diff --git a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index 74090051c..0df65ebe9 100644
--- a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
+++ b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 docker:
-  image: gcr.io/repo-automation-bots/owlbot-java:latest
-  digest: sha256:204b7af96e6d481f19b0ff377aa379d46bc56dd06e1cc7c523f361dd9cbfeeaa
+  image: gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/owlbot-java:latest
+  digest: sha256:a3ac08d167454718ff057b97a1950d3cb5e16fc39fb3f355d90276285a6cac75
diff --git a/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml b/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
index 61071320f..1770da414 100644
--- a/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
+++ b/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ branchProtectionRules:
     requiresStrictStatusChecks: false
     requiredStatusCheckContexts:
       - checkstyle
-      - units (7)
       - units (8)
       - units (11)
       - dependencies (8)
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@ branchProtectionRules:
     requiresStrictStatusChecks: false
     requiredStatusCheckContexts:
       - checkstyle
-      - units (7)
       - units (8)
       - units (11)
       - dependencies (8)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index c24b111db..d842f99d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java: [7, 8, 11]
+        java: [8, 11, 17]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - uses: actions/setup-java@v1
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java: [8, 11]
+        java: [8, 11, 17]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - uses: actions/setup-java@v1
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - uses: actions/setup-java@v1
       with:
-        java-version: 8
+        java-version: 11
     - run: java -version
     - run: .kokoro/build.sh
       env:
diff --git a/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc11.sh b/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc11.sh
index f839c4521..6055e87c0 100755
--- a/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc11.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc11.sh
@@ -36,9 +36,13 @@ mvn clean install -B -q -DskipTests=true
 export NAME=google-oauth-client
 export VERSION=$(grep ${NAME}: versions.txt | cut -d: -f3)
 
-# cloud RAD generation
-mvn clean javadoc:aggregate -B -q -P docFX
-# include CHANGELOG
+# 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
 cp CHANGELOG.md target/docfx-yml/history.md
 
 pushd target/docfx-yml
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 900692ba2..640eed580 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -174,6 +174,16 @@
         <artifactId>datanucleus-rdbms</artifactId>
         <version>${project.datanucleus-rdbms.version}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.auto.service</groupId>
+        <artifactId>${project.auto-service-annotations.version}</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.auto.value</groupId>
+        <artifactId>${project.auto-value-annotations.version}</artifactId>
+        <version>1.8.2</version>
+      </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
 
@@ -463,7 +473,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.http.version>1.40.1</project.http.version>
     <project.jsr305.version>3.0.2</project.jsr305.version>
-    <project.guava.version>30.1-android</project.guava.version>
+    <project.guava.version>31.0-android</project.guava.version>
     <project.xpp3.version>1.1.4c</project.xpp3.version>
     <project.commons-logging.version>1.1.1</project.commons-logging.version>
     <project.jdo2-api.version>2.3-eb</project.jdo2-api.version>
@@ -473,6 +483,8 @@
     <project.datanucleus-rdbms.version>3.2.13</project.datanucleus-rdbms.version>
     <project.datanucleus-maven-plugin.version>4.0.5</project.datanucleus-maven-plugin.version>
     <project.servlet-api.version>2.5</project.servlet-api.version>
+    <project.auto-value-annotations.version>1.8.2</project.auto-value-annotations.version>
+    <project.auto-service-annotations.version>1.0</project.auto-service-annotations.version>
     <deploy.autorelease>false</deploy.autorelease>
   </properties>