diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index e2b39f946040..a5d3697f2167 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 docker:
   image: gcr.io/repo-automation-bots/owlbot-python:latest
-  digest: sha256:99d90d097e4a4710cc8658ee0b5b963f4426d0e424819787c3ac1405c9a26719
+  digest: sha256:e1793a23ae0ee9aafb2e3a53b564a351f74790dbe3c2d75f8fc3b8c43e5c036c
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/.kokoro/test-samples-impl.sh b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/.kokoro/test-samples-impl.sh
index cf5de74c17a5..311a8d54b9f1 100755
--- a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/.kokoro/test-samples-impl.sh
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/.kokoro/test-samples-impl.sh
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ set -eo pipefail
 # Enables `**` to include files nested inside sub-folders
 shopt -s globstar
 
-# Exit early if samples directory doesn't exist
-if [ ! -d "./samples" ]; then
-  echo "No tests run. `./samples` not found"
+# Exit early if samples don't exist
+if ! find samples -name 'requirements.txt' | grep -q .; then
+  echo "No tests run. './samples/**/requirements.txt' not found"
   exit 0
 fi