diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-access-approval/.flake8 b/packages/google-cloud-access-approval/.flake8
index ed9316381c9c..29227d4cf419 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-access-approval/.flake8
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-access-approval/.flake8
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ exclude =
   *_pb2.py
 
   # Standard linting exemptions.
+  **/.nox/**
   __pycache__,
   .git,
   *.pyc,
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-access-approval/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/packages/google-cloud-access-approval/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index fb80a95e88bb..a9024b15d725 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-access-approval/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-access-approval/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # See https://pre-commit.com/hooks.html for more hooks
 repos:
 -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v3.2.0
+    rev: v3.4.0
     hooks:
     -   id: trailing-whitespace
     -   id: end-of-file-fixer
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-access-approval/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/packages/google-cloud-access-approval/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index 95226d2b5a6a..2550e64b512c 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-access-approval/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-access-approval/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ In order to add a feature:
 - The feature must be documented in both the API and narrative
   documentation.
 
-- The feature must work fully on the following CPython versions:  2.7,
-  3.5, 3.6, 3.7 and 3.8 on both UNIX and Windows.
+- The feature must work fully on the following CPython versions:
+  3.6, 3.7, 3.8 and 3.9 on both UNIX and Windows.
 
 - The feature must not add unnecessary dependencies (where
   "unnecessary" is of course subjective, but new dependencies should
@@ -202,25 +202,24 @@ Supported Python Versions
 
 We support:
 
--  `Python 3.5`_
 -  `Python 3.6`_
 -  `Python 3.7`_
 -  `Python 3.8`_
+-  `Python 3.9`_
 
-.. _Python 3.5: https://docs.python.org/3.5/
 .. _Python 3.6: https://docs.python.org/3.6/
 .. _Python 3.7: https://docs.python.org/3.7/
 .. _Python 3.8: https://docs.python.org/3.8/
+.. _Python 3.9: https://docs.python.org/3.9/
 
 
 Supported versions can be found in our ``noxfile.py`` `config`_.
 
 .. _config: https://github.com/googleapis/python-access-approval/blob/master/noxfile.py
 
-Python 2.7 support is deprecated. All code changes should maintain Python 2.7 compatibility until January 1, 2020.
 
 We also explicitly decided to support Python 3 beginning with version
-3.5. Reasons for this include:
+3.6. Reasons for this include:
 
 -  Encouraging use of newest versions of Python 3
 -  Taking the lead of `prominent`_ open-source `projects`_
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-access-approval/noxfile.py b/packages/google-cloud-access-approval/noxfile.py
index 3acdf8fbd29e..8004482ed0a9 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-access-approval/noxfile.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-access-approval/noxfile.py
@@ -81,9 +81,8 @@ def default(session):
     session.run(
         "py.test",
         "--quiet",
-        "--cov=google.cloud.accessapproval",
-        "--cov=google.cloud",
-        "--cov=tests.unit",
+        "--cov=google/cloud",
+        "--cov=tests/unit",
         "--cov-append",
         "--cov-config=.coveragerc",
         "--cov-report=",
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-access-approval/synth.metadata b/packages/google-cloud-access-approval/synth.metadata
index fce9b8683760..dd34aec04fc5 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-access-approval/synth.metadata
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-access-approval/synth.metadata
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "32af6da519a6b042e3da62008e2a75e991efb6b4"
+        "sha": "373861061648b5fe5e0ac4f8a38b32d639ee93e4"
       }
     },
     {
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "32af6da519a6b042e3da62008e2a75e991efb6b4"
+        "sha": "373861061648b5fe5e0ac4f8a38b32d639ee93e4"
       }
     }
   ],