diff --git a/synthtool/gcp/templates/python_library/noxfile.py.j2 b/synthtool/gcp/templates/python_library/noxfile.py.j2
index a5972b48e..a09cb3d85 100644
--- a/synthtool/gcp/templates/python_library/noxfile.py.j2
+++ b/synthtool/gcp/templates/python_library/noxfile.py.j2
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 import os
 import pathlib
+import re
 import shutil
 import warnings