diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e106db77..1a280f8a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ Older versions of this project were distributed as [pybigquery][0].
 [2]: https://pypi.org/project/pybigquery/#history
 
 
+## [1.6.1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-sqlalchemy/compare/v1.6.0...v1.6.1) (2023-02-01)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Ensure repo install ([#741](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-sqlalchemy/issues/741)) ([75ef9ac](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-sqlalchemy/commit/75ef9ac9dc1e806f3b2ef34208156c1a311750bc))
+
 ## [1.6.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-sqlalchemy/compare/v1.5.0...v1.6.0) (2023-01-30)
 
 
diff --git a/owlbot.py b/owlbot.py
index aac3da31..1ea90868 100644
--- a/owlbot.py
+++ b/owlbot.py
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@
         # dependency of grpc''',
 )
 
+
+
 def place_before(path, text, *before_text, escape=None):
     replacement = "\n".join(before_text) + "\n" + text
     if escape:
@@ -211,6 +213,17 @@ def compliance(session):
 
 python.py_samples(skip_readmes=True)
 
+s.replace(
+    ["./samples/snippets/noxfile.py"], 
+    """session.install\("-e", _get_repo_root\(\)\)""",
+    """session.install("-e", _get_repo_root())
+    else:
+        # ensure that sqlalchemy_bigquery gets installed
+        # for tests that are not based on source
+        session.install("sqlalchemy_bigquery")""",
+)
+
+
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Final cleanup
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/samples/snippets/noxfile.py b/samples/snippets/noxfile.py
index 1224cbe2..fa4295e4 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/noxfile.py
+++ b/samples/snippets/noxfile.py
@@ -220,6 +220,10 @@ def _session_tests(
 
     if INSTALL_LIBRARY_FROM_SOURCE:
         session.install("-e", _get_repo_root())
+    else:
+        # ensure that sqlalchemy_bigquery gets installed
+        # for tests that are not based on source
+        session.install("sqlalchemy_bigquery")
 
     if post_install:
         post_install(session)
diff --git a/sqlalchemy_bigquery/version.py b/sqlalchemy_bigquery/version.py
index 3c438711..b47d6225 100644
--- a/sqlalchemy_bigquery/version.py
+++ b/sqlalchemy_bigquery/version.py
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 # IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
 # CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
-__version__ = "1.6.0"
+__version__ = "1.6.1"