diff --git a/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc.sh b/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc.sh
index c776ace82..ca9c0bf57 100755
--- a/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc.sh
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ popd
 # V2
 mvn clean site -B -q -Ddevsite.template="${KOKORO_GFILE_DIR}/java/"
 
-pushd target/devsite
+pushd target/devsite/reference
 
 # create metadata
 python3 -m docuploader create-metadata \
diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
index 44350b37f..f7731778f 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "5a506ec8765cc04f7e29f888b8e9b257d9a7ae11"
+        "sha": "9593c3b5b714cc9b17c445aee8834ac2b4b9348b"
       }
     }
   ],