diff --git a/samples/samples/snippets.py b/samples/samples/snippets.py
index 87721c021f..0fa78390e5 100644
--- a/samples/samples/snippets.py
+++ b/samples/samples/snippets.py
@@ -2035,7 +2035,7 @@ def create_client_with_query_options(instance_id, database_id):
     spanner_client = spanner.Client(
         query_options={
             "optimizer_version": "1",
-            "optimizer_statistics_package": "auto_20191128_14_47_22UTC",
+            "optimizer_statistics_package": "latest",
         }
     )
     instance = spanner_client.instance(instance_id)
diff --git a/samples/samples/snippets_test.py b/samples/samples/snippets_test.py
index a5fa6a5caf..008a3ee24c 100644
--- a/samples/samples/snippets_test.py
+++ b/samples/samples/snippets_test.py
@@ -627,10 +627,6 @@ def test_query_data_with_query_options(capsys, instance_id, sample_database):
     assert "VenueId: 42, VenueName: Venue 42, LastUpdateTime:" in out
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skip(
-    "Failure is due to the package being missing on the backend."
-    "See: https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/issues/421"
-)
 @pytest.mark.dependency(depends=["insert_datatypes_data"])
 def test_create_client_with_query_options(capsys, instance_id, sample_database):
     snippets.create_client_with_query_options(instance_id, sample_database.database_id)