diff --git a/.github/workflows/samples.yaml b/.github/workflows/samples.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c46230a78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/samples.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+on:
+  pull_request:
+name: samples
+jobs:
+  checkstyle:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+        with:
+          java-version: 8
+      - name: Run checkstyle
+        run: mvn -P lint --quiet --batch-mode checkstyle:check
+        working-directory: samples/snippets
diff --git a/.kokoro/build.sh b/.kokoro/build.sh
index 7dd822666..4ef0f0e85 100755
--- a/.kokoro/build.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/build.sh
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ bash .kokoro/coerce_logs.sh
 
 if [[ "${ENABLE_BUILD_COP}" == "true" ]]
 then
-    chmod +x ${KOKORO_GFILE_DIR}/linux_amd64/flakybot
-    ${KOKORO_GFILE_DIR}/linux_amd64/flakybot -repo=googleapis/google-http-java-client
+    chmod +x ${KOKORO_GFILE_DIR}/linux_amd64/buildcop
+    ${KOKORO_GFILE_DIR}/linux_amd64/buildcop -repo=googleapis/google-http-java-client
 fi
 
 echo "exiting with ${RETURN_CODE}"
diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
index a50f86382..bbc2ae460 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client.git",
-        "sha": "8f95371cf5681fbc67bd598d74089f38742a1177"
+        "sha": "9e8fcfffc6d92505528aff0a89c169bf3e812c41"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     ".github/workflows/approve-readme.yaml",
     ".github/workflows/auto-release.yaml",
     ".github/workflows/ci.yaml",
+    ".github/workflows/samples.yaml",
     ".kokoro/build.bat",
     ".kokoro/build.sh",
     ".kokoro/coerce_logs.sh",