diff --git a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index eecb84c21..52d79c11f 100644
--- a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
+++ b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 docker:
   image: gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/owlbot-python:latest
-  digest: sha256:ae600f36b6bc972b368367b6f83a1d91ec2c82a4a116b383d67d547c56fe6de3
+  digest: sha256:f0e4b51deef56bed74d3e2359c583fc104a8d6367da3984fc5c66938db738828
diff --git a/samples/snippets/noxfile.py b/samples/snippets/noxfile.py
index 3bbef5d54..20cdfc620 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/noxfile.py
+++ b/samples/snippets/noxfile.py
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ def _session_tests(
 ) -> None:
     # check for presence of tests
     test_list = glob.glob("*_test.py") + glob.glob("test_*.py")
+    test_list.extend(glob.glob("tests"))
     if len(test_list) == 0:
         print("No tests found, skipping directory.")
     else: