diff --git a/samples/package.json b/samples/package.json
index f3890539..71b15b52 100644
--- a/samples/package.json
+++ b/samples/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
     "node": ">=14.0.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "mocha --timeout 200000"
+    "test": "mocha --timeout 200000",
+    "fix": "gts fix"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/bigquery": "^7.3.0",
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/datacatalog": "^4.0.0",
     "chai": "^4.2.0",
+    "gts": "^5.0.0",
     "mocha": "^8.0.0",
     "proxyquire": "^2.1.3",
     "sinon": "^17.0.0",
diff --git a/samples/test/authViewTutorial.test.js b/samples/test/authViewTutorial.test.js
index 15c432ab..ee0f4827 100644
--- a/samples/test/authViewTutorial.test.js
+++ b/samples/test/authViewTutorial.test.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const {assert} = require('chai');
-const {describe, it, before, after} = require('mocha');
+const {describe, it, before, beforeEach, after} = require('mocha');
 const cp = require('child_process');
 const uuid = require('uuid');
 
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ describe('Authorized View Tutorial', () => {
     projectId = tableData.metadata.tableReference.projectId;
   });
 
+  beforeEach(async function () {
+    this.currentTest.retries(2);
+  });
+
   it('should create an authorized view', async () => {
     const output = execSync(
       `node authViewTutorial.js ${projectId} ${sourceDatasetId} ${sourceTableId} ${sharedDatasetId} ${sharedViewId}`
diff --git a/samples/test/datasets.test.js b/samples/test/datasets.test.js
index cc0e1b2c..6a0b5c82 100644
--- a/samples/test/datasets.test.js
+++ b/samples/test/datasets.test.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 const {BigQuery} = require('@google-cloud/bigquery');
 const {assert} = require('chai');
-const {describe, it, after, before} = require('mocha');
+const {describe, it, after, before, beforeEach} = require('mocha');
 const cp = require('child_process');
 const uuid = require('uuid');
 
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ describe('Datasets', () => {
     await deleteDatasets();
   });
 
+  beforeEach(async function () {
+    this.currentTest.retries(2);
+  });
+
   after(async () => {
     await bigquery.dataset(datasetId).delete({force: true}).catch(console.warn);
   });
diff --git a/samples/test/jobs.test.js b/samples/test/jobs.test.js
index 068117d9..1190bf06 100644
--- a/samples/test/jobs.test.js
+++ b/samples/test/jobs.test.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 const {BigQuery} = require('@google-cloud/bigquery');
 const {assert} = require('chai');
-const {describe, it, before} = require('mocha');
+const {describe, it, before, beforeEach} = require('mocha');
 const cp = require('child_process');
 
 const execSync = cmd => cp.execSync(cmd, {encoding: 'utf-8'});
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ describe('Jobs', () => {
     const queryOptions = {
       query: query,
     };
+    beforeEach(async function () {
+      this.currentTest.retries(2);
+    });
 
     const [job] = await bigquery.createQueryJob(queryOptions);
     jobId = job.metadata.jobReference.jobId;
diff --git a/samples/test/models.test.js b/samples/test/models.test.js
index 90904621..48764cdb 100644
--- a/samples/test/models.test.js
+++ b/samples/test/models.test.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 const {BigQuery} = require('@google-cloud/bigquery');
 const {assert} = require('chai');
-const {describe, it, before, after} = require('mocha');
+const {describe, it, before, beforeEach, after} = require('mocha');
 const cp = require('child_process');
 const uuid = require('uuid');
 
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ describe('Models', function () {
     await job.getQueryResults();
   });
 
+  beforeEach(async function () {
+    this.currentTest.retries(2);
+  });
+
   after(async () => {
     await bigquery.dataset(datasetId).delete({force: true}).catch(console.warn);
   });
@@ -108,6 +112,10 @@ describe('Create/Delete Model', () => {
     await bigquery.createDataset(datasetId, datasetOptions);
   });
 
+  beforeEach(async function () {
+    this.currentTest.retries(2);
+  });
+
   after(async () => {
     await bigquery.dataset(datasetId).delete({force: true}).catch(console.warn);
   });
diff --git a/samples/test/queries.test.js b/samples/test/queries.test.js
index beaedeed..00c322a5 100644
--- a/samples/test/queries.test.js
+++ b/samples/test/queries.test.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const {assert} = require('chai');
-const {describe, it, before, after} = require('mocha');
+const {describe, it, before, beforeEach, after} = require('mocha');
 const cp = require('child_process');
 const uuid = require('uuid');
 
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ describe('Queries', () => {
     projectId = tableData.metadata.tableReference.projectId;
   });
 
+  beforeEach(async function () {
+    this.currentTest.retries(2);
+  });
+
   after(async () => {
     await bigquery.dataset(datasetId).delete({force: true}).catch(console.warn);
   });
diff --git a/samples/test/quickstart.test.js b/samples/test/quickstart.test.js
index 4428a822..d9cd0a22 100644
--- a/samples/test/quickstart.test.js
+++ b/samples/test/quickstart.test.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const {assert} = require('chai');
-const {describe, it, after} = require('mocha');
+const {describe, it, after, beforeEach} = require('mocha');
 const uuid = require('uuid');
 const cp = require('child_process');
 const {BigQuery} = require('@google-cloud/bigquery');
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ describe('Quickstart', () => {
     /-/gi,
     '_'
   );
-
+  beforeEach(async function () {
+    this.currentTest.retries(2);
+  });
   after(async () => {
     await bigquery.dataset(datasetName).delete({force: true});
   });
diff --git a/samples/test/routines.test.js b/samples/test/routines.test.js
index 266da7ac..bee3f01d 100644
--- a/samples/test/routines.test.js
+++ b/samples/test/routines.test.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const {assert} = require('chai');
-const {describe, it, before, after} = require('mocha');
+const {describe, it, before, beforeEach, after} = require('mocha');
 const cp = require('child_process');
 const uuid = require('uuid');
 
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ describe('Routines', () => {
     await routine.create(config);
   });
 
+  beforeEach(async function () {
+    this.currentTest.retries(2);
+  });
+
   it('should create a routine', async () => {
     const output = execSync(
       `node createRoutine.js ${datasetId} ${newRoutineId}`
@@ -111,6 +115,10 @@ describe('Routines', () => {
       await routine.create(config);
     });
 
+    beforeEach(async function () {
+      this.currentTest.retries(2);
+    });
+
     after(async () => {
       await bigquery
         .dataset(datasetId)
diff --git a/samples/test/tables.test.js b/samples/test/tables.test.js
index e7f94c5f..a2ebae8b 100644
--- a/samples/test/tables.test.js
+++ b/samples/test/tables.test.js
@@ -96,7 +96,9 @@ describe('Tables', () => {
   });
 
   // to avoid getting rate limited
-  beforeEach(done => setTimeout(done, 500));
+  beforeEach(async function () {
+    this.currentTest.retries(2);
+  });
 
   after(async () => {
     await bigquery
@@ -619,6 +621,10 @@ describe('Tables', () => {
   });
 
   describe('Views', () => {
+    beforeEach(async function () {
+      this.currentTest.retries(2);
+    });
+
     it('should create a view', async () => {
       const output = execSync(`node createView.js ${datasetId} ${viewId}`);
       assert.include(output, `View ${viewId} created.`);
@@ -657,6 +663,10 @@ describe('Tables', () => {
       await bigquery.dataset(datasetId).createTable(tableId, tableOptions);
     });
 
+    beforeEach(async function () {
+      this.currentTest.retries(2);
+    });
+
     after(async () => {
       await bigquery
         .dataset(datasetId)