diff --git a/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml b/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
index 77c1a4fb5..f783223ca 100644
--- a/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
+++ b/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ branchProtectionRules:
     - 'Kokoro - Against Pub/Sub Lite samples'
     - 'cla/google'
     - 'Samples - Lint'
+    # TODO: remove when creds warning resolved
     - 'Samples - Python 3.7'
     - 'Samples - Python 3.8'
     - 'Samples - Python 3.9'
diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
index 09a522efe..a7e474109 100644
--- a/pytest.ini
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ filterwarnings =
     ignore:The python-bigquery library will stop supporting Python 3.7:PendingDeprecationWarning
     # Remove once we move off credential files https://github.com/googleapis/google-auth-library-python/pull/1812
     ignore:Your config file at [/home/kbuilder/.docker/config.json] contains these credential helper entries:DeprecationWarning
+    ignore:The `credentials_file` argument is deprecated because of a potential security risk:DeprecationWarning