diff --git a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index d9b4b9749c..7517c147fc 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: sha256:606f3d9d99a1c7cdfa7158cbb1a75bfeef490655e246a2052f9ee741740d736c
-# created: 2023-08-17T19:15:55.176034173Z
+  digest: sha256:b907341e49ab3bc8732347ac3e528e82ddb80fac583a4aa2b3493a51ee49f22b
+# created: 2023-09-21T22:14:47.094448222Z
diff --git a/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml b/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
index 1350faeff2..b46e4c4d61 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)