diff --git a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index ea06d39..cb06536 100644
--- a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
+++ b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 docker:
   image: gcr.io/repo-automation-bots/owlbot-python:latest
-  digest: sha256:58c7342b0bccf85028100adaa3d856cb4a871c22ca9c01960d996e66c40548ce
+  digest: sha256:5ff7446edeaede81c3ed58b23a4e76a5403fba1350ce28478045657303b6479d
diff --git a/.kokoro/docker/docs/Dockerfile b/.kokoro/docker/docs/Dockerfile
index 412b0b5..4e1b1fb 100644
--- a/.kokoro/docker/docs/Dockerfile
+++ b/.kokoro/docker/docs/Dockerfile
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ RUN apt-get update \
     libssl-dev \
     libsqlite3-dev \
     portaudio19-dev \
+    python3-distutils \
     redis-server \
     software-properties-common \
     ssh \
@@ -59,40 +60,8 @@ RUN apt-get update \
   && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
   && rm -f /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb
 
-
-COPY fetch_gpg_keys.sh /tmp
-# Install the desired versions of Python.
-RUN set -ex \
-    && export GNUPGHOME="$(mktemp -d)" \
-    && echo "disable-ipv6" >> "${GNUPGHOME}/dirmngr.conf" \
-    && /tmp/fetch_gpg_keys.sh \
-    && for PYTHON_VERSION in 3.7.8 3.8.5; do \
-        wget --no-check-certificate -O python-${PYTHON_VERSION}.tar.xz "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${PYTHON_VERSION%%[a-z]*}/Python-$PYTHON_VERSION.tar.xz" \
-        && wget --no-check-certificate -O python-${PYTHON_VERSION}.tar.xz.asc "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${PYTHON_VERSION%%[a-z]*}/Python-$PYTHON_VERSION.tar.xz.asc" \
-        && gpg --batch --verify python-${PYTHON_VERSION}.tar.xz.asc python-${PYTHON_VERSION}.tar.xz \
-        && rm -r python-${PYTHON_VERSION}.tar.xz.asc \
-        && mkdir -p /usr/src/python-${PYTHON_VERSION} \
-        && tar -xJC /usr/src/python-${PYTHON_VERSION} --strip-components=1 -f python-${PYTHON_VERSION}.tar.xz \
-        && rm python-${PYTHON_VERSION}.tar.xz \
-        && cd /usr/src/python-${PYTHON_VERSION} \
-        && ./configure \
-            --enable-shared \
-            # This works only on Python 2.7 and throws a warning on every other
-            # version, but seems otherwise harmless.
-            --enable-unicode=ucs4 \
-            --with-system-ffi \
-            --without-ensurepip \
-        && make -j$(nproc) \
-        && make install \
-        && ldconfig \
-  ; done \
-  && rm -rf "${GNUPGHOME}" \
-  && rm -rf /usr/src/python* \
-  && rm -rf ~/.cache/
-
 RUN wget -O /tmp/get-pip.py 'https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py' \
-  && python3.7 /tmp/get-pip.py \
   && python3.8 /tmp/get-pip.py \
   && rm /tmp/get-pip.py
 
-CMD ["python3.7"]
+CMD ["python3.8"]
diff --git a/.kokoro/docker/docs/fetch_gpg_keys.sh b/.kokoro/docker/docs/fetch_gpg_keys.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index d653dd8..0000000
--- a/.kokoro/docker/docs/fetch_gpg_keys.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Copyright 2020 Google LLC
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-# A script to fetch gpg keys with retry.
-# Avoid jinja parsing the file.
-# 
-
-function retry {
-    if [[ "${#}" -le 1 ]]; then
-	echo "Usage: ${0} retry_count commands.."
-	exit 1
-    fi
-    local retries=${1}
-    local command="${@:2}"
-    until [[ "${retries}" -le 0 ]]; do
-	$command && return 0
-	if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
-	    echo "command failed, retrying"
-	    ((retries--))
-	fi
-    done
-    return 1
-}
-
-# 3.6.9, 3.7.5 (Ned Deily)
-retry 3 gpg --keyserver ha.pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys \
-      0D96DF4D4110E5C43FBFB17F2D347EA6AA65421D
-
-# 3.8.0 (Łukasz Langa)
-retry 3 gpg --keyserver ha.pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys \
-      E3FF2839C048B25C084DEBE9B26995E310250568
-
-# 
diff --git a/.kokoro/samples/python3.9/common.cfg b/.kokoro/samples/python3.9/common.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a024f54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.kokoro/samples/python3.9/common.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Format: //devtools/kokoro/config/proto/build.proto
+
+# Build logs will be here
+action {
+  define_artifacts {
+    regex: "**/*sponge_log.xml"
+  }
+}
+
+# Specify which tests to run
+env_vars: {
+    key: "RUN_TESTS_SESSION"
+    value: "py-3.9"
+}
+
+# Declare build specific Cloud project.
+env_vars: {
+    key: "BUILD_SPECIFIC_GCLOUD_PROJECT"
+    value: "python-docs-samples-tests-py39"
+}
+
+env_vars: {
+    key: "TRAMPOLINE_BUILD_FILE"
+    value: "github/python-cloud-core/.kokoro/test-samples.sh"
+}
+
+# Configure the docker image for kokoro-trampoline.
+env_vars: {
+    key: "TRAMPOLINE_IMAGE"
+    value: "gcr.io/cloud-devrel-kokoro-resources/python-samples-testing-docker"
+}
+
+# Download secrets for samples
+gfile_resources: "/bigstore/cloud-devrel-kokoro-resources/python-docs-samples"
+
+# Download trampoline resources.
+gfile_resources: "/bigstore/cloud-devrel-kokoro-resources/trampoline"
+
+# Use the trampoline script to run in docker.
+build_file: "python-cloud-core/.kokoro/trampoline.sh"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.kokoro/samples/python3.9/continuous.cfg b/.kokoro/samples/python3.9/continuous.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1c8d97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.kokoro/samples/python3.9/continuous.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Format: //devtools/kokoro/config/proto/build.proto
+
+env_vars: {
+    key: "INSTALL_LIBRARY_FROM_SOURCE"
+    value: "True"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.kokoro/samples/python3.9/periodic-head.cfg b/.kokoro/samples/python3.9/periodic-head.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9cfcd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.kokoro/samples/python3.9/periodic-head.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Format: //devtools/kokoro/config/proto/build.proto
+
+env_vars: {
+    key: "INSTALL_LIBRARY_FROM_SOURCE"
+    value: "True"
+}
+
+env_vars: {
+    key: "TRAMPOLINE_BUILD_FILE"
+    value: "github/python-pubsub/.kokoro/test-samples-against-head.sh"
+}
diff --git a/.kokoro/samples/python3.9/periodic.cfg b/.kokoro/samples/python3.9/periodic.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50fec96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.kokoro/samples/python3.9/periodic.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Format: //devtools/kokoro/config/proto/build.proto
+
+env_vars: {
+    key: "INSTALL_LIBRARY_FROM_SOURCE"
+    value: "False"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.kokoro/samples/python3.9/presubmit.cfg b/.kokoro/samples/python3.9/presubmit.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1c8d97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.kokoro/samples/python3.9/presubmit.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Format: //devtools/kokoro/config/proto/build.proto
+
+env_vars: {
+    key: "INSTALL_LIBRARY_FROM_SOURCE"
+    value: "True"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.kokoro/test-samples-impl.sh b/.kokoro/test-samples-impl.sh
index cf5de74..311a8d5 100755
--- a/.kokoro/test-samples-impl.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/test-samples-impl.sh
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ set -eo pipefail
 # Enables `**` to include files nested inside sub-folders
 shopt -s globstar
 
-# Exit early if samples directory doesn't exist
-if [ ! -d "./samples" ]; then
-  echo "No tests run. `./samples` not found"
+# Exit early if samples don't exist
+if ! find samples -name 'requirements.txt' | grep -q .; then
+  echo "No tests run. './samples/**/requirements.txt' not found"
   exit 0
 fi
 
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 4f00c7c..62eb5a7 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # See https://pre-commit.com/hooks.html for more hooks
 repos:
 -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v3.4.0
+    rev: v4.0.1
     hooks:
     -   id: trailing-whitespace
     -   id: end-of-file-fixer
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index e92bff8..7cbdd73 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ In order to add a feature:
   documentation.
 
 - The feature must work fully on the following CPython versions:
-  3.6, 3.7, 3.8 and 3.9 on both UNIX and Windows.
+  2.7, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8 and 3.9 on both UNIX and Windows.
 
 - The feature must not add unnecessary dependencies (where
   "unnecessary" is of course subjective, but new dependencies should
@@ -68,15 +68,12 @@ Using ``nox``
 We use `nox <https://nox.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`__ to instrument our tests.
 
 - To test your changes, run unit tests with ``nox``::
+    $ nox -s unit
 
-    $ nox -s unit-2.7
-    $ nox -s unit-3.8
-    $ ...
+- To run a single unit test::
 
-- Args to pytest can be passed through the nox command separated by a `--`. For
-  example, to run a single test::
+    $ nox -s unit-3.9 -- -k <name of test>
 
-    $ nox -s unit-3.8 -- -k <name of test>
 
   .. note::
 
@@ -143,8 +140,7 @@ Running System Tests
 - To run system tests, you can execute::
 
    # Run all system tests
-   $ nox -s system-3.8
-   $ nox -s system-2.7
+   $ nox -s system
 
    # Run a single system test
    $ nox -s system-3.8 -- -k <name of test>
@@ -152,9 +148,8 @@ Running System Tests
 
   .. note::
 
-      System tests are only configured to run under Python 2.7 and
-      Python 3.8. For expediency, we do not run them in older versions
-      of Python 3.
+      System tests are only configured to run under Python 2.7 and 3.8.
+      For expediency, we do not run them in older versions of Python 3.
 
   This alone will not run the tests. You'll need to change some local
   auth settings and change some configuration in your project to
@@ -202,11 +197,13 @@ Supported Python Versions
 
 We support:
 
+-  `Python 2.7`_
 -  `Python 3.6`_
 -  `Python 3.7`_
 -  `Python 3.8`_
 -  `Python 3.9`_
 
+.. _Python 2.7: https://docs.python.org/2.7/
 .. _Python 3.6: https://docs.python.org/3.6/
 .. _Python 3.7: https://docs.python.org/3.7/
 .. _Python 3.8: https://docs.python.org/3.8/
@@ -218,8 +215,8 @@ Supported versions can be found in our ``noxfile.py`` `config`_.
 .. _config: https://github.com/googleapis/python-cloud-core/blob/master/noxfile.py
 
 
-We also explicitly decided to support Python 3 beginning with version
-3.6. Reasons for this include:
+We also explicitly decided to support Python 3 beginning with version 2.7.
+Reasons for this include:
 
 -  Encouraging use of newest versions of Python 3
 -  Taking the lead of `prominent`_ open-source `projects`_