diff --git a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index 508ba98ef..9a7846675 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: sha256:25de45b58e52021d3a24a6273964371a97a4efeefe6ad3845a64e697c63b6447
-# created: 2025-04-14T14:34:43.260858345Z
+  digest: sha256:4a9e5d44b98e8672e2037ee22bc6b4f8e844a2d75fcb78ea8a4b38510112abc6
+# created: 2025-10-07
diff --git a/owlbot.py b/owlbot.py
index 2a131d557..c58e5a67a 100644
--- a/owlbot.py
+++ b/owlbot.py
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@
     system_test_python_versions=["3.12"],
     system_test_external_dependencies=["psutil","flaky"],
 )
-s.move(templated_files, excludes=[".coveragerc", ".github/blunderbuss.yml", ".github/release-please.yml", "README.rst", "docs/index.rst"])
+s.move(templated_files, excludes=[".coveragerc", ".github/**", "README.rst", "docs/**", ".kokoro/**"])
 
 python.py_samples(skip_readmes=True)