diff --git a/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata b/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata
index 06d854351b3..11a998bf47c 100644
--- a/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata
+++ b/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner.git",
-        "sha": "f0beabb228a4f555e1bcb1817a14e8074a54ef8c"
+        "sha": "90255ea7a1cc70ba4f4ab48551c509f503981540"
       }
     },
     {
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ebc823d6bd6..8194d79ff1e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -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-spanner'
 ```