diff --git a/.kokoro/dependencies.sh b/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
index c91e5a56..0fb8c843 100755
--- a/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m"
 
 # this should run maven enforcer
 retry_with_backoff 3 10 \
-  mvn install -B -V \
+  mvn install -B -V -ntp \
     -DskipTests=true \
     -Dclirr.skip=true
 
@@ -86,4 +86,4 @@ then
 else
   msg "Errors found. See log statements above."
   exit 1
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi
diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
index 78450789..8ab6c3b6 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-tasks.git",
-        "sha": "4f38edca225653fe6bfd6e54b8ae9662c63e50ee"
+        "sha": "1fdc0fed2d6e903f063ad5a65bb40ffa47ef649d"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "b416a7befcdbc42de41cf387dcf428f894fb812b"
+        "sha": "6946fd71ae9215b0e7ae188f5057df765ee6d7d2"
       }
     }
   ],