diff --git a/.github/.OwlBot.yaml b/.github/.OwlBot.yaml
index eb8fa136a..91e281b4f 100644
--- a/.github/.OwlBot.yaml
+++ b/.github/.OwlBot.yaml
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ docker:
   image: gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/owlbot-nodejs:latest
 
 deep-preserve-regex:
-  - /\.kokoro/samples-test\.sh
+  - /.kokoro/samples-test.sh
 
 
 begin-after-commit-hash: 674a41e0de2869f44f45eb7b1a605852a5394bba
-