diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 2425d7234f..05de1f60dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -8,13 +8,11 @@ jobs:
   units:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         java: [8, 11, 17]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - uses: stCarolas/setup-maven@v4
-      with:
-        maven-version: 3.8.1
     - uses: actions/setup-java@v2
       with:
         distribution: zulu
@@ -27,9 +25,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - uses: stCarolas/setup-maven@v4
-      with:
-        maven-version: 3.8.1
     - uses: actions/setup-java@v2
       with:
         distribution: zulu
@@ -45,9 +40,6 @@ jobs:
         java: [8, 11, 17]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - uses: stCarolas/setup-maven@v4
-      with:
-        maven-version: 3.8.1
     - uses: actions/setup-java@v2
       with:
         distribution: zulu
@@ -58,13 +50,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - uses: stCarolas/setup-maven@v4
-      with:
-        maven-version: 3.8.1
     - uses: actions/setup-java@v2
       with:
         distribution: zulu
-        java-version: 8
+        java-version: 11
     - run: java -version
     - run: .kokoro/build.sh
       env:
@@ -73,9 +62,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - uses: stCarolas/setup-maven@v4
-      with:
-        maven-version: 3.8.1
     - uses: actions/setup-java@v2
       with:
         distribution: zulu
diff --git a/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc11.sh b/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc11.sh
index 9e438bf0d5..5ed8167dae 100755
--- a/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc11.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc11.sh
@@ -36,13 +36,9 @@ mvn clean install -B -q -DskipTests=true
 export NAME=google-cloud-storage
 export VERSION=$(grep ${NAME}: versions.txt | cut -d: -f3)
 
-# V3 generates docfx yml from javadoc
-# generate yml
-mvn clean site -B -q -P docFX
-
-# copy README to docfx-yml dir and rename index.md
-cp README.md target/docfx-yml/index.md
-# copy CHANGELOG to docfx-yml dir and rename history.md
+# cloud RAD generation
+mvn clean javadoc:aggregate -B -q -P docFX
+# include CHANGELOG
 cp CHANGELOG.md target/docfx-yml/history.md
 
 pushd target/docfx-yml
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ad9547897e..781b0b6a79 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### [2.2.1](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-storage/compare/v2.2.0...v2.2.1) (2021-11-15)
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-shared-dependencies to v2.5.0 ([#1146](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-storage/issues/1146)) ([a5d13a9](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-storage/commit/a5d13a97bae50b4ee8a2fcef180ddc26b77e3d16))
+
 ## [2.2.0](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-storage/compare/v2.1.9...v2.2.0) (2021-11-02)
 
 
diff --git a/gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml b/gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
index d5f0b5fd2a..f34c2d8c2d 100644
--- a/gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.2.0-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.2.1-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
   <name>gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2</name>
   <description>GRPC library for gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.2.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/pom.xml b/google-cloud-storage/pom.xml
index c9810c4e92..cae815fed4 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-storage</artifactId>
-  <version>2.2.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+  <version>2.2.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Storage</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage</url>
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.2.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-storage</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
index 5336430b53..e71cb00242 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.2.0-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.2.1-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.2.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dc4f1f97d0..3594bc4b5a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.2.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+  <version>2.2.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   <name>Storage Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage</url>
   <description>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-config</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2.0</version>
+    <version>1.2.1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <developers>
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <github.global.server>github</github.global.server>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-storage-parent</site.installationModule>
-    <google.cloud.shared-dependencies.version>2.4.0</google.cloud.shared-dependencies.version>
+    <google.cloud.shared-dependencies.version>2.5.0</google.cloud.shared-dependencies.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -100,17 +100,17 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.0-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.2.1-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.0-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.2.1-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.0-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.2.1-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
index e9f1096648..2cdbbc8c54 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.2.0-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.2.1-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-storage-v2</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-storage-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.2.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
index ef29e1549e..69e4fdbdac 100644
--- a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-storage</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1.9</version>
+      <version>2.2.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- [END storage_install_without_bom] -->
 
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index b627fe86b9..2a48a10267 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-storage</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1.9</version>
+      <version>2.2.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
index cd426bb940..0ba5a7dfc5 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage.git",
-        "sha": "c0185f4c42ff7f1a1f2d814c27cb4a9e3abd3460"
+        "sha": "eb9006a81a410a0180ff3327623780cf59bf050b"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "cb2755306975de4c54ea549c9deb25703b3731bb"
+        "sha": "42a3786737c17ece39924d7025f3be481812da53"
       }
     }
   ],
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 6b4ae759db..c24eca8f1b 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-storage:2.2.0:2.2.0
-gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.2.0-alpha:2.2.0-alpha
-grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.2.0-alpha:2.2.0-alpha
-proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.2.0-alpha:2.2.0-alpha
+google-cloud-storage:2.2.1:2.2.1
+gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.2.1-alpha:2.2.1-alpha
+grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.2.1-alpha:2.2.1-alpha
+proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.2.1-alpha:2.2.1-alpha