diff --git a/compute/compute/snippets/noxfile.py b/compute/compute/snippets/noxfile.py
index dc9beecef296..6a8ccdae22c9 100644
--- a/compute/compute/snippets/noxfile.py
+++ b/compute/compute/snippets/noxfile.py
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@
 # WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING
 # WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING
 
-# Copy `noxfile_config.py` to your directory and modify it instead.
+BLACK_VERSION = "black==19.10b0"
 
+# Copy `noxfile_config.py` to your directory and modify it instead.
 
 # `TEST_CONFIG` dict is a configuration hook that allows users to
 # modify the test configurations. The values here should be in sync
@@ -48,8 +49,8 @@
     # to 'BUILD_SPECIFIC_GCLOUD_PROJECT' if you want to opt in using a
     # build specific Cloud project. You can also use your own string
     # to use your own Cloud project.
-    # 'gcloud_project_env': 'GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT',
-    'gcloud_project_env': 'BUILD_SPECIFIC_GCLOUD_PROJECT',
+    'gcloud_project_env': 'GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT',
+    # 'gcloud_project_env': 'BUILD_SPECIFIC_GCLOUD_PROJECT',
     # If you need to use a specific version of pip,
     # change pip_version_override to the string representation
     # of the version number, for example, "20.2.4"
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ def lint(session: nox.sessions.Session) -> None:
 
 @nox.session
 def blacken(session: nox.sessions.Session) -> None:
-    session.install("black")
+    session.install(BLACK_VERSION)
     python_files = [path for path in os.listdir(".") if path.endswith(".py")]
 
     session.run("black", *python_files)