diff --git a/.github/workflows/onpush.yml b/.github/workflows/onpush.yml
index 85e12baf..16ad7f34 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/onpush.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/onpush.yml
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Set up JDK 11
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
           distribution: 'adopt'
           java-version: 11
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b359237b..65c204e4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### [1.2.1](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/java-repo-tools/compare/v1.2.0...v1.2.1) (2022-05-10)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **deps:** update dependency com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-annotations to v4.6.0 ([054ebb3](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/java-repo-tools/commit/054ebb3aa05d17bfd9ffc0523c60ae6490bdc245))
+
 ## [1.1.0](https://www.github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/java-repo-tools/compare/v1.0.23...v1.1.0) (2021-06-24)
 
 
diff --git a/RELEASING.md b/RELEASING.md
index 62ad5942..0d4e30bf 100644
--- a/RELEASING.md
+++ b/RELEASING.md
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ Don't forget to specify a release tag on Github once your PR is accepted.
 From the root project folder, run the following command to release `checkstyle-config`:
 
     cd checkstyle-config
-    mvn -P release clean verify deploy 
+    mvn -P release clean package deploy 
 
 Next, use the following to release `shared-configuration`:
 
     cd ..
-    mvn -P release clean verify deploy
+    mvn -P release clean package deploy
 
 That will open, upload, close, and release.  The parent will need you to visit sonatype to close,
 and verify manually.
diff --git a/checkstyle-config/pom.xml b/checkstyle-config/pom.xml
index fd931765..fc9fac3f 100644
--- a/checkstyle-config/pom.xml
+++ b/checkstyle-config/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 
   <groupId>com.google.cloud.samples</groupId>
   <artifactId>checkstyle-configuration</artifactId>
-  <version>1.2.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:checkstyle-configuration:current} -->
+  <version>1.2.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:checkstyle-configuration:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <properties>
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ limitations under the License.
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
     <maven-release-plugin>2.5.3</maven-release-plugin><!-- could be 3.0.0-M1 -->
-    <nexus-staging-maven-plugin>1.6.8</nexus-staging-maven-plugin>
-    <versions-maven-plugin>2.8.1</versions-maven-plugin>
-    <maven-gpg-plugin>1.6</maven-gpg-plugin>
+    <nexus-staging-maven-plugin>1.6.13</nexus-staging-maven-plugin>
+    <versions-maven-plugin>2.15.0</versions-maven-plugin>
+    <maven-gpg-plugin>3.0.1</maven-gpg-plugin>
   </properties>
 
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 07270d32..a25322ee 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,17 +24,16 @@ limitations under the License.
     <javac.version>9+181-r4173-1</javac.version>
 
     <maven-release-plugin>2.5.3</maven-release-plugin><!-- could be 3.0.0-M1 -->
-    <maven-compiler-plugin>3.8.1</maven-compiler-plugin>
-    <nexus-staging-maven-plugin>1.6.8</nexus-staging-maven-plugin>
-    <versions-maven-plugin>2.8.1</versions-maven-plugin>
-    <maven-gpg-plugin>1.6</maven-gpg-plugin>
-    <pmdVersion>6.41.0</pmdVersion>
+    <maven-compiler-plugin>3.11.0</maven-compiler-plugin>
+    <nexus-staging-maven-plugin>1.6.13</nexus-staging-maven-plugin>
+    <maven-gpg-plugin>3.0.1</maven-gpg-plugin>
+    <pmdVersion>6.55.0</pmdVersion>
     <skipTests>false</skipTests>
   </properties>
 
   <groupId>com.google.cloud.samples</groupId>
   <artifactId>shared-configuration</artifactId>
-  <version>1.2.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:shared-configuration:current} -->
+  <version>1.2.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:shared-configuration:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
@@ -188,7 +187,7 @@ limitations under the License.
                 <path>
                   <groupId>com.google.errorprone</groupId>
                   <artifactId>error_prone_core</artifactId>
-                  <version>2.10.0</version>
+                  <version>2.18.0</version>
                 </path>
               </annotationProcessorPaths>
             </configuration>
@@ -197,7 +196,7 @@ limitations under the License.
           <plugin><!-- SPOTBUGS -->
             <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
             <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>4.5.0.0</version>
+            <version>4.7.3.3</version>
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <id>analyze-compile</id>
@@ -211,12 +210,12 @@ limitations under the License.
               <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spotbugs</artifactId>
-                <version>4.5.0</version>
+                <version>4.7.3</version>
               </dependency>
               <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.samples</groupId>
                 <artifactId>checkstyle-configuration</artifactId>
-                <version>1.2.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:checkstyle-configuration:current} -->
+                <version>1.2.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:checkstyle-configuration:current} -->
               </dependency>
             </dependencies>
             <configuration>
@@ -230,12 +229,12 @@ limitations under the License.
                 <plugin>
                   <groupId>com.h3xstream.findsecbugs</groupId>
                   <artifactId>findsecbugs-plugin</artifactId>
-                  <version>1.11.0</version>
+                  <version>1.12.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                   <groupId>com.mebigfatguy.sb-contrib</groupId>
                   <artifactId>sb-contrib</artifactId>
-                  <version>7.4.7</version>
+                  <version>7.6.4</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <!-- Great idea, but we need to have a single logging story before we do this -->
                 <!--            <plugin> https://github.com/KengoTODA/findbugs-slf4j -->
@@ -250,7 +249,7 @@ limitations under the License.
           <plugin><!-- PMD -->
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.15.0</version>
+            <version>3.20.0</version>
             <dependencies>
               <dependency>
                 <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
@@ -289,7 +288,7 @@ limitations under the License.
           <plugin> <!-- Checkstyle -->
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.1.2</version>
+            <version>3.2.1</version>
             <configuration>
               <configLocation>google-checks.xml</configLocation>
               <suppressionsLocation>suppressions.xml</suppressionsLocation>
@@ -306,12 +305,12 @@ limitations under the License.
               <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.samples</groupId>
                 <artifactId>checkstyle-configuration</artifactId>
-                <version>1.2.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:checkstyle-configuration:current} -->
+                <version>1.2.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:checkstyle-configuration:current} -->
               </dependency>
               <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-                <version>9.2</version>
+                <version>10.9.3</version>
               </dependency>
             </dependencies>
             <executions>
@@ -376,13 +375,13 @@ limitations under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
       <artifactId>spotbugs-annotations</artifactId>
-      <version>4.5.0</version>
+      <version>4.7.3</version>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.2</version>
+      <version>2.13.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
     </dependency>
@@ -393,7 +392,7 @@ limitations under the License.
       <plugin> <!-- Unit Tests -->
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-M5</version>
+        <version>3.0.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <skipTests>${skipTests}</skipTests>
           <reportNameSuffix>sponge_log</reportNameSuffix>
@@ -404,7 +403,7 @@ limitations under the License.
       <plugin> <!-- FAILSAFE -->
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-M5</version>
+        <version>3.0.0</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <goals>
@@ -421,13 +420,13 @@ limitations under the License.
       <plugin> <!-- Versions -->
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.1</version>
+        <version>2.15.0</version>
       </plugin>
 
       <plugin> <!-- JACOCO - reporting -->
         <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
         <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.7</version>
+        <version>0.8.12</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <goals>
diff --git a/test/pom.xml b/test/pom.xml
index 25190976..165104d6 100644
--- a/test/pom.xml
+++ b/test/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ limitations under the License.
   <parent>
     <artifactId>shared-configuration</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud.samples</groupId>
-    <version>1.2.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:shared-configuration:current} -->
+    <version>1.2.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:shared-configuration:current} -->
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 87e3ef29..d6d3f89b 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-shared-configuration:1.0.24:1.2.0
-checkstyle-configuration:1.0.24:1.2.0
+shared-configuration:1.2.1:1.2.1
+checkstyle-configuration:1.2.1:1.2.1