diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-compute/samples/snippets/noxfile.py b/packages/google-cloud-compute/samples/snippets/noxfile.py
index 6a8ccdae22c9..125bb619cc49 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-compute/samples/snippets/noxfile.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-compute/samples/snippets/noxfile.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def get_pytest_env_vars() -> Dict[str, str]:
 
 TESTED_VERSIONS = sorted([v for v in ALL_VERSIONS if v not in IGNORED_VERSIONS])
 
-INSTALL_LIBRARY_FROM_SOURCE = bool(os.environ.get("INSTALL_LIBRARY_FROM_SOURCE", False))
+INSTALL_LIBRARY_FROM_SOURCE = os.environ.get("INSTALL_LIBRARY_FROM_SOURCE", False) in ("True", "true")
 #
 # Style Checks
 #
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-compute/synth.metadata b/packages/google-cloud-compute/synth.metadata
index df26c668006d..0d77eaee844f 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-compute/synth.metadata
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-compute/synth.metadata
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/python-compute.git",
-        "sha": "fbc1a2869932883d0e7e8e498e16d2273fb25048"
+        "sha": "ba64ba1a49273aefd2304d8a973a2a41b12f724a"
       }
     },
     {