diff --git a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index a9fcd07cc43..c07f148f0b0 100644
--- a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
+++ b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 docker:
   image: gcr.io/repo-automation-bots/owlbot-python:latest
-  digest: sha256:9743664022bd63a8084be67f144898314c7ca12f0a03e422ac17c733c129d803
+  digest: sha256:0ffe3bdd6c7159692df5f7744da74e5ef19966288a6bf76023e8e04e0c424d7d
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4a158611f3c..9fcb3457cfe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### [2.19.1](https://www.github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/compare/v2.19.0...v2.19.1) (2021-09-02)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* remove repeated calls to self._get_reason ([#1513](https://www.github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/issues/1513)) ([d5cf4e0](https://www.github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/commit/d5cf4e0b1537eeafdb96ae831bbdffc5f1c6a94c))
+
 ## [2.19.0](https://www.github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/compare/v2.18.0...v2.19.0) (2021-08-31)
 
 
diff --git a/googleapiclient/errors.py b/googleapiclient/errors.py
index 332327ec04f..385558c4897 100644
--- a/googleapiclient/errors.py
+++ b/googleapiclient/errors.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def __init__(self, resp, content, uri=None):
         self.content = content
         self.uri = uri
         self.error_details = ""
-        self._get_reason()
+        self.reason = self._get_reason()
 
     @property
     def status_code(self):
@@ -75,25 +75,24 @@ def _get_reason(self):
             pass
         if reason is None:
             reason = ""
-        return reason
+        return reason.strip()
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        reason = self._get_reason()
         if self.error_details:
             return '<HttpError %s when requesting %s returned "%s". Details: "%s">' % (
                 self.resp.status,
                 self.uri,
-                reason.strip(),
+                self.reason,
                 self.error_details,
             )
         elif self.uri:
             return '<HttpError %s when requesting %s returned "%s">' % (
                 self.resp.status,
                 self.uri,
-                self._get_reason().strip(),
+                self.reason,
             )
         else:
-            return '<HttpError %s "%s">' % (self.resp.status, self._get_reason())
+            return '<HttpError %s "%s">' % (self.resp.status, self.reason)
 
     __str__ = __repr__
 
diff --git a/owlbot.py b/owlbot.py
index c13fb3a19df..1df7f43dd4f 100644
--- a/owlbot.py
+++ b/owlbot.py
@@ -39,8 +39,3 @@
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 python.py_samples(skip_readmes=True)
-
-# Remove the replacements below once https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool/pull/1188 is merged
-
-# Update googleapis/repo-automation-bots repo to main in .kokoro/*.sh files
-s.replace(".kokoro/*.sh", "repo-automation-bots/tree/master", "repo-automation-bots/tree/main")
diff --git a/samples/compute/requirements.txt b/samples/compute/requirements.txt
index a1c3b1941b0..7473ec53132 100644
--- a/samples/compute/requirements.txt
+++ b/samples/compute/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-google-api-python-client==2.18.0
-google-auth==2.0.1
+google-api-python-client==2.19.0
+google-auth==2.0.2
 google-auth-httplib2==0.1.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c05fc84c493..688fe4be81f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 with io.open(readme_filename, encoding="utf-8") as readme_file:
     readme = readme_file.read()
 
-version = "2.19.0"
+version = "2.19.1"
 
 setup(
     name="google-api-python-client",