diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index c4e2931d46..94bb6aedaf 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -76,5 +76,6 @@
       "groupName": "jackson dependencies"
     }
   ],
-  "semanticCommits": true
+  "semanticCommits": true,
+  "masterIssue": true
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
index 6f1bf6e8fd..957ee5479c 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-core.git",
-        "sha": "4df33f0da02855161562e80a9d50e52dc21f4693"
+        "sha": "48346c9158ed2223c90e7a9189e9c982da47fb12"
       }
     },
     {
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "8b65daa222d193b689279162781baf0aa1f0ffd2"
+        "sha": "cac9eef310652bf138dd76b716e4986e757d62ac"
       }
     }
   ]