc602c9eba80..067cf4a4c489 100644
--- a/java-workflows/.kokoro/build.bat
+++ b/java-workflows/.kokoro/build.bat
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
+:: Copyright 2022 Google LLC
+::
+:: Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+:: you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+:: You may obtain a copy of the License at
+::
+::      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+::
+:: Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+:: distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+:: WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+:: See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+:: limitations under the License.
+:: Github action job to test core java library features on
+:: downstream client libraries before they are released.
 :: See documentation in type-shell-output.bat
-# Copyright 2022 Google LLC
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-# Github action job to test core java library features on
-# downstream client libraries before they are released.
 
 "C:\Program Files\Git\bin\bash.exe" %~dp0build.sh
diff --git a/java-workflows/README.md b/java-workflows/README.md
index d4208385d35b..6434690826f2 100644
--- a/java-workflows/README.md
+++ b/java-workflows/README.md
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ If you are using Maven, add this to your pom.xml file:
 If you are using Gradle without BOM, add this to your dependencies
 
 ```Groovy
-implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-workflows:2.1.7'
+implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-workflows:2.1.8'
 ```
 
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies
 
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-workflows" % "2.1.7"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-workflows" % "2.1.8"
 ```
 
 ## Authentication