diff --git a/java-vpcaccess/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/java-vpcaccess/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index 791e842d2f88..42327db5e2e3 100644
--- a/java-vpcaccess/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
+++ b/java-vpcaccess/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 docker:
   image: gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/owlbot-java:latest
-  digest: sha256:6566dc8226f20993af18e5a4e7a2b1ba85a292b02dedb6a1634cf10e1b418fa5
+  digest: sha256:f14e3fefe8e361e85752bd9890c8e56f2fe25f1e89cbb9597e4e3c7a429203a3
diff --git a/java-vpcaccess/README.md b/java-vpcaccess/README.md
index bdd50866f69a..41573e4ff395 100644
--- a/java-vpcaccess/README.md
+++ b/java-vpcaccess/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-vpcaccess:2.4.0'
+implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-vpcaccess:2.4.1'
 ```
 
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-vpcaccess" % "2.4.0"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-vpcaccess" % "2.4.1"
 ```
 
 ## Authentication
diff --git a/java-vpcaccess/renovate.json b/java-vpcaccess/renovate.json
index 75e52726fda5..fcdc69e882df 100644
--- a/java-vpcaccess/renovate.json
+++ b/java-vpcaccess/renovate.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     ":maintainLockFilesDisabled",
     ":autodetectPinVersions"
   ],
+  "ignorePaths": [".kokoro/requirements.txt"],
   "packageRules": [
     {
       "packagePatterns": [