diff --git a/.kokoro/dependencies.sh b/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
index cee4f11e..c91e5a56 100755
--- a/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
@@ -43,12 +43,13 @@ function completenessCheck() {
   # Output dep list with compile scope generated using the original pom
   # Running mvn dependency:list on Java versions that support modules will also include the module of the dependency.
   # This is stripped from the output as it is not present in the flattened pom.
+  # Only dependencies with 'compile' or 'runtime' scope are included from original dependency list.
   msg "Generating dependency list using original pom..."
-  mvn dependency:list -f pom.xml -Dsort=true | grep '\[INFO]    .*:.*:.*:.*:.*' | sed -e s/\\s--\\smodule.*// | grep -v ':test$' >.org-list.txt
+  mvn dependency:list -f pom.xml -DincludeScope=runtime -Dsort=true | grep '\[INFO]    .*:.*:.*:.*:.*' | sed -e s/\\s--\\smodule.*// >.org-list.txt
 
-  # Output dep list generated using the flattened pom (test scope deps are ommitted)
+  # Output dep list generated using the flattened pom (only 'compile' and 'runtime' scopes)
   msg "Generating dependency list using flattened pom..."
-  mvn dependency:list -f .flattened-pom.xml -Dsort=true | grep '\[INFO]    .*:.*:.*:.*:.*' >.new-list.txt
+  mvn dependency:list -f .flattened-pom.xml -DincludeScope=runtime -Dsort=true | grep '\[INFO]    .*:.*:.*:.*:.*' >.new-list.txt
 
   # Compare two dependency lists
   msg "Comparing dependency lists..."
@@ -85,4 +86,4 @@ then
 else
   msg "Errors found. See log statements above."
   exit 1
-fi
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8397149d..16fd4589 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -98,11 +98,11 @@ If you are using Maven without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 
 If you are using Gradle, add this to your dependencies
 ```Groovy
-compile 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-recaptchaenterprise:0.30.1'
+compile 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-recaptchaenterprise:0.31.0'
 ```
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-recaptchaenterprise" % "0.30.1"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-recaptchaenterprise" % "0.31.0"
 ```
 [//]: # ({x-version-update-end})
 
diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
index 426e3b68..96ffe4b3 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-recaptchaenterprise.git",
-        "sha": "07753990d4be10a89679658019c006ebb113d5f4"
+        "sha": "8052bb8a261536e505ca192b51e5aba9dad80245"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "4530cc6ff080ef8aca258c1ec92c4db10a1bbfb4"
+        "sha": "f8823dec98277a9516f2fb6fae9f58b3a59a23e1"
       }
     }
   ],