diff --git a/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata b/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata
index 9db5b2af1a..f38511190f 100644
--- a/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata
+++ b/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerystorage.git",
-        "sha": "8e2ab013a276d53e9af593ef65481cefc3dd2131"
+        "sha": "8bcfcad58624c7a664ddc7e8a60098d1f5cb2c47"
       }
     },
     {
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "79ab0b44a2cc7d803d07c107f9faf07729fc4012"
+        "sha": "0199c79b8324fba66476300824aa931788c47e2d"
       }
     }
   ]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 16b938f257..0e2b9deb89 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ If you are using Maven with [BOM][libraries-bom], add this to your pom.xml file
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-      <version>16.4.0</version>
+      <version>18.0.0</version>
       <type>pom</type>
       <scope>import</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ If you are using Maven without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 
 If you are using Gradle 5.x or later, add this to your dependencies
 ```Groovy
-implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:17.0.0')
+implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:18.0.0')
 
 compile 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigquerystorage'
 ```