diff --git a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index b631901e9..757c9dca7 100644
--- a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
+++ b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 docker:
   image: gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/owlbot-python:latest
-  digest: sha256:f792ee1320e03eda2d13a5281a2989f7ed8a9e50b73ef6da97fac7e1e850b149
-# created: 2022-05-05T15:17:27.599381182Z
+  digest: sha256:81ed5ecdfc7cac5b699ba4537376f3563f6f04122c4ec9e735d3b3dc1d43dd32
+# created: 2022-05-05T22:08:23.383410683Z
diff --git a/.github/auto-approve.yml b/.github/auto-approve.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..311ebbb85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/auto-approve.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# https://github.com/googleapis/repo-automation-bots/tree/main/packages/auto-approve
+processes:
+  - "OwlBotTemplateChanges"