diff --git a/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata b/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata
index 1c305ae0ea6..e88681270ea 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": "a04d619e7be870371272738c2ddfdcddb0332830"
+        "sha": "a54ee4027709137d8c18354d71df1467def59346"
       }
     },
     {
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 24b880c2a9e..83dac22872c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ If you are using Maven without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner</artifactId>
-  <version>6.2.0</version>
+  <version>6.2.1</version>
 </dependency>
 
 ```