diff --git a/.github/generated-files-bot.yml b/.github/generated-files-bot.yml
index 20f3acc2..47c2ba13 100644
--- a/.github/generated-files-bot.yml
+++ b/.github/generated-files-bot.yml
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@ externalManifests:
 - type: json
   file: '.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata'
   jsonpath: '$.generatedFiles[*]'
+ignoreAuthors:
+- 'renovate-bot'
+- 'yoshi-automation'
+- 'release-please[bot]'
diff --git a/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata b/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata
index c26f5c1c..a89d2468 100644
--- a/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata
+++ b/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-monitoring.git",
-        "sha": "3f357420ecaf5efd46e5de3a04f577191c91e3d1"
+        "sha": "ba74e91ede29759e7d40954fd2c0cccb5e01c1d9"
       }
     },
     {
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "996775eca5fd934edac3c2ae34b80ff0395b1717"
+        "sha": "41a4e56982620d3edcf110d76f4fcdfdec471ac8"
       }
     }
   ]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/formatting.yaml b/.github/workflows/formatting.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6844407b..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/formatting.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-on:
-  pull_request_target:
-    types: [opened, synchronize]
-    branches:
-      - master
-name: format
-jobs:
-  format-code:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.YOSHI_CODE_BOT_TOKEN }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          ref: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.ref}}
-          repository: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name}}
-      - uses: actions/setup-java@v1
-        with:
-          java-version: 11
-      - run: "mvn com.coveo:fmt-maven-plugin:format"
-      - uses: googleapis/code-suggester@v1
-        with:
-          command: review
-          pull_number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
-          git_dir: '.'
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 025f771f..23733e98 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### [2.0.12](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-monitoring/compare/v2.0.11...v2.0.12) (2021-01-14)
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-shared-dependencies to v0.18.0 ([#394](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-monitoring/issues/394)) ([e9cc332](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-monitoring/commit/e9cc3321593eacecebe4c31fc5c030ecb465503a))
+
 ### [2.0.11](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-monitoring/compare/v2.0.10...v2.0.11) (2020-12-15)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 391e7a94..02f62073 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ If you are using Maven with [BOM][libraries-bom], add this to your pom.xml file
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-      <version>16.1.0</version>
+      <version>16.2.1</version>
       <type>pom</type>
       <scope>import</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -39,18 +39,25 @@ If you are using Maven without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-monitoring</artifactId>
-  <version>2.0.11-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.0.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
 </dependency>
 
 ```
 
-If you are using Gradle, add this to your dependencies
+If you are using Gradle 5.x or later, add this to your dependencies
 ```Groovy
-compile 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-monitoring:2.0.9'
+implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:16.2.1')
+
+compile 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-monitoring'
+```
+If you are using Gradle without BOM, add this to your dependencies
+```Groovy
+compile 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-monitoring:2.0.11'
 ```
+
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-monitoring" % "2.0.9"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-monitoring" % "2.0.11"
 ```
 
 ## Authentication
diff --git a/google-cloud-monitoring-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-monitoring-bom/pom.xml
index aec4f67a..fbe253d4 100644
--- a/google-cloud-monitoring-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-monitoring-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-monitoring-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.0.11</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-monitoring:current} -->
+  <version>2.0.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-monitoring:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -64,17 +64,17 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-monitoring</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.11</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-monitoring:current} -->
+        <version>2.0.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-monitoring:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-monitoring-v3</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.11</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-monitoring-v3:current} -->
+        <version>2.0.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-monitoring-v3:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-monitoring-v3</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.11</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-monitoring-v3:current} -->
+        <version>2.0.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-monitoring-v3:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-monitoring/pom.xml b/google-cloud-monitoring/pom.xml
index 2e6229f3..fc84981c 100644
--- a/google-cloud-monitoring/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-monitoring/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-monitoring</artifactId>
-  <version>2.0.11</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-monitoring:current} -->
+  <version>2.0.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-monitoring:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Monitoring</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-monitoring</url>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-monitoring-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.11</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-monitoring:current} -->
+    <version>2.0.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-monitoring:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-monitoring</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-monitoring-v3/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-monitoring-v3/pom.xml
index 80d1b0e7..c5a2dd20 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-monitoring-v3/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-monitoring-v3/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-monitoring-v3</artifactId>
-  <version>2.0.11</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-monitoring-v3:current} -->
+  <version>2.0.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-monitoring-v3:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-monitoring-v3</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-monitoring-v3</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-monitoring-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.11</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-monitoring:current} -->
+    <version>2.0.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-monitoring:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a89534eb..873e018b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-monitoring-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.0.11</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-monitoring:current} -->
+  <version>2.0.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-monitoring:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud Monitoring Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-monitoring</url>
   <description>
@@ -70,23 +70,23 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-monitoring-v3</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.11</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-monitoring-v3:current} -->
+        <version>2.0.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-monitoring-v3:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-monitoring-v3</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.11</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-monitoring-v3:current} -->
+        <version>2.0.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-monitoring-v3:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-monitoring</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.11</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-monitoring:current} -->
+        <version>2.0.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-monitoring:current} -->
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-dependencies</artifactId>
-        <version>0.17.0</version>
+        <version>0.18.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-monitoring-v3/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-monitoring-v3/pom.xml
index 0909c9ad..577f0fbd 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-monitoring-v3/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-monitoring-v3/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-monitoring-v3</artifactId>
-  <version>2.0.11</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-monitoring-v3:current} -->
+  <version>2.0.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-monitoring-v3:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-monitoring-v3</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-monitoring-v3</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-monitoring-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.11</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-monitoring:current} -->
+    <version>2.0.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-monitoring:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
index 4b2d254d..355481b9 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-monitoring</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.11</version>
+      <version>2.0.12</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- [END monitoring_install_without_bom] -->
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 630fe4a4..6daeeb13 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-monitoring</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.11</version>
+      <version>2.0.12</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index 760c5ba7..bd6375da 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>16.1.0</version>
+        <version>16.2.1</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
index c7d7fdac..0994e36a 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-monitoring.git",
-        "sha": "c55899dd93d595f1b2ed64641c011096ab20f49c"
+        "sha": "6f051eacffeb337e41afca27b62081b8099126b4"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "5d11bd2888c38ce1fb6fa6bf25494a4219a73928"
+        "sha": "6133907dbb3ddab204a17a15d5c53ec0aae9b033"
       }
     }
   ],
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
     ".github/workflows/approve-readme.yaml",
     ".github/workflows/auto-release.yaml",
     ".github/workflows/ci.yaml",
-    ".github/workflows/formatting.yaml",
     ".github/workflows/samples.yaml",
     ".kokoro/build.bat",
     ".kokoro/build.sh",
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 016c942f..9342e36a 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-proto-google-cloud-monitoring-v3:2.0.11:2.0.11
-grpc-google-cloud-monitoring-v3:2.0.11:2.0.11
-google-cloud-monitoring:2.0.11:2.0.11
\ No newline at end of file
+proto-google-cloud-monitoring-v3:2.0.12:2.0.12
+grpc-google-cloud-monitoring-v3:2.0.12:2.0.12
+google-cloud-monitoring:2.0.12:2.0.12
\ No newline at end of file