diff --git a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index ba38c131e..52ba89893 100644
--- a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
+++ b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 docker:
   image: gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/owlbot-nodejs:latest
-  digest: sha256:1d25dfefd805b689a2a2356d35a25b13f2f67bcce55400246432c43a42e96214
-# created: 2022-04-05T22:42:50.409517925Z
+  digest: sha256:c2641f0628c1077d504eca6b065517b0cc54336f09a9a38e3614c4b412dd9d37
+# created: 2022-04-07T16:48:24.139011696Z
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 1edb20658..354146328 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         node: [10, 12, 14, 16]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
   windows:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: 14
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: 14
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
   docs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: 14
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 57b8560d8..2a026a59b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ rows.forEach(row => console.log(row));
 
 
 
+
+This library is built on top of google-gax as its transport layer. To customize the common behavior of this client library (timeout, retry, etc), see [Client Library Howto](https://github.com/googleapis/gax-nodejs/blob/main/client-libraries.md).
+
 ## Samples
 
 Samples are in the [`samples/`](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/tree/main/samples) directory. Each sample's `README.md` has instructions for running its sample.