diff --git a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index de4fa0a5..5ddcbae8 100644
--- a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
+++ b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 docker:
   image: gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/owlbot-nodejs:latest
-  digest: sha256:ef104a520c849ffde60495342ecf099dfb6256eab0fbd173228f447bc73d1aa9
-# created: 2023-07-10T21:36:52.433664553Z
+  digest: sha256:e7a37871068ab50b3841cb08619c288dc0665b62a7f39f2bdb7dea0ce6e89a3d
+# created: 2023-09-22T19:12:26.585611364Z
diff --git a/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml b/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
index 1350faef..b46e4c4d 100644
--- a/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
+++ b/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ branchProtectionRules:
     requiredStatusCheckContexts:
       - "ci/kokoro: Samples test"
       - "ci/kokoro: System test"
-      - docs
       - lint
       - test (14)
       - test (16)