diff --git a/java-monitoring/.kokoro/dependencies.sh b/java-monitoring/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
index d7476cfe9727..bb299fcbbd3a 100755
--- a/java-monitoring/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
+++ b/java-monitoring/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ function completenessCheck() {
   # This is stripped from the output as it is not present in the flattened pom.
   # Only dependencies with 'compile' or 'runtime' scope are included from original dependency list.
   msg "Generating dependency list using original pom..."
-  mvn dependency:list -f pom.xml -DincludeScope=runtime -Dsort=true | grep '\[INFO]    .*:.*:.*:.*:.*' | sed -e 's/ --.*//' >.org-list.txt
+  mvn dependency:list -f pom.xml -DexcludeArtifactIds=gson -DincludeScope=runtime -Dsort=true | grep '\[INFO]    .*:.*:.*:.*:.*' | sed -e 's/ --.*//' >.org-list.txt
 
   # Output dep list generated using the flattened pom (only 'compile' and 'runtime' scopes)
   msg "Generating dependency list using flattened pom..."
-  mvn dependency:list -f .flattened-pom.xml -DincludeScope=runtime -Dsort=true | grep '\[INFO]    .*:.*:.*:.*:.*' >.new-list.txt
+  mvn dependency:list -f .flattened-pom.xml -DexcludeArtifactIds=gson -DincludeScope=runtime -Dsort=true | grep '\[INFO]    .*:.*:.*:.*:.*' >.new-list.txt
 
   # Compare two dependency lists
   msg "Comparing dependency lists..."
diff --git a/java-monitoring/README.md b/java-monitoring/README.md
index 8893d42c2b04..a2bbae562a22 100644
--- a/java-monitoring/README.md
+++ b/java-monitoring/README.md
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-monitoring'
 If you are using Gradle without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Groovy
-implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-monitoring:3.3.5'
+implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-monitoring:3.3.6'
 ```
 
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-monitoring" % "3.3.5"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-monitoring" % "3.3.6"
 ```
 
 ## Authentication
diff --git a/java-monitoring/google-cloud-monitoring-bom/pom.xml b/java-monitoring/google-cloud-monitoring-bom/pom.xml
index a86128c73510..b5030e4b9972 100644
--- a/java-monitoring/google-cloud-monitoring-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/java-monitoring/google-cloud-monitoring-bom/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-config</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0</version>
+    <version>1.5.3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <name>Google Cloud Monitoring BOM</name>
diff --git a/java-monitoring/google-cloud-monitoring/pom.xml b/java-monitoring/google-cloud-monitoring/pom.xml
index 9b0164a187a8..4b87ab4c07fa 100644
--- a/java-monitoring/google-cloud-monitoring/pom.xml
+++ b/java-monitoring/google-cloud-monitoring/pom.xml
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.auth</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-auth-library-oauth2-http</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!-- Need testing utility classes for generated gRPC clients tests -->
     <dependency>
diff --git a/java-monitoring/owlbot.py b/java-monitoring/owlbot.py
index f9c5e127fb3f..67776e87f6a9 100644
--- a/java-monitoring/owlbot.py
+++ b/java-monitoring/owlbot.py
@@ -40,4 +40,6 @@ def fix_resource(client, version, name):
     s.move(library)
 
 s.remove_staging_dirs()
-java.common_templates()
+java.common_templates(excludes=[
+    '.kokoro/dependencies.sh',
+])
diff --git a/java-monitoring/pom.xml b/java-monitoring/pom.xml
index 3a94fec21d6d..9acc9de9518a 100644
--- a/java-monitoring/pom.xml
+++ b/java-monitoring/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-config</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0</version>
+    <version>1.5.3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <developers>