diff --git a/.kokoro/build.sh b/.kokoro/build.sh
index f77424b4f..4e05f0ed8 100755
--- a/.kokoro/build.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/build.sh
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ integration)
 
     mvn -B ${INTEGRATION_TEST_ARGS} \
       -ntp \
+      -Dprotobuf.version=4.33.2 \
       -Penable-integration-tests \
       -DtrimStackTrace=false \
       -Dclirr.skip=true \
diff --git a/.repo-metadata.json b/.repo-metadata.json
index cc147aeb7..e429bc69c 100644
--- a/.repo-metadata.json
+++ b/.repo-metadata.json
@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@
   "api_id": "datastore.googleapis.com",
   "library_type": "GAPIC_COMBO",
   "requires_billing": true,
-  "codeowner_team": "@googleapis/cloud-sdk-java-team",
   "excluded_dependencies": "grpc-google-cloud-datastore-v1",
   "excluded_poms": "grpc-google-cloud-datastore-v1",
   "issue_tracker": "https://issuetracker.google.com/savedsearches/559768",
   "extra_versioned_modules": "datastore-v1-proto-client",
   "recommended_package": "com.google.cloud.datastore"
-}
+}
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