diff --git a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index 34f691d3..b6721276 100644
--- a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
+++ b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 docker:
   image: gcr.io/repo-automation-bots/owlbot-java:latest
-  digest: sha256:677e79291a12251a7c7e9c24db87f50ae0428bbb79c2bebc50e4fc5e9ed1ee32
+  digest: sha256:8c50e7bab0ae5ad41ee29420b558542637104500f6256b8fe74282b0cf6144db
diff --git a/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata b/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata
deleted file mode 100644
index 8421744f..00000000
--- a/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "sources": [
-    {
-      "git": {
-        "name": ".",
-        "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-notebooks.git",
-        "sha": "683c3e14ed6528d739ba3422a7faac8cbae918a6"
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "git": {
-        "name": "synthtool",
-        "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "3d32990b6f4b57be77455e3ca89e6e21cd0c06b3"
-      }
-    }
-  ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/readme/synth.py b/.github/readme/synth.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b48cc28..00000000
--- a/.github/readme/synth.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2020 Google LLC
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-"""This script is used to synthesize generated the README for this library."""
-
-from synthtool.languages import java
-
-java.custom_templates(["java_library/README.md"])
diff --git a/.github/trusted-contribution.yml b/.github/trusted-contribution.yml
index f247d5c7..a0ba1f7d 100644
--- a/.github/trusted-contribution.yml
+++ b/.github/trusted-contribution.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 trustedContributors:
-- renovate-bot
\ No newline at end of file
+- renovate-bot
+- gcf-owl-bot[bot]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 65ae6ecd..3becb5c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ jobs:
         java: [8, 11]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: stCarolas/setup-maven@v4
+      with:
+        maven-version: 3.8.1
     - uses: actions/setup-java@v1
       with:
         java-version: ${{matrix.java}}
@@ -23,6 +26,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: stCarolas/setup-maven@v4
+      with:
+        maven-version: 3.8.1
     - uses: actions/setup-java@v1
       with:
         java-version: 8
@@ -37,28 +43,21 @@ jobs:
         java: [8, 11]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: stCarolas/setup-maven@v4
+      with:
+        maven-version: 3.8.1
     - uses: actions/setup-java@v1
       with:
         java-version: ${{matrix.java}}
     - run: java -version
     - run: .kokoro/dependencies.sh
-  linkage-monitor:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - uses: actions/setup-java@v1
-      with:
-        java-version: 8
-    - run: java -version
-    - name: Install artifacts to local Maven repository
-      run: .kokoro/build.sh
-      shell: bash
-    - name: Validate any conflicts with regard to com.google.cloud:libraries-bom (latest release)
-      uses: GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-opensource-java/linkage-monitor@v1-linkagemonitor
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: stCarolas/setup-maven@v4
+      with:
+        maven-version: 3.8.1
     - uses: actions/setup-java@v1
       with:
         java-version: 8
@@ -70,6 +69,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: stCarolas/setup-maven@v4
+      with:
+        maven-version: 3.8.1
     - uses: actions/setup-java@v1
       with:
         java-version: 8
diff --git a/.kokoro/continuous/readme.cfg b/.kokoro/continuous/readme.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c4c9fe7..00000000
--- a/.kokoro/continuous/readme.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2020 Google LLC
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-# Format: //devtools/kokoro/config/proto/build.proto
-
-env_vars: {
-  key: "TRAMPOLINE_IMAGE"
-  value: "gcr.io/cloud-devrel-kokoro-resources/python-multi"
-}
-
-env_vars: {
-  key: "TRAMPOLINE_BUILD_FILE"
-  value: "github/java-notebooks/.kokoro/readme.sh"
-}
-
-# Build logs will be here
-action {
-  define_artifacts {
-    regex: "**/*sponge_log.xml"
-    regex: "**/*sponge_log.log"
-  }
-}
-
-# The github token is stored here.
-before_action {
-  fetch_keystore {
-    keystore_resource {
-      keystore_config_id: 73713
-      keyname: "yoshi-automation-github-key"
-      # TODO(theacodes): remove this after secrets have globally propagated
-      backend_type: FASTCONFIGPUSH
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-# Common env vars for all repositories and builds.
-env_vars: {
-    key: "GITHUB_USER"
-    value: "yoshi-automation"
-}
-env_vars: {
-    key: "GITHUB_EMAIL"
-    value: "yoshi-automation@google.com"
-}
diff --git a/.kokoro/release/common.sh b/.kokoro/release/common.sh
index 6e3f6599..7f78ee41 100755
--- a/.kokoro/release/common.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/release/common.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Copyright 2018 Google Inc.
+# Copyright 2018 Google LLC
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/.kokoro/release/drop.sh b/.kokoro/release/drop.sh
index 5c4551ef..742ec1a8 100755
--- a/.kokoro/release/drop.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/release/drop.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Copyright 2018 Google Inc.
+# Copyright 2018 Google LLC
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/.kokoro/release/promote.sh b/.kokoro/release/promote.sh
index 1fa95fa5..3cac3d8a 100755
--- a/.kokoro/release/promote.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/release/promote.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Copyright 2018 Google Inc.
+# Copyright 2018 Google LLC
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc.sh b/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc.sh
index 2beb8dba..7f4fcb5f 100755
--- a/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Copyright 2019 Google Inc.
+# Copyright 2019 Google LLC
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc11.sh b/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc11.sh
index 021728b6..cc254b4e 100755
--- a/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc11.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc11.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Copyright 2021 Google Inc.
+# Copyright 2021 Google LLC
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/.kokoro/release/stage.sh b/.kokoro/release/stage.sh
index 8a103384..77dc4e8f 100755
--- a/.kokoro/release/stage.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/release/stage.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Copyright 2018 Google Inc.
+# Copyright 2018 Google LLC
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/.kokoro/trampoline.sh b/.kokoro/trampoline.sh
index 9da0f839..8b69b793 100644
--- a/.kokoro/trampoline.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/trampoline.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Copyright 2018 Google Inc.
+# Copyright 2018 Google LLC
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c257b643..127eda74 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.5.0](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-notebooks/compare/v0.4.1...v0.5.0) (2021-09-14)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Remove use of deprecated gradle command in java README ([#1196](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-notebooks/issues/1196)) ([#241](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-notebooks/issues/241)) ([3ce8cb2](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-notebooks/commit/3ce8cb24810809ac82272882435508f0d2e723bf))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-shared-dependencies to v2.2.0 ([#245](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-notebooks/issues/245)) ([b410a2e](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-notebooks/commit/b410a2e3367e43d1d2938c4cdcea5fb3d9b74029))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-shared-dependencies to v2.2.1 ([#254](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-notebooks/issues/254)) ([2758446](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-notebooks/commit/2758446958d8da7241549ef290b08ee4e857e8f0))
+
 ### [0.4.1](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-notebooks/compare/v0.4.0...v0.4.1) (2021-08-25)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 427b1d85..dd9fd4cc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ If you are using Maven, add this to your pom.xml file:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-notebooks</artifactId>
-  <version>0.3.0</version>
+  <version>0.4.1</version>
 </dependency>
 
 ```
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ If you are using Maven, add this to your pom.xml file:
 If you are using Gradle without BOM, add this to your dependencies
 
 ```Groovy
-compile 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-notebooks:0.4.0'
+implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-notebooks:0.4.1'
 ```
 
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies
 
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-notebooks" % "0.4.0"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-notebooks" % "0.4.1"
 ```
 
 ## Authentication
diff --git a/google-cloud-notebooks-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-notebooks-bom/pom.xml
index fcfac930..5da3a820 100644
--- a/google-cloud-notebooks-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-notebooks-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-notebooks-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>0.4.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-notebooks:current} -->
+  <version>0.5.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-notebooks:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-config</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.1</version>
+    <version>1.0.2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <name>Google AI Platform Notebooks BOM</name>
@@ -56,17 +56,17 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-notebooks</artifactId>
-        <version>0.4.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-notebooks:current} -->
+        <version>0.5.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-notebooks:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-notebooks-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.4.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-notebooks-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.5.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-notebooks-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-notebooks-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.4.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-notebooks-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.5.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-notebooks-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-notebooks/pom.xml b/google-cloud-notebooks/pom.xml
index 32c0c2c5..8bee6d8c 100644
--- a/google-cloud-notebooks/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-notebooks/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-notebooks</artifactId>
-  <version>0.4.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-notebooks:current} -->
+  <version>0.5.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-notebooks:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google AI Platform Notebooks</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-notebooks</url>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-notebooks-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.4.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-notebooks:current} -->
+    <version>0.5.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-notebooks:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-notebooks</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-notebooks-v1beta1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-notebooks-v1beta1/pom.xml
index a87f3be5..d0e48666 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-notebooks-v1beta1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-notebooks-v1beta1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-notebooks-v1beta1</artifactId>
-  <version>0.4.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-notebooks-v1beta1:current} -->
+  <version>0.5.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-notebooks-v1beta1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-notebooks-v1beta1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-notebooks-v1beta1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-notebooks-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.4.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-notebooks:current} -->
+    <version>0.5.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-notebooks:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0e073422..90e05f43 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-notebooks-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>0.4.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-notebooks:current} -->
+  <version>0.5.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-notebooks:current} -->
   <name>Google AI Platform Notebooks Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-notebooks</url>
   <description>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-config</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.1</version>
+    <version>1.0.2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <developers>
@@ -61,23 +61,23 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-notebooks</artifactId>
-        <version>0.4.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-notebooks:current} -->
+        <version>0.5.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-notebooks:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-notebooks-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.4.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-notebooks-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.5.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-notebooks-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-notebooks-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.4.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-notebooks-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.5.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-notebooks-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-dependencies</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.0</version>
+        <version>2.2.1</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.3.0</version>
+        <version>3.3.1</version>
         <reportSets>
           <reportSet>
             <id>html</id>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-notebooks-v1beta1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-notebooks-v1beta1/pom.xml
index 49090894..ff4869ce 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-notebooks-v1beta1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-notebooks-v1beta1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-notebooks-v1beta1</artifactId>
-  <version>0.4.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-notebooks-v1beta1:current} -->
+  <version>0.5.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-notebooks-v1beta1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-notebooks-v1beta1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-notebooks-v1beta1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-notebooks-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.4.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-notebooks:current} -->
+    <version>0.5.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-notebooks:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 2f5b2f4c..fc558e8b 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@
         "^junit:junit",
         "^com.google.truth:truth",
         "^org.mockito:mockito-core",
-        "^org.objenesis:objenesis"
+        "^org.objenesis:objenesis",
+        "^com.google.cloud:google-cloud-conformance-tests"
       ],
       "semanticCommitType": "test",
       "semanticCommitScope": "deps"
diff --git a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
index b13d9b11..677a3270 100644
--- a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-notebooks</artifactId>
-      <version>0.3.0</version>
+      <version>0.4.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- [END notebooks_install_without_bom] -->
 
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 5700110b..c8f38750 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-notebooks</artifactId>
-      <version>0.4.1</version>
+      <version>0.5.0</version>
     </dependency>
   <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index 367844c6..73a751aa 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-notebooks</artifactId>
-      <version>0.3.0</version>
+      <version>0.4.1</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index d53e2691..7ed30982 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-notebooks:0.4.1:0.4.1
-grpc-google-cloud-notebooks-v1beta1:0.4.1:0.4.1
-proto-google-cloud-notebooks-v1beta1:0.4.1:0.4.1
+google-cloud-notebooks:0.5.0:0.5.0
+grpc-google-cloud-notebooks-v1beta1:0.5.0:0.5.0
+proto-google-cloud-notebooks-v1beta1:0.5.0:0.5.0