diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/auto-release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d26427e46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+on:
+  pull_request:
+name: auto-release
+jobs:
+  approve:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/github-script@v3.0.0
+      with:
+        github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+        debug: true
+        script: |
+          // only approve PRs from release-please[bot]
+          if (context.payload.pull_request.user.login !== "release-please[bot]") {
+            return;
+          }
+
+          // only approve PRs like "chore: release <release version>"
+          if ( !context.payload.pull_request.title.startsWith("chore: release") ) {
+            return;
+          }
+
+          // trigger auto-release when
+          // 1) it is a SNAPSHOT release (auto-generated post regular release)
+          // 2) there are dependency updates only
+          // 3) there are no open dependency update PRs in this repo (to avoid multiple releases)
+          if (
+            context.payload.pull_request.body.includes("Fix") ||
+            context.payload.pull_request.body.includes("Build") ||
+            context.payload.pull_request.body.includes("Documentation") ||
+            context.payload.pull_request.body.includes("BREAKING CHANGES") ||
+            context.payload.pull_request.body.includes("Features")
+          ) {
+            console.log( "Not auto-releasing since it is not a dependency-update-only release." );
+            return;
+          }
+
+          const promise = github.pulls.list.endpoint({
+            owner: context.repo.owner,
+            repo: context.repo.repo,
+            state: 'open'
+          });
+          const open_pulls = await github.paginate(promise)
+
+          if ( open_pulls.length > 1 && !context.payload.pull_request.title.includes("SNAPSHOT") ) {
+            for ( const pull of open_pulls ) {
+              if ( pull.title.startsWith("deps: update dependency") ) {
+                console.log( "Not auto-releasing yet since there are dependency update PRs open in this repo." );
+                return;
+              }
+            }
+          }
+
+          // approve release PR
+          await github.pulls.createReview({
+            owner: context.repo.owner,
+            repo: context.repo.repo,
+            body: 'Rubber stamped release!',
+            pull_number: context.payload.pull_request.number,
+            event: 'APPROVE'
+          });
+
+          // attach kokoro:force-run and automerge labels
+          await github.issues.addLabels({
+            owner: context.repo.owner,
+            repo: context.repo.repo,
+            issue_number: context.payload.pull_request.number,
+            labels: ['kokoro:force-run', 'automerge']
+          });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.kokoro/release/stage.cfg b/.kokoro/release/stage.cfg
index 8ea66bc79..edca2bef0 100644
--- a/.kokoro/release/stage.cfg
+++ b/.kokoro/release/stage.cfg
@@ -13,32 +13,7 @@ action {
   }
 }
 
-# Fetch the token needed for reporting release status to GitHub
-before_action {
-  fetch_keystore {
-    keystore_resource {
-      keystore_config_id: 73713
-      keyname: "yoshi-automation-github-key"
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-# Fetch magictoken to use with Magic Github Proxy
-before_action {
-  fetch_keystore {
-    keystore_resource {
-      keystore_config_id: 73713
-      keyname: "releasetool-magictoken"
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-# Fetch api key to use with Magic Github Proxy
-before_action {
-  fetch_keystore {
-    keystore_resource {
-      keystore_config_id: 73713
-      keyname: "magic-github-proxy-api-key"
-    }
-  }
+env_vars: {
+  key: "SECRET_MANAGER_KEYS"
+  value: "releasetool-publish-reporter-app,releasetool-publish-reporter-googleapis-installation,releasetool-publish-reporter-pem"
 }
diff --git a/.kokoro/release/stage.sh b/.kokoro/release/stage.sh
index d19191fc8..3c482cbc5 100755
--- a/.kokoro/release/stage.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/release/stage.sh
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@
 set -eo pipefail
 
 # Start the releasetool reporter
-# Disable reporting due to issue observed with Kokoro blocking releases
-# python3 -m pip install gcp-releasetool
-# python3 -m releasetool publish-reporter-script > /tmp/publisher-script; source /tmp/publisher-script
+python3 -m pip install gcp-releasetool
+python3 -m releasetool publish-reporter-script > /tmp/publisher-script; source /tmp/publisher-script
 
 source $(dirname "$0")/common.sh
 MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE=$(realpath $(dirname "$0")/../../)/settings.xml
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 287047b61..83d63b660 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### [1.17.1](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-spanner-jdbc/compare/v1.17.0...v1.17.1) (2020-09-21)
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-shared-dependencies to v0.9.0 ([#199](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-spanner-jdbc/issues/199)) ([59a7d07](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-spanner-jdbc/commit/59a7d07c284210033bd1d587b09c44d9c271a52e))
+
 ## [1.17.0](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-spanner-jdbc/compare/v1.16.0...v1.17.0) (2020-09-04)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 12825ec87..0c6d51ea2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,16 +11,16 @@ If you are using Maven, add this to your pom.xml file
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-jdbc</artifactId>
-  <version>1.17.0</version>
+  <version>1.17.1</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 If you are using Gradle, add this to your dependencies
 ```Groovy
-compile 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-spanner-jdbc:1.17.0'
+compile 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-spanner-jdbc:1.17.1'
 ```
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-spanner-jdbc" % "1.17.0"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-spanner-jdbc" % "1.17.1"
 ```
 [//]: # ({x-version-update-end})
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 27cb88a8c..a02a413d9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-jdbc</artifactId>
-  <version>1.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner-jdbc:current} -->
+  <version>1.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner-jdbc:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Spanner JDBC</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner-jdbc</url>
@@ -71,14 +71,14 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>9.1.0</version>
+        <version>10.1.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-dependencies</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.6</version>
+        <version>0.9.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1.0</version>
+        <version>3.1.1</version>
         <reportSets>
           <reportSet>
             <reports>
diff --git a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
index 4d31f843d..978869ab2 100644
--- a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-jdbc</artifactId>
-      <version>1.16.0</version>
+      <version>1.17.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- [END spanner-jdbc_install_without_bom] -->
 
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index dbe465c72..478be5574 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-jdbc</artifactId>
-      <version>1.17.0</version>
+      <version>1.17.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index cf90669f5..8f9cd29bb 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>9.1.0</version>
+        <version>10.1.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
index 8ad3605ce..181da27cc 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner-jdbc.git",
-        "sha": "41a179972deb84035ccd17cccc31f746dbc620db"
+        "sha": "386d65d05dafa6092a34c834467df180ad386e2e"
       }
     },
     {
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "968465a1cad496e1292ef4584a054a35f756ff94"
+        "sha": "538a68019eb4a36a0cdfa4021f324dd01b784395"
       }
     }
   ],
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     ".github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md",
     ".github/release-please.yml",
     ".github/trusted-contribution.yml",
+    ".github/workflows/auto-release.yaml",
     ".github/workflows/ci.yaml",
     ".github/workflows/samples.yaml",
     ".kokoro/build.bat",
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index a93df05d7..ce335643e 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-spanner-jdbc:1.17.0:1.17.0
+google-cloud-spanner-jdbc:1.17.1:1.17.1