diff --git a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index dc53bbb57..5a79fcd57 100644
--- a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
+++ b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 docker:
   image: gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/owlbot-java:latest
-  digest: sha256:d4b2141d65566523dfd523f63c6e6899ab1281463bce182a9f600e74b0511875
+  digest: sha256:ed012741acaae5d03e011244585a1f0625a596d31568967d77772aa5a0a51d5e
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 2425d7234..d95a11a26 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ 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
@@ -27,9 +24,6 @@ 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 +39,6 @@ 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
@@ -58,9 +49,6 @@ 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
@@ -73,9 +61,6 @@ 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
@@ -83,4 +68,4 @@ jobs:
     - run: java -version
     - run: .kokoro/build.sh
       env:
-        JOB_TYPE: clirr
+        JOB_TYPE: clirr
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.kokoro/dependencies.sh b/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
index e6a7f4a4d..e331a0a0c 100755
--- a/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
@@ -38,15 +38,13 @@ function determineMavenOpts() {
       | sed -E 's/^(1\.[0-9]\.0).*$/\1/g'
   )
 
-  case $javaVersion in
-    "17")
+  if [[ $javaVersion == 17* ]]
+    then
       # MaxPermSize is no longer supported as of jdk 17
       echo -n "-Xmx1024m"
-      ;;
-    *)
+  else
       echo -n "-Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m"
-      ;;
-  esac
+  fi
 }
 
 export MAVEN_OPTS=$(determineMavenOpts)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3c277950c..0be10f227 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ If you are using Maven without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 If you are using Gradle 5.x or later, add this to your dependencies
 
 ```Groovy
-implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:23.1.0')
+implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:24.0.0')
 
 implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-asset'
 ```