diff --git a/.github/blunderbuss.yml b/.github/blunderbuss.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a23ea42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/blunderbuss.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Configuration for the Blunderbuss GitHub app. For more info see
+# https://github.com/googleapis/repo-automation-bots/tree/master/packages/blunderbuss
+assign_prs_by:
+- labels:
+  - samples
+  to:
+  - googleapis/java-samples-reviewers
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/approve-readme.yaml b/.github/workflows/approve-readme.yaml
index e2d841d6..7513acae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/approve-readme.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/approve-readme.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.repository_owner == 'googleapis' && github.head_ref == 'autosynth-readme'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/github-script@v3.0.0
+      - uses: actions/github-script@v3
         with:
           github-token: ${{secrets.YOSHI_APPROVER_TOKEN}}
           script: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/auto-release.yaml
index bc1554ae..2b6cdbc9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-release.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: contains(github.head_ref, 'release-v')
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/github-script@v3.0.0
+    - uses: actions/github-script@v3
       with:
         github-token: ${{secrets.YOSHI_APPROVER_TOKEN}}
         debug: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/formatting.yaml b/.github/workflows/formatting.yaml
index d4d367cf..6844407b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/formatting.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/formatting.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           java-version: 11
       - run: "mvn com.coveo:fmt-maven-plugin:format"
-      - uses: googleapis/code-suggester@v1.8.0
+      - uses: googleapis/code-suggester@v1
         with:
           command: review
           pull_number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
diff --git a/.kokoro/common.sh b/.kokoro/common.sh
index a8d0ea04..ace89f45 100644
--- a/.kokoro/common.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/common.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ function retry_with_backoff {
     
     # allow a failures to continue
     set +e
-    echo "${command}"
     ${command}
     exit_code=$?
 
diff --git a/.kokoro/release/stage.sh b/.kokoro/release/stage.sh
index 3c482cbc..16126d2e 100755
--- a/.kokoro/release/stage.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/release/stage.sh
@@ -20,19 +20,22 @@ python3 -m pip install gcp-releasetool
 python3 -m releasetool publish-reporter-script > /tmp/publisher-script; source /tmp/publisher-script
 
 source $(dirname "$0")/common.sh
+source $(dirname "$0")/../common.sh
 MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE=$(realpath $(dirname "$0")/../../)/settings.xml
 pushd $(dirname "$0")/../../
 
 setup_environment_secrets
 create_settings_xml_file "settings.xml"
 
-mvn clean install deploy -B \
-  --settings ${MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE} \
-  -DskipTests=true \
-  -DperformRelease=true \
-  -Dgpg.executable=gpg \
-  -Dgpg.passphrase=${GPG_PASSPHRASE} \
-  -Dgpg.homedir=${GPG_HOMEDIR}
+# attempt to stage 3 times with exponential backoff (starting with 10 seconds)
+retry_with_backoff 3 10 \
+  mvn clean install deploy -B \
+    --settings ${MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE} \
+    -DskipTests=true \
+    -DperformRelease=true \
+    -Dgpg.executable=gpg \
+    -Dgpg.passphrase=${GPG_PASSPHRASE} \
+    -Dgpg.homedir=${GPG_HOMEDIR}
 
 if [[ -n "${AUTORELEASE_PR}" ]]
 then
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 52b2bcd7..d8815495 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### [0.2.3](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-analytics-admin/compare/v0.2.2...v0.2.3) (2020-12-02)
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-shared-dependencies to v0.16.0 ([#112](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-analytics-admin/issues/112)) ([166c0d0](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-analytics-admin/commit/166c0d0a9c4b03a6471417f15c806a2008cc276a))
+
 ### [0.2.2](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-analytics-admin/compare/v0.2.1...v0.2.2) (2020-11-11)
 
 
diff --git a/google-analytics-admin-bom/pom.xml b/google-analytics-admin-bom/pom.xml
index 6c58ca74..59b9ed44 100644
--- a/google-analytics-admin-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-analytics-admin-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.analytics</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-analytics-admin-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-analytics-admin:current} -->
+  <version>0.2.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-analytics-admin:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -68,17 +68,17 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.analytics</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-analytics-admin</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-analytics-admin:current} -->
+        <version>0.2.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-analytics-admin:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-analytics-admin-v1alpha</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-analytics-admin-v1alpha:current} -->
+        <version>0.2.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-analytics-admin-v1alpha:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-analytics-admin-v1alpha</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-analytics-admin-v1alpha:current} -->
+        <version>0.2.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-analytics-admin-v1alpha:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-analytics-admin/pom.xml b/google-analytics-admin/pom.xml
index e5b630fa..c6d32c02 100644
--- a/google-analytics-admin/pom.xml
+++ b/google-analytics-admin/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.analytics</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-analytics-admin</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-analytics-admin:current} -->
+  <version>0.2.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-analytics-admin:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Analytics Admin</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-analytics-admin</url>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.analytics</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-analytics-admin-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-analytics-admin:current} -->
+    <version>0.2.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-analytics-admin:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-analytics-admin</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/grpc-google-analytics-admin-v1alpha/pom.xml b/grpc-google-analytics-admin-v1alpha/pom.xml
index 074e7cf4..180094e2 100644
--- a/grpc-google-analytics-admin-v1alpha/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-analytics-admin-v1alpha/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-analytics-admin-v1alpha</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-analytics-admin-v1alpha:current} -->
+  <version>0.2.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-analytics-admin-v1alpha:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-analytics-admin-v1alpha</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-analytics-admin-v1alpha</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.analytics</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-analytics-admin-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-analytics-admin:current} -->
+    <version>0.2.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-analytics-admin:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6cbdafdc..737443b2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.analytics</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-analytics-admin-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>0.2.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-analytics-admin:current} -->
+  <version>0.2.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-analytics-admin:current} -->
   <name>Google Analytics Admin Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-analytics-admin</url>
   <description>
@@ -70,23 +70,23 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.analytics</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-analytics-admin</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-analytics-admin:current} -->
+        <version>0.2.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-analytics-admin:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-analytics-admin-v1alpha</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-analytics-admin-v1alpha:current} -->
+        <version>0.2.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-analytics-admin-v1alpha:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-analytics-admin-v1alpha</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-analytics-admin-v1alpha:current} -->
+        <version>0.2.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-analytics-admin-v1alpha:current} -->
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-dependencies</artifactId>
-        <version>0.15.0</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-analytics-admin-v1alpha/pom.xml b/proto-google-analytics-admin-v1alpha/pom.xml
index 7f3f83da..1217826d 100644
--- a/proto-google-analytics-admin-v1alpha/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-analytics-admin-v1alpha/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-analytics-admin-v1alpha</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-analytics-admin-v1alpha:current} -->
+  <version>0.2.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-analytics-admin-v1alpha:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-analytics-admin-v1alpha</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-analytics-admin-v1alpha</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.analytics</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-analytics-admin-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-analytics-admin:current} -->
+    <version>0.2.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-analytics-admin:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 07c0bb9c..39f7a801 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.analytics</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-analytics-admin</artifactId>
-      <version>0.2.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-analytics-admin:current} -->
+      <version>0.2.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-analytics-admin:current} -->
     </dependency>
   <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index 6dab8178..6f7e6227 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.analytics</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-analytics-admin</artifactId>
-      <version>0.2.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-analytics-admin:current} -->
+      <version>0.2.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-analytics-admin:current} -->
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
index d53655b5..2ae02b1e 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-analytics-admin.git",
-        "sha": "ef7fffcdb26bff6c9cc0525a8e94d7584da128ed"
+        "sha": "a35d1c311142fea5044113986b8d609fcb5f8772"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "7db8a6c5ffb12a6e4c2f799c18f00f7f3d60e279"
+        "sha": "943bb78606d035001123030067dffcc34f4645f2"
       }
     }
   ],
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     ".github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md",
     ".github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/support_request.md",
     ".github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md",
+    ".github/blunderbuss.yml",
     ".github/generated-files-bot.yml",
     ".github/readme/synth.py",
     ".github/release-please.yml",
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index cb1465f0..8f95551c 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-analytics-admin:0.2.2:0.2.2
-proto-google-analytics-admin-v1alpha:0.2.2:0.2.2
-grpc-google-analytics-admin-v1alpha:0.2.2:0.2.2
\ No newline at end of file
+google-analytics-admin:0.2.3:0.2.3
+proto-google-analytics-admin-v1alpha:0.2.3:0.2.3
+grpc-google-analytics-admin-v1alpha:0.2.3:0.2.3
\ No newline at end of file