diff --git a/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/spanner/CreateInstanceWithAutoscalingConfigSampleIT.java b/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/spanner/CreateInstanceWithAutoscalingConfigSampleIT.java
index 3459d9ab638..76eef2529d4 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/spanner/CreateInstanceWithAutoscalingConfigSampleIT.java
+++ b/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/spanner/CreateInstanceWithAutoscalingConfigSampleIT.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2022 Google LLC
+ * Copyright 2023 Google LLC
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class CreateInstanceWithAutoscalingConfigSampleIT extends SampleTestBase {
+
   @Test
   public void testCreateInstanceWithAutoscalingConfig() throws Exception {
     String instanceId = String.format("autoscaler-%s", UUID.randomUUID());
diff --git a/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/spanner/SampleTestBase.java b/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/spanner/SampleTestBase.java
index 39424c8d080..f1bfeeb7c8b 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/spanner/SampleTestBase.java
+++ b/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/spanner/SampleTestBase.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+ * Copyright 2023 Google LLC
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ public static void beforeClass() {
     final String serverUrl = "";
     final SpannerOptions.Builder optionsBuilder = SpannerOptions
         .newBuilder()
+            .setProjectId("span-cloud-testing")
         .setAutoThrottleAdministrativeRequests();
     if (!serverUrl.isEmpty()) {
       optionsBuilder.setHost(serverUrl);