diff --git a/.kokoro/release/drop.cfg b/.kokoro/release/drop.cfg
index bd539fc2..cbbd2a1f 100644
--- a/.kokoro/release/drop.cfg
+++ b/.kokoro/release/drop.cfg
@@ -4,6 +4,3 @@ env_vars: {
   key: "TRAMPOLINE_BUILD_FILE"
   value: "github/java-conformance-tests/.kokoro/release/drop.sh"
 }
-
-# Download staging properties file.
-gfile_resources: "/bigstore/cloud-devrel-kokoro-resources/java/releases/java-conformance-tests"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.kokoro/release/promote.cfg b/.kokoro/release/promote.cfg
index 864356fa..3cec52ed 100644
--- a/.kokoro/release/promote.cfg
+++ b/.kokoro/release/promote.cfg
@@ -4,7 +4,3 @@ env_vars: {
   key: "TRAMPOLINE_BUILD_FILE"
   value: "github/java-conformance-tests/.kokoro/release/promote.sh"
 }
-
-# Download staging properties file.
-gfile_resources: "/bigstore/cloud-devrel-kokoro-resources/java/releases/java-conformance-tests"
-
diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
index acdba4e7..21ceefc3 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
-  "updateTime": "2019-10-22T08:01:26.066302Z",
+  "updateTime": "2019-10-26T08:01:34.497458Z",
   "sources": [
     {
       "generator": {
         "name": "artman",
-        "version": "0.40.2",
-        "dockerImage": "googleapis/artman@sha256:3b8f7d9b4c206843ce08053474f5c64ae4d388ff7d995e68b59fb65edf73eeb9"
+        "version": "0.40.3",
+        "dockerImage": "googleapis/artman@sha256:c805f50525f5f557886c94ab76f56eaa09cb1da58c3ee95111fd34259376621a"
       }
     },
     {