diff --git a/.cloudbuild/cloudbuild-test-a.yaml b/.cloudbuild/cloudbuild-test-a.yaml
index 272418ad..57681050 100644
--- a/.cloudbuild/cloudbuild-test-a.yaml
+++ b/.cloudbuild/cloudbuild-test-a.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 timeout: 7200s # 2 hours
 substitutions:
-  _JAVA_SHARED_CONFIG_VERSION: '1.7.8-SNAPSHOT' # {x-version-update:google-cloud-shared-config:current}
+  _JAVA_SHARED_CONFIG_VERSION: '1.8.1' # {x-version-update:google-cloud-shared-config:current}
 
 steps:
   # GraalVM A build
diff --git a/.cloudbuild/cloudbuild-test-b.yaml b/.cloudbuild/cloudbuild-test-b.yaml
index bfaf4f2c..94d7819a 100644
--- a/.cloudbuild/cloudbuild-test-b.yaml
+++ b/.cloudbuild/cloudbuild-test-b.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 timeout: 7200s # 2 hours
 substitutions:
-  _JAVA_SHARED_CONFIG_VERSION: '1.7.8-SNAPSHOT' # {x-version-update:google-cloud-shared-config:current}
+  _JAVA_SHARED_CONFIG_VERSION: '1.8.1' # {x-version-update:google-cloud-shared-config:current}
 
 steps:
   # GraalVM B build
diff --git a/.cloudbuild/cloudbuild.yaml b/.cloudbuild/cloudbuild.yaml
index fe5a5cfa..ae302805 100644
--- a/.cloudbuild/cloudbuild.yaml
+++ b/.cloudbuild/cloudbuild.yaml
@@ -14,11 +14,14 @@
 
 timeout: 7200s # 2 hours
 substitutions:
-  _JAVA_SHARED_CONFIG_VERSION: '1.7.8-SNAPSHOT' # {x-version-update:google-cloud-shared-config:current}
+  _JAVA_SHARED_CONFIG_VERSION: '1.8.1' # {x-version-update:google-cloud-shared-config:current}
 steps:
   # GraalVM A build
   - name: gcr.io/cloud-builders/docker
-    args: ["build", "-t", "gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/graalvm_a:${_JAVA_SHARED_CONFIG_VERSION}", "--file", "graalvm-a.Dockerfile", "."]
+    args: ["build",
+           "-t", "gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/graalvm_a:${_JAVA_SHARED_CONFIG_VERSION}",
+           "-t", "gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/graalvm_a:infrastructure-public-image-$SHORT_SHA",
+           "--file", "graalvm-a.Dockerfile", "."]
     dir: .cloudbuild
     id: graalvm-a-build
     waitFor: ["-"]
@@ -29,7 +32,9 @@ steps:
 
   # GraalVM B build
   - name: gcr.io/cloud-builders/docker
-    args: [ "build", "-t", "gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/graalvm_b:${_JAVA_SHARED_CONFIG_VERSION}", "--file", "graalvm-b.Dockerfile", "." ]
+    args: [ "build", "-t", "gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/graalvm_b:${_JAVA_SHARED_CONFIG_VERSION}",
+            "-t", "gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/graalvm_b:infrastructure-public-image-$SHORT_SHA",
+            "--file", "graalvm-b.Dockerfile", "." ]
     dir: .cloudbuild
     id: graalvm-b-build
     waitFor: [ "-" ]
@@ -42,3 +47,5 @@ steps:
 images:
   - gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/graalvm_a:${_JAVA_SHARED_CONFIG_VERSION}
   - gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/graalvm_b:${_JAVA_SHARED_CONFIG_VERSION}
+  - gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/graalvm_a:infrastructure-public-image-$SHORT_SHA
+  - gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/graalvm_b:infrastructure-public-image-$SHORT_SHA
diff --git a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index 291f8e29..359fe71c 100644
--- a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
+++ b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 docker:
   image: gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/owlbot-java:latest
-  digest: sha256:dc11e2119c854b57b7f7ed9962391decf002454700020a52b5d0d46c40b80a7e
-# created: 2024-04-15T22:37:28.944513098Z
+  digest: sha256:72f0d373307d128b2cb720c5cb4d90b31f0e86529dd138c632710ae0c69efae3
+# created: 2024-06-05T18:32:21.724930324Z
diff --git a/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml b/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
index 494a0510..6d24843d 100644
--- a/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
+++ b/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ branchProtectionRules:
     - "build (11, java-bigtable, javadoc)"
     - "javadoc-with-doclet (java-bigtable)"
     - "cla/google"
+    - "graalvm-presubmit-shared-config-a (cloud-devrel-kokoro-resources)"
+    - "graalvm-presubmit-shared-config-b (cloud-devrel-kokoro-resources)"
 - pattern: java7
   # Can admins overwrite branch protection.
   # Defaults to `true`
diff --git a/.github/trusted-contribution.yml b/.github/trusted-contribution.yml
index a0ba1f7d..88d3ac9b 100644
--- a/.github/trusted-contribution.yml
+++ b/.github/trusted-contribution.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 trustedContributors:
 - renovate-bot
 - gcf-owl-bot[bot]
+
+annotations:
+- type: comment
+  text: "/gcbrun"
+- type: label
+  text: "kokoro:force-run"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/approve-readme.yaml b/.github/workflows/approve-readme.yaml
index f5fc7d51..59f00b8e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/approve-readme.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/approve-readme.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.repository_owner == 'googleapis' && github.head_ref == 'autosynth-readme'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/github-script@v6
+      - uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
           github-token: ${{secrets.YOSHI_APPROVER_TOKEN}}
           script: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index ae66b197..b91fa381 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         java: [11, 17, 21]
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with:
         distribution: temurin
         java-version: ${{matrix.java}}
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ jobs:
     name: "units (8)"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           java-version: 8
           distribution: temurin
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
         # https://maven.apache.org/surefire/maven-surefire-plugin/test-mojo.html#jvm
         run: echo "SUREFIRE_JVM_OPT=-Djvm=${JAVA_HOME}/bin/java" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         shell: bash
-      - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           java-version: 17
           distribution: temurin
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Support longpaths
       run: git config --system core.longpaths true
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with:
         distribution: temurin
         java-version: 8
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         java: [17]
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with:
         distribution: temurin
         java-version: ${{matrix.java}}
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ jobs:
   javadoc:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with:
         distribution: temurin
         java-version: 17
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ jobs:
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with:
         distribution: temurin
         java-version: 11
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ jobs:
   clirr:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with:
         distribution: temurin
         java-version: 8
diff --git a/.github/workflows/downstream-dependencies.yaml b/.github/workflows/downstream-dependencies.yaml
index 631e7c3c..5c9c372a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/downstream-dependencies.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/downstream-dependencies.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
         - java-storage
         - java-pubsub
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4
     - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with:
         distribution: zulu
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
   flatten-plugin-check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4
     - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with:
         distribution: zulu
diff --git a/.github/workflows/downstream-maven-plugins.yaml b/.github/workflows/downstream-maven-plugins.yaml
index 3668d5cd..ac9a5afa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/downstream-maven-plugins.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/downstream-maven-plugins.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
         - javadoc # maven-javadoc-plugin
         - javadoc-with-doclet # test javadoc generation with doclet
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4
     - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with:
         distribution: zulu
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
         - java-datastore
         - java-bigquerystorage
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4
     - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with:
         distribution: temurin
diff --git a/.github/workflows/renovate_config_check.yaml b/.github/workflows/renovate_config_check.yaml
index 87d8eb2b..7c5ec786 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/renovate_config_check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/renovate_config_check.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Set up Node.js
-      uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+      uses: actions/setup-node@v4
       with:
         node-version: '20'
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 04a6d886..122a352c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,31 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.8.1](https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-config/compare/v1.8.0...v1.8.1) (2024-06-24)
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* Update actions/checkout digest to 692973e ([#814](https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-config/issues/814)) ([ebece6b](https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-config/commit/ebece6b7df6208527450c12368fcc0c6ce07ac67))
+
+## [1.8.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-config/compare/v1.7.7...v1.8.0) (2024-05-29)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* [java] allow passing libraries_bom_version from env ([#1967](https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-config/issues/1967)) ([#825](https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-config/issues/825)) ([07c7cec](https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-config/commit/07c7cece6ddc793e01b108e96416750fd00c09da))
+* Add `libraries_bom_version` in metadata ([#1956](https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-config/issues/1956)) ([#805](https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-config/issues/805)) ([a30f02d](https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-config/commit/a30f02d78d39ee8a2a2be0fd8401a647871d10ca))
+* Use maven properties to manage dependency versions for native profile ([#824](https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-config/issues/824)) ([465bb39](https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-config/commit/465bb399aef9aa8383f11c23f10a97df49c1d057))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* Update actions/setup-node action to v4 ([#811](https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-config/issues/811)) ([fdb1044](https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-config/commit/fdb1044693c2175782f02a670b550e96f1c15d0b))
+* Update actions/setup-node action to v4 ([#818](https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-config/issues/818)) ([6222364](https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-config/commit/6222364b4795661f282593b135d415827700d635))
+* Update actions/setup-node action to v4 ([#819](https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-config/issues/819)) ([ffb2a7a](https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-config/commit/ffb2a7a3ff131a8d5af869098fdd69d0cdd87c4d))
+* Update dependency com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to v10.16.0 ([#816](https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-config/issues/816)) ([efc5585](https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-config/commit/efc5585ec817e327e0381412c2b2436e3ef0510d))
+* Update dependency com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to v10.17.0 ([#831](https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-config/issues/831)) ([b0c9e75](https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-config/commit/b0c9e75e778950401df28adb10998a676d6a24ff))
+* Update dependency org.graalvm.buildtools:native-maven-plugin to v0.10.2 ([#826](https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-config/issues/826)) ([881e72f](https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-config/commit/881e72f7e5dc1304929b89e9ec9d1ba9d4d0bead))
+
 ## [1.7.7](https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-config/compare/v1.7.6...v1.7.7) (2024-04-17)
 
 
diff --git a/java-shared-config/pom.xml b/java-shared-config/pom.xml
index 7f2feb27..8a1b22f5 100644
--- a/java-shared-config/pom.xml
+++ b/java-shared-config/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-config</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>1.7.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-shared-config:current} -->
+  <version>1.8.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-shared-config:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud Shared Config</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-config</url>
   <description>
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>native-image-shared-config</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-shared-config:current} -->
+    <version>1.8.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-shared-config:current} -->
     <relativePath>../native-image-shared-config</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.4.1</version>
+          <version>3.5.0</version>
           <dependencies>
             <dependency>
               <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.2.0</version>
+          <version>3.3.0</version>
           <configuration>
             <!-- to get rid of the warning: [WARNING] Warning: killAfter is now deprecated. Do you need it ?
                  Please comment on MEXEC-6. see: method execute() in
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.4.0</version>
+          <version>3.4.2</version>
           <configuration>
             <archive>
               <addMavenDescriptor>true</addMavenDescriptor>
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.5.0</version>
+          <version>3.6.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.0</version>
+        <version>3.6.0</version>
         <reportSets>
           <reportSet>
             <reports>
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.3.2</version>
+        <version>3.4.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <linkJavadoc>true</linkJavadoc>
         </configuration>
@@ -516,12 +516,12 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.3.1</version>
+            <version>3.4.0</version>
             <dependencies>
               <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-                <version>10.15.0</version>
+                <version>10.17.0</version>
               </dependency>
             </dependencies>
             <executions>
diff --git a/native-image-shared-config/pom.xml b/native-image-shared-config/pom.xml
index 591a8e07..7919f02d 100644
--- a/native-image-shared-config/pom.xml
+++ b/native-image-shared-config/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>native-image-shared-config</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>1.7.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-shared-config:current} -->
+  <version>1.8.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-shared-config:current} -->
   <name>Native Image Shared Config</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-config</url>
   <description>
@@ -58,8 +58,11 @@
   </licenses>
 
   <properties>
-    <surefire.version>3.2.5</surefire.version>
     <graal-sdk.version>24.0.1</graal-sdk.version>
+    <surefire.version>3.3.0</surefire.version>
+    <native-maven-plugin.version>0.10.2</native-maven-plugin.version>
+    <junit-vintage-engine.version>5.10.2</junit-vintage-engine.version>
+    <opentest4j.version>1.3.0</opentest4j.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -78,7 +81,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.6.13</version>
+          <version>1.7.0</version>
           <extensions>true</extensions>
           <configuration>
             <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
@@ -138,7 +141,7 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.2.3</version>
+            <version>3.2.4</version>
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <id>sign-artifacts</id>
@@ -166,12 +169,12 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.opentest4j</groupId>
           <artifactId>opentest4j</artifactId>
-          <version>1.3.0</version>
+          <version>${opentest4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
           <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
-          <version>5.10.2</version>
+          <version>${junit-vintage-engine.version}</version>
           <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
@@ -185,7 +188,7 @@
               <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
                 <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
-                <version>5.10.2</version>
+                <version>${junit-vintage-engine.version}</version>
               </dependency>
             </dependencies>
             <configuration>
@@ -201,7 +204,7 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.graalvm.buildtools</groupId>
             <artifactId>native-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>0.10.1</version>
+            <version>${native-maven-plugin.version}</version>
             <extensions>true</extensions>
             <executions>
               <execution>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 524af717..58462df3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1.1</version>
+        <version>3.1.2</version>
         <configuration>
           <skip>true</skip>
         </configuration>
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
             <!-- The root project runs nexus-staging:release task -->
             <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6.13</version>
+            <version>1.7.0</version>
             <extensions>true</extensions>
             <configuration>
               <serverId>sonatype-nexus-staging</serverId>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 2ceb1a83..59b0becf 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-shared-config:1.7.7:1.7.8-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-shared-config:1.8.1:1.8.1