diff --git a/synthtool/gcp/templates/java_library/README.md b/synthtool/gcp/templates/java_library/README.md
index 8f6697b97..1a340d444 100644
--- a/synthtool/gcp/templates/java_library/README.md
+++ b/synthtool/gcp/templates/java_library/README.md
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ Java idiomatic client for [{{metadata['repo']['name_pretty']}}][product-docs].
 
 ## Quickstart
 
-{% if 'snippets' in metadata and metadata['snippets'][metadata['repo']['name'] + '_install_with_bom'] -%}
+{% if 'snippets' in metadata and metadata['snippets'][metadata['repo']['api_shortname'] + '_install_with_bom'] -%}
 If you are using Maven with [BOM][libraries-bom], add this to your pom.xml file
 
 ```xml
-{{ metadata['snippets'][metadata['repo']['name'] + '_install_with_bom'] }}
+{{ metadata['snippets'][metadata['repo']['api_shortname'] + '_install_with_bom'] }}
 ```
 
 If you are using Maven without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ If you are using Maven, add this to your pom.xml file:
 {% endif %}
 
 ```xml
-{% if 'snippets' in metadata and metadata['snippets'][metadata['repo']['name'] + '_install_without_bom'] -%}
-{{ metadata['snippets'][metadata['repo']['name'] + '_install_without_bom'] }}
+{% if 'snippets' in metadata and metadata['snippets'][metadata['repo']['api_shortname'] + '_install_without_bom'] -%}
+{{ metadata['snippets'][metadata['repo']['api_shortname'] + '_install_without_bom'] }}
 {% else -%}
 <dependency>
   <groupId>{{ group_id }}</groupId>
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ If you are using Maven, add this to your pom.xml file:
 {% endif -%}
 ```
 
-{% if 'snippets' in metadata and metadata['snippets'][metadata['repo']['name'] + '_install_with_bom'] -%}
+{% if 'snippets' in metadata and metadata['snippets'][metadata['repo']['api_shortname'] + '_install_with_bom'] -%}
 If you are using Gradle 5.x or later, add this to your dependencies
 
 ```Groovy
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/java_templates/release-please-update/.repo-metadata.json b/tests/fixtures/java_templates/release-please-update/.repo-metadata.json
index 38f8e6d68..98d7242a5 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/java_templates/release-please-update/.repo-metadata.json
+++ b/tests/fixtures/java_templates/release-please-update/.repo-metadata.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-    "name": "cloudasset",
+    "api_shortname": "cloudasset",
     "name_pretty": "Cloud Asset Inventory",
     "product_documentation": "https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/cloud-asset-inventory/overview",
     "api_reference": "https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/cloud-asset-inventory/overview",
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/java_templates/standard/.repo-metadata.json b/tests/fixtures/java_templates/standard/.repo-metadata.json
index 38f8e6d68..98d7242a5 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/java_templates/standard/.repo-metadata.json
+++ b/tests/fixtures/java_templates/standard/.repo-metadata.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-    "name": "cloudasset",
+    "api_shortname": "cloudasset",
     "name_pretty": "Cloud Asset Inventory",
     "product_documentation": "https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/cloud-asset-inventory/overview",
     "api_reference": "https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/cloud-asset-inventory/overview",