diff --git a/google-cloud-speech/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/google-cloud-speech/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index cb06536dab0b..d57f74204625 100644
--- a/google-cloud-speech/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
+++ b/google-cloud-speech/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 docker:
   image: gcr.io/repo-automation-bots/owlbot-python:latest
-  digest: sha256:5ff7446edeaede81c3ed58b23a4e76a5403fba1350ce28478045657303b6479d
+  digest: sha256:6186535cbdbf6b9fe61f00294929221d060634dae4a0795c1cefdbc995b2d605
diff --git a/google-cloud-speech/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/google-cloud-speech/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index 317a0beb42da..a23ded021e4c 100644
--- a/google-cloud-speech/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/google-cloud-speech/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -177,6 +177,30 @@ Build the docs via:
 
    $ nox -s docs
 
+*************************
+Samples and code snippets
+*************************
+
+Code samples and snippets live in the `samples/` catalogue. Feel free to
+provide more examples, but make sure to write tests for those examples.
+Each folder containing example code requires its own `noxfile.py` script
+which automates testing. If you decide to create a new folder, you can
+base it on the `samples/snippets` folder (providing `noxfile.py` and
+the requirements files).
+
+The tests will run against a real Google Cloud Project, so you should
+configure them just like the System Tests.
+
+- To run sample tests, you can execute::
+
+   # Run all tests in a folder
+   $ cd samples/snippets
+   $ nox -s py-3.8
+
+   # Run a single sample test
+   $ cd samples/snippets
+   $ nox -s py-3.8 -- -k <name of test>
+
 ********************************************
 Note About ``README`` as it pertains to PyPI
 ********************************************
diff --git a/google-cloud-speech/samples/microphone/noxfile.py b/google-cloud-speech/samples/microphone/noxfile.py
index 5ff9e1db5808..6a8ccdae22c9 100644
--- a/google-cloud-speech/samples/microphone/noxfile.py
+++ b/google-cloud-speech/samples/microphone/noxfile.py
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@
 # WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING
 # WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING
 
-# Copy `noxfile_config.py` to your directory and modify it instead.
+BLACK_VERSION = "black==19.10b0"
 
+# Copy `noxfile_config.py` to your directory and modify it instead.
 
 # `TEST_CONFIG` dict is a configuration hook that allows users to
 # modify the test configurations. The values here should be in sync
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ def lint(session: nox.sessions.Session) -> None:
 
 @nox.session
 def blacken(session: nox.sessions.Session) -> None:
-    session.install("black")
+    session.install(BLACK_VERSION)
     python_files = [path for path in os.listdir(".") if path.endswith(".py")]
 
     session.run("black", *python_files)
diff --git a/google-cloud-speech/samples/snippets/noxfile.py b/google-cloud-speech/samples/snippets/noxfile.py
index 5ff9e1db5808..6a8ccdae22c9 100644
--- a/google-cloud-speech/samples/snippets/noxfile.py
+++ b/google-cloud-speech/samples/snippets/noxfile.py
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@
 # WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING
 # WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING
 
-# Copy `noxfile_config.py` to your directory and modify it instead.
+BLACK_VERSION = "black==19.10b0"
 
+# Copy `noxfile_config.py` to your directory and modify it instead.
 
 # `TEST_CONFIG` dict is a configuration hook that allows users to
 # modify the test configurations. The values here should be in sync
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ def lint(session: nox.sessions.Session) -> None:
 
 @nox.session
 def blacken(session: nox.sessions.Session) -> None:
-    session.install("black")
+    session.install(BLACK_VERSION)
     python_files = [path for path in os.listdir(".") if path.endswith(".py")]
 
     session.run("black", *python_files)