diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/pyarrow/requirements-test.txt b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/pyarrow/requirements-test.txt
index 31efe046397b..7752197e3f19 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/pyarrow/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/pyarrow/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-pytest===7.4.3; python_version == '3.7'
-pytest===8.3.5; python_version == '3.8'
+pytest==7.4.3; python_version == '3.7'
+pytest==8.3.5; python_version == '3.8'
 pytest==9.0.3; python_version >= '3.9'
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/quickstart/requirements-test.txt b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/quickstart/requirements-test.txt
index 31efe046397b..7752197e3f19 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/quickstart/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/quickstart/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-pytest===7.4.3; python_version == '3.7'
-pytest===8.3.5; python_version == '3.8'
+pytest==7.4.3; python_version == '3.7'
+pytest==8.3.5; python_version == '3.8'
 pytest==9.0.3; python_version >= '3.9'
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/snippets/requirements-test.txt b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/snippets/requirements-test.txt
index 82cc66290ad3..6fc1a97a9e93 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/snippets/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/snippets/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 google-cloud-testutils==1.8.0
-pytest===7.4.3; python_version == '3.7'
-pytest===8.3.5; python_version == '3.8'
+pytest==7.4.3; python_version == '3.7'
+pytest==8.3.5; python_version == '3.8'
 pytest==9.0.3; python_version >= '3.9'
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/to_dataframe/requirements-test.txt b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/to_dataframe/requirements-test.txt
index 31efe046397b..7752197e3f19 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/to_dataframe/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/to_dataframe/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-pytest===7.4.3; python_version == '3.7'
-pytest===8.3.5; python_version == '3.8'
+pytest==7.4.3; python_version == '3.7'
+pytest==8.3.5; python_version == '3.8'
 pytest==9.0.3; python_version >= '3.9'
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/to_dataframe/requirements.txt b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/to_dataframe/requirements.txt
index c0c56fdb7b3f..849bd6aa95bb 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/to_dataframe/requirements.txt
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/to_dataframe/requirements.txt
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 google-auth==2.52.0
 google-cloud-bigquery-storage==2.38.0
-google-cloud-bigquery===3.30.0; python_version <= '3.8'
+google-cloud-bigquery==3.30.0; python_version <= '3.8'
 google-cloud-bigquery==3.41.0; python_version >= '3.9'
-pyarrow===12.0.1; python_version == '3.7'
-pyarrow===17.0.0; python_version == '3.8'
+pyarrow==12.0.1; python_version == '3.7'
+pyarrow==17.0.0; python_version == '3.8'
 pyarrow==24.0.0; python_version >= '3.9'
-ipython===7.31.1; python_version == '3.7'
-ipython===8.10.0; python_version == '3.8'
-ipython===8.18.1; python_version == '3.9'
-ipython===8.33.0; python_version == '3.10'
+ipython==7.31.1; python_version == '3.7'
+ipython==8.10.0; python_version == '3.8'
+ipython==8.18.1; python_version == '3.9'
+ipython==8.33.0; python_version == '3.10'
 ipython==9.13.0; python_version >= '3.11'
 ipywidgets==8.1.8
-pandas===1.3.5; python_version == '3.7'
-pandas===2.0.3; python_version == '3.8'
+pandas==1.3.5; python_version == '3.7'
+pandas==2.0.3; python_version == '3.8'
 pandas==2.3.3; python_version >= '3.9'
 tqdm==4.67.3
-db-dtypes===1.4.2; python_version <= '3.8'
+db-dtypes==1.4.2; python_version <= '3.8'
 db-dtypes==1.6.0; python_version >= '3.9'
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery/samples/magics/requirements.txt b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery/samples/magics/requirements.txt
index 06bbaa3a821a..af35073a1603 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery/samples/magics/requirements.txt
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery/samples/magics/requirements.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ bigquery_magics==0.10.3
 db-dtypes==1.4.3
 google.cloud.bigquery==3.45.0
 google-cloud-bigquery-storage==2.33.1
-ipython===8.18.1
+ipython==8.18.1
 pandas==2.3.3
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-bigtable/samples/legacy_client/beam/requirements.txt b/packages/google-cloud-bigtable/samples/legacy_client/beam/requirements.txt
index e709a03cb849..622cacf88efe 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-bigtable/samples/legacy_client/beam/requirements.txt
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-bigtable/samples/legacy_client/beam/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-apache-beam===2.60.0; python_version == '3.8'
-apache-beam===2.69.0; python_version == '3.9'
+apache-beam==2.60.0; python_version == '3.8'
+apache-beam==2.69.0; python_version == '3.9'
 apache-beam==2.71.0; python_version >= '3.10'
 google-cloud-bigtable==2.35.0
 google-cloud-core==2.5.0
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 18ec5fdbacde..eebb15682e1f 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "extends": [
-    "config:base",
+    "config:recommended",
     "group:all",
     "schedule:weekly"
   ],