diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/auto-release.yaml
index 7c2cdc02..fd5d674c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-release.yaml
@@ -8,41 +8,45 @@ jobs:
     - 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.sender.login != "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")) {
+          if ( !context.payload.pull_request.title.startsWith("chore: release") ) {
             return;
           }
 
           // trigger auto-release when
-          // 1) there are dependency updates only
-          // 2) there are no open dependency update PRs in this repo (to avoid multiple releases)
+          // 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("BREAKING CHANGES") ||
             context.payload.pull_request.body.includes("Features")
           ) {
+            console.log( "Not auto-releasing since it is not a dependency-update-only release." );
             return;
           }
 
-          // list all open pull requests
-          const result = github.pulls.list({
+          const promise = github.pulls.list.endpoint({
             owner: context.repo.owner,
             repo: context.repo.repo,
             state: 'open'
           });
-          const pulls = await github.paginate(result);
+          const open_pulls = await github.paginate(promise)
 
-          // return if there are open depedency update PRs
-          for (const pull of pulls) {
-            if (pull.title.startWith("deps: update dependency ")) {
-              return;
+          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;
+              }
             }
           }
 
@@ -60,5 +64,5 @@ jobs:
             owner: context.repo.owner,
             repo: context.repo.repo,
             issue_number: context.payload.pull_request.number,
-            labels: ["kokoro:force-run", "automerge"]
+            labels: ['kokoro:force-run', 'automerge']
           });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 726f0bc6..21162374 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### [0.3.4](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigqueryconnection/compare/v0.3.3...v0.3.4) (2020-09-01)
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-shared-dependen… ([#127](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigqueryconnection/issues/127)) ([752a655](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigqueryconnection/commit/752a655a3e2840fd0217797465137f2611c08303))
+
 ### [0.3.3](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigqueryconnection/compare/v0.3.2...v0.3.3) (2020-08-31)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e5c1941f..44d86667 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ If you are using Maven, add this to your pom.xml file:
 
 If you are using Gradle, add this to your dependencies
 ```Groovy
-compile 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:0.3.3'
+compile 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:0.3.4'
 ```
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-bigqueryconnection" % "0.3.3"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-bigqueryconnection" % "0.3.4"
 ```
 [//]: # ({x-version-update-end})
 
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-bom/pom.xml
index a8b11329..82b18080 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>0.3.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
+  <version>0.3.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -64,27 +64,27 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection</artifactId>
-        <version>0.3.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
+        <version>0.3.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.3.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
+        <version>0.3.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.3.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
+        <version>0.3.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.3.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.3.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.3.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.3.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigqueryconnection/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigqueryconnection/pom.xml
index 885c0030..5e1b0b13 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigqueryconnection/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigqueryconnection/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection</artifactId>
-  <version>0.3.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
+  <version>0.3.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud BigQuery Connections</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigqueryconnection</url>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.3.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
+    <version>0.3.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1/pom.xml
index db2d2cc2..47b89422 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>0.3.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
+  <version>0.3.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.3.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
+    <version>0.3.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1/pom.xml
index 3616dcd2..9c90ceab 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1</artifactId>
-  <version>0.3.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
+  <version>0.3.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.3.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
+    <version>0.3.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bea4e95a..5db2578e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>0.3.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
+  <version>0.3.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud BigQuery Connections Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigqueryconnection</url>
   <description>
@@ -70,33 +70,33 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection</artifactId>
-        <version>0.3.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
+        <version>0.3.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.3.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
+        <version>0.3.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.3.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
+        <version>0.3.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.3.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.3.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.3.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.3.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
       </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>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1/pom.xml
index 6ba79b01..3d7b7805 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>0.3.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
+  <version>0.3.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.3.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
+    <version>0.3.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1/pom.xml
index f20187ce..8b2fa853 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1</artifactId>
-  <version>0.3.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
+  <version>0.3.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.3.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
+    <version>0.3.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 7caa8031..f77d133a 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection</artifactId>
-      <version>0.3.3</version>
+      <version>0.3.4</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 1961d852..e8dc017b 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:0.3.3:0.3.3
-proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:0.3.3:0.3.3
-grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:0.3.3:0.3.3
-proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:0.3.3:0.3.3
-grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:0.3.3:0.3.3
\ No newline at end of file
+google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:0.3.4:0.3.4
+proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:0.3.4:0.3.4
+grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:0.3.4:0.3.4
+proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:0.3.4:0.3.4
+grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:0.3.4:0.3.4
\ No newline at end of file