diff --git a/samples/snippets/requirements-test.txt b/samples/snippets/requirements-test.txt
index 2bf14b760..41404afa0 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/samples/snippets/requirements-test.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ pytest===7.4.4; python_version == '3.7'
 pytest==8.3.5; python_version >= '3.8'
 mock==5.2.0
 flaky==3.8.1
-google-cloud-bigquery==3.30.0; python_version < '3.9'
+google-cloud-bigquery===3.30.0; python_version < '3.9'
 google-cloud-bigquery==3.33.0; python_version >= '3.9'
 google-cloud-storage==3.1.0