diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 28628a5e77..43f7961143 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
          <artifactId>google-cloud-datacatalog-bom</artifactId>
-         <version>1.8.0</version>
+         <version>1.8.1</version>
          <type>pom</type>
          <scope>import</scope>
        </dependency>
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-datacatalog-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8.0</version>
+        <version>1.8.1</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index cd5ba27931..56fe3f2abf 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@
         "^com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigquerystorage-bom",
         "^com.google.cloud:google-cloud-storage"
       ],
-      "groupName": "cloud client dependencies",
-      "semanticCommitScope": "deps"
+      "groupName": "cloud client dependencies"
     }
   ],
   "semanticCommits": true,