diff --git a/datacatalog/synth.py b/datacatalog/synth.py
index ed75f65f600a..468dc63c713d 100644
--- a/datacatalog/synth.py
+++ b/datacatalog/synth.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     config_path='/google/cloud/datacatalog/artman_datacatalog_v1beta1.yaml',
     artman_output_name='datacatalog-v1beta1',
     include_protos=True,
+    generator_args=["--dev_samples"],
 )
 
 s.move(