diff --git a/java-shared-dependencies/.github/generated-files-bot.yml b/java-shared-dependencies/.github/generated-files-bot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20f3acc281
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java-shared-dependencies/.github/generated-files-bot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+externalManifests:
+- type: json
+  file: 'synth.metadata'
+  jsonpath: '$.generatedFiles[*]'
+- type: json
+  file: '.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata'
+  jsonpath: '$.generatedFiles[*]'
diff --git a/java-shared-dependencies/.kokoro/build.sh b/java-shared-dependencies/.kokoro/build.sh
index 73ba3d82fa..ea53b0f314 100755
--- a/java-shared-dependencies/.kokoro/build.sh
+++ b/java-shared-dependencies/.kokoro/build.sh
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ samples)
 
     if [[ -f ${SAMPLES_DIR}/pom.xml ]]
     then
-        pushd {SAMPLES_DIR}
+        pushd ${SAMPLES_DIR}
         mvn -B \
           -Penable-samples \
           -DtrimStackTrace=false \
diff --git a/java-shared-dependencies/synth.metadata b/java-shared-dependencies/synth.metadata
index 3fc3f1faa2..21e516513f 100644
--- a/java-shared-dependencies/synth.metadata
+++ b/java-shared-dependencies/synth.metadata
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-dependencies.git",
-        "sha": "71979b715609d28c83c7a2291a3bcaf7eee94131"
+        "sha": "2c1438355d733e2d446dac8ad5b58c319523787c"
       }
     },
     {
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "5f6ef0ec5501d33c4667885b37a7685a30d41a76"
+        "sha": "b19b401571e77192f8dd38eab5fb2300a0de9324"
       }
     }
   ],
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     ".github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md",
     ".github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/support_request.md",
     ".github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md",
+    ".github/generated-files-bot.yml",
     ".github/readme/synth.py",
     ".github/snippet-bot.yml",
     ".github/trusted-contribution.yml",