diff --git a/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata b/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata
index af8842e86..b04b52e0f 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-pubsub.git",
-        "sha": "09e086c492d492df4d4ae6bdc5f9fdea45e5fffa"
+        "sha": "13825ac951adbeb92e98deab91579b32cbdb2f7c"
       }
     },
     {
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "67f09bf301083798e7220137723222eb00b8f88a"
+        "sha": "b259489b06b25f399768b74b8baa943991f38ea7"
       }
     }
   ]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b725ed3c8..c5ccb85c2 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>16.2.1</version>
+      <version>16.3.0</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:16.2.1')
+implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:16.3.0')
 
 compile 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-pubsub'
 ```