diff --git a/.github/generated-files-bot.yml b/.github/generated-files-bot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..20f3acc28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/generated-files-bot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+externalManifests:
+- type: json
+  file: 'synth.metadata'
+  jsonpath: '$.generatedFiles[*]'
+- type: json
+  file: '.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata'
+  jsonpath: '$.generatedFiles[*]'
diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
index cd80e1da5..be777bab6 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client.git",
-        "sha": "a4e70f3a78a402705e6879ea367ff9bad23ee58d"
+        "sha": "3151547ba0d0e975f625d84bd533931864df51bc"
       }
     },
     {
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "f68649c5f26bcff6817c6d21e90dac0fc71fef8e"
+        "sha": "b19b401571e77192f8dd38eab5fb2300a0de9324"
       }
     }
   ],
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     ".github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md",
     ".github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/support_request.md",
     ".github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md",
+    ".github/generated-files-bot.yml",
     ".github/readme/synth.py",
     ".github/release-please.yml",
     ".github/snippet-bot.yml",