diff --git a/flexible/java-11/cloudstorage/README.md b/flexible/java-11/cloudstorage/README.md
index 07436e7ebd0..1a8b51f1446 100644
--- a/flexible/java-11/cloudstorage/README.md
+++ b/flexible/java-11/cloudstorage/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Before you can run or deploy the sample, you will need to do the following:
    SDK](https://cloud.google.com/sdk) using the following command:
 
   ```sh
-  gsutil mb gs://[your-bucket-name]
+  gcloud storage buckets create gs://[your-bucket-name]
   ```
 
 1. Set the default ACL on your bucket to public read in order to serve files
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Before you can run or deploy the sample, you will need to do the following:
    SDK](https://cloud.google.com/sdk) using the following command:
 
   ```sh
-  gsutil defacl set public-read gs://[your-bucket-name]
+  gcloud storage buckets update gs://[your-bucket-name] --predefined-default-object-acl=publicRead
   ```
 
 1. Update the bucket name in `src/main/appengine/app.yaml`. This makes the
diff --git a/flexible/java-17/cloudstorage/README.md b/flexible/java-17/cloudstorage/README.md
index 07436e7ebd0..1a8b51f1446 100644
--- a/flexible/java-17/cloudstorage/README.md
+++ b/flexible/java-17/cloudstorage/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Before you can run or deploy the sample, you will need to do the following:
    SDK](https://cloud.google.com/sdk) using the following command:
 
   ```sh
-  gsutil mb gs://[your-bucket-name]
+  gcloud storage buckets create gs://[your-bucket-name]
   ```
 
 1. Set the default ACL on your bucket to public read in order to serve files
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Before you can run or deploy the sample, you will need to do the following:
    SDK](https://cloud.google.com/sdk) using the following command:
 
   ```sh
-  gsutil defacl set public-read gs://[your-bucket-name]
+  gcloud storage buckets update gs://[your-bucket-name] --predefined-default-object-acl=publicRead
   ```
 
 1. Update the bucket name in `src/main/appengine/app.yaml`. This makes the
diff --git a/flexible/java-8/cloudstorage/README.md b/flexible/java-8/cloudstorage/README.md
index 986d2d6621a..4c821531bf5 100644
--- a/flexible/java-8/cloudstorage/README.md
+++ b/flexible/java-8/cloudstorage/README.md
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ Before you can run or deploy the sample, you will need to do the following:
 2. Create a Cloud Storage Bucket. You can do this with the [Google Cloud SDK](https://cloud.google.com/sdk) using the following command:
 
   ```
-  $ gsutil mb gs://[your-bucket-name]
+  $ gcloud storage buckets create gs://[your-bucket-name]
   ```
 3. Set the default ACL on your bucket to public read in order to serve files directly from Cloud Storage. You can do this with the [Google Cloud SDK](https://cloud.google.com/sdk) using the following command:
 
   ```
-  $ gsutil defacl set public-read gs://[your-bucket-name]
+  $ gcloud storage buckets update gs://[your-bucket-name] --predefined-default-object-acl=publicRead
   ```
 4. Update the bucket name in `src/main/appengine/app.yaml`. This makes the bucket name an environment variable in deployment. You still need to set the environment variable when running locally, as shown below.