diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-spanner-bom/pom.xml
index bbd4f0a3ba3..b825a7b9d03 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner-bom/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-config</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.0</version>
+    <version>1.5.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <name>Google Cloud Spanner BOM</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f63f228c880..454e6e4c78e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-config</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.0</version>
+    <version>1.5.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <developers>
@@ -223,18 +223,4 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </reporting>
-
-  <profiles>
-    <profile>
-      <!-- JDK 9+ has the "release" option to ensure the generated bytecode is
-       compatible with Java 8. -->
-      <id>compiler-release-8</id>
-      <activation>
-        <jdk>[9,]</jdk>
-      </activation>
-      <properties>
-        <maven.compiler.release>8</maven.compiler.release>
-      </properties>
-    </profile>
-  </profiles>
 </project>