diff --git a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index 58fcbee..c701359 100644
--- a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
+++ b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 docker:
   image: gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/owlbot-python:latest
-  digest: sha256:c8878270182edaab99f2927969d4f700c3af265accd472c3425deedff2b7fd93
-# created: 2022-07-14T01:58:16.015625351Z
+  digest: sha256:c6c965a4bf40c19011b11f87dbc801a66d3a23fbc6704102be064ef31c51f1c3
+# created: 2022-08-09T15:58:56.463048506Z
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index b46d730..7092a13 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Setup Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
         python-version: "3.10"
     - name: Install nox
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Setup Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
         python-version: "3.10"
     - name: Install nox
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index f512a49..d2aee5b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Setup Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
         python-version: "3.10"
     - name: Install nox
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unittest.yml b/.github/workflows/unittest.yml
index 5531b01..87ade4d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unittest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unittest.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Setup Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
     - name: Install nox
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Setup Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
         python-version: "3.10"
     - name: Install coverage
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9123c97..2bd683f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.7.1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-data-qna/compare/v0.7.0...v0.7.1) (2022-08-11)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **deps:** allow protobuf < 5.0.0 ([#167](https://github.com/googleapis/python-data-qna/issues/167)) ([46b9f57](https://github.com/googleapis/python-data-qna/commit/46b9f576649fd44a77b41cc43db038e15babcd9c))
+* **deps:** require proto-plus >= 1.22.0 ([46b9f57](https://github.com/googleapis/python-data-qna/commit/46b9f576649fd44a77b41cc43db038e15babcd9c))
+
 ## [0.7.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-data-qna/compare/v0.6.3...v0.7.0) (2022-07-15)
 
 
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index 94b2f9c..cc39f3b 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -334,7 +334,8 @@ def prerelease_deps(session):
 
     # Install all dependencies
     session.install("-e", ".[all, tests, tracing]")
-    session.install(*UNIT_TEST_STANDARD_DEPENDENCIES)
+    unit_deps_all = UNIT_TEST_STANDARD_DEPENDENCIES + UNIT_TEST_EXTERNAL_DEPENDENCIES
+    session.install(*unit_deps_all)
     system_deps_all = (
         SYSTEM_TEST_STANDARD_DEPENDENCIES
         + SYSTEM_TEST_EXTERNAL_DEPENDENCIES
@@ -363,12 +364,6 @@ def prerelease_deps(session):
 
     session.install(*constraints_deps)
 
-    if os.path.exists("samples/snippets/requirements.txt"):
-        session.install("-r", "samples/snippets/requirements.txt")
-
-    if os.path.exists("samples/snippets/requirements-test.txt"):
-        session.install("-r", "samples/snippets/requirements-test.txt")
-
     prerel_deps = [
         "protobuf",
         # dependency of grpc
@@ -405,11 +400,19 @@ def prerelease_deps(session):
     system_test_folder_path = os.path.join("tests", "system")
 
     # Only run system tests if found.
-    if os.path.exists(system_test_path) or os.path.exists(system_test_folder_path):
-        session.run("py.test", "tests/system")
-
-    snippets_test_path = os.path.join("samples", "snippets")
-
-    # Only run samples tests if found.
-    if os.path.exists(snippets_test_path):
-        session.run("py.test", "samples/snippets")
+    if os.path.exists(system_test_path):
+        session.run(
+            "py.test",
+            "--verbose",
+            f"--junitxml=system_{session.python}_sponge_log.xml",
+            system_test_path,
+            *session.posargs,
+        )
+    if os.path.exists(system_test_folder_path):
+        session.run(
+            "py.test",
+            "--verbose",
+            f"--junitxml=system_{session.python}_sponge_log.xml",
+            system_test_folder_path,
+            *session.posargs,
+        )
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 61af44c..c4aa560 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 import setuptools  # type: ignore
 
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.7.1"
 
 package_root = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
     include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=(
         "google-api-core[grpc] >= 1.32.0, <3.0.0dev,!=2.0.*,!=2.1.*,!=2.2.*,!=2.3.*,!=2.4.*,!=2.5.*,!=2.6.*,!=2.7.*",
-        "proto-plus >= 1.15.0, <2.0.0dev",
-        "protobuf >= 3.19.0, <4.0.0dev",
+        "proto-plus >= 1.22.0, <2.0.0dev",
+        "protobuf >= 3.19.0, <5.0.0dev",
     ),
     python_requires=">=3.7",
     classifiers=[
diff --git a/testing/constraints-3.7.txt b/testing/constraints-3.7.txt
index 317c02d..51901fb 100644
--- a/testing/constraints-3.7.txt
+++ b/testing/constraints-3.7.txt
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 # e.g., if setup.py has "foo >= 1.14.0, < 2.0.0dev",
 # Then this file should have foo==1.14.0
 google-api-core==1.32.0
-proto-plus==1.15.0
+proto-plus==1.22.0
 protobuf==3.19.0