diff --git a/compute/compute/snippets/quickstart.py b/compute/compute/snippets/quickstart.py
index fb67bfab0d9d..341217e62338 100644
--- a/compute/compute/snippets/quickstart.py
+++ b/compute/compute/snippets/quickstart.py
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ def create_instance(
     initialize_params.source_image = (
         source_image  # "projects/debian-cloud/global/images/family/debian-10"
     )
-    initialize_params.disk_size_gb = "10"
+    initialize_params.disk_size_gb = 10
     disk.initialize_params = initialize_params
     disk.auto_delete = True
     disk.boot = True
diff --git a/compute/compute/snippets/test_sample_start_stop.py b/compute/compute/snippets/test_sample_start_stop.py
index ea28bfa3f746..ba01dd9eec8b 100644
--- a/compute/compute/snippets/test_sample_start_stop.py
+++ b/compute/compute/snippets/test_sample_start_stop.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def _make_disk(raw_key: bytes = None):
     initialize_params.source_image = (
         "projects/debian-cloud/global/images/family/debian-10"
     )
-    initialize_params.disk_size_gb = "10"
+    initialize_params.disk_size_gb = 10
     disk.initialize_params = initialize_params
     disk.auto_delete = True
     disk.boot = True