diff --git a/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc11.sh b/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc11.sh
index 5220866fe5..2af6c7caba 100755
--- a/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc11.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc11.sh
@@ -36,13 +36,9 @@ mvn clean install -B -q -DskipTests=true
 export NAME=google-cloud-bigtable
 export VERSION=$(grep ${NAME}: versions.txt | cut -d: -f3)
 
-# V3 generates docfx yml from javadoc
-# generate yml
-mvn clean site -B -q -P docFX
-
-# copy README to docfx-yml dir and rename index.md
-cp README.md target/docfx-yml/index.md
-# copy CHANGELOG to docfx-yml dir and rename history.md
+# cloud RAD generation
+mvn clean javadoc:aggregate -B -q -P docFX
+# include CHANGELOG
 cp CHANGELOG.md target/docfx-yml/history.md
 
 pushd target/docfx-yml
diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
index 979e1b81d5..1ded0ce736 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable.git",
-        "sha": "e1f5553cddd40ff477fa28f9ba7fb94194fabbb2"
+        "sha": "8e70884dca734934f5ed2cf004fce7c3a42357fd"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "717a6a1fe247df095092de1321eadc9da887a06c"
+        "sha": "99ea92a109dbcd4e2b8c179e337848ba6a25fe16"
       }
     }
   ],