diff --git a/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata b/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata
index ec2080c2..88a75123 100644
--- a/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata
+++ b/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-secretmanager.git",
-        "sha": "1a2edeb0f0ee96c5edc9ce25a2413cdb845d15ce"
+        "sha": "99cad0d6de5b4b7fafa6a6165d13a9312198a0df"
       }
     },
     {
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f8f85a21..00502b14 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ If you are using Maven without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-secretmanager</artifactId>
-  <version>1.2.5</version>
+  <version>1.2.6</version>
 </dependency>
 
 ```