diff --git a/.kokoro/coerce_logs.sh b/.kokoro/coerce_logs.sh
index 5cf7ba49e..46edbf7f2 100755
--- a/.kokoro/coerce_logs.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/coerce_logs.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ job=$(basename ${KOKORO_JOB_NAME})
 echo "coercing sponge logs..."
 for xml in `find . -name *-sponge_log.xml`
 do
-  echo "processing ${xml}"
   class=$(basename ${xml} | cut -d- -f2)
   dir=$(dirname ${xml})/${job}/${class}
   text=$(dirname ${xml})/${class}-sponge_log.txt
diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
index b912f1631..814546709 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-logging-logback.git",
-        "sha": "8508928888b7c1c776cabeb930d4168d90883c38"
+        "sha": "e90bd9849077e6f47c4330b2c2ef55cbf62ffb1b"
       }
     },
     {
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "8f76a885deaaf2fe234daeba4a8cc4d1b3de8086"
+        "sha": "1c0c698705e668ccb3d68556ae7260f16ce63a6e"
       }
     }
   ],