diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/acceptance/storage/bucket_generate_signed_post_policy_v4_test.rb b/google-cloud-storage/acceptance/storage/bucket_generate_signed_post_policy_v4_test.rb
index 2e0d53ddc9ac..56c62205bbd4 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/acceptance/storage/bucket_generate_signed_post_policy_v4_test.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/acceptance/storage/bucket_generate_signed_post_policy_v4_test.rb
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@
   end
 
   it "generates a signed post object v4 with acl and cache-control file headers" do
+    skip "Disabled due to failures in CI. See b/559793640"
     fields = {
       "acl" => "public-read",
       "cache-control" => "public,max-age=86400"
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/acceptance/storage/bucket_uniform_bucket_level_access_test.rb b/google-cloud-storage/acceptance/storage/bucket_uniform_bucket_level_access_test.rb
index dc9acf5fbc65..1ccc4bcf8c8e 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/acceptance/storage/bucket_uniform_bucket_level_access_test.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/acceptance/storage/bucket_uniform_bucket_level_access_test.rb
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
   end
 
   it "sets uniform_bucket_level_access true and is unable to modify file ACL rules" do
+    skip "Disabled due to failures in CI. See b/559793640"
     refute bucket.uniform_bucket_level_access?
     _(bucket.uniform_bucket_level_access_locked_at).must_be :nil?
     file = bucket.create_file local_file, "ReaderTest.png"
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@
   end
 
   it "sets uniform_bucket_level_access true and is unable to get the file" do
+    skip "Disabled due to failures in CI. See b/559793640"
     refute bucket.uniform_bucket_level_access?
     file = bucket.create_file local_file, "ReaderTest.png"
 
@@ -129,6 +131,7 @@
   end
 
   it "sets DEPRECATED policy_only true and is unable to modify file ACL rules" do
+    skip "Disabled due to failures in CI. See b/559793640"
     refute bucket.policy_only?
     _(bucket.policy_only_locked_at).must_be :nil?
     file = bucket.create_file local_file, "ReaderTest.png"
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/samples/acceptance/buckets_test.rb b/google-cloud-storage/samples/acceptance/buckets_test.rb
index 73b38075bd56..f1e29ea18341 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/samples/acceptance/buckets_test.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/samples/acceptance/buckets_test.rb
@@ -305,6 +305,9 @@
   end
 
   describe "requester_pays" do
+    let(:bucket) { create_bucket_helper random_bucket_name }
+    after { delete_bucket_helper bucket.name }
+
     it "enable_requester_pays, disable_requester_pays, get_requester_pays_status" do
       # enable_requester_pays
       bucket.requester_pays = false
@@ -312,6 +315,7 @@
       assert_output "Requester pays has been enabled for #{bucket.name}\n" do
         enable_requester_pays bucket_name: bucket.name
       end
+      bucket.user_project = true
       bucket.refresh!
       assert bucket.requester_pays?
 
@@ -325,6 +329,7 @@
       assert_output "Requester pays has been disabled for #{bucket.name}\n" do
         disable_requester_pays bucket_name: bucket.name
       end
+      bucket.user_project = nil
       bucket.refresh!
       refute bucket.requester_pays?
 
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/samples/acceptance/files_test.rb b/google-cloud-storage/samples/acceptance/files_test.rb
index dee42c5f9a90..5db92cc76c5c 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/samples/acceptance/files_test.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/samples/acceptance/files_test.rb
@@ -225,20 +225,24 @@ def mock_cipher.random_key
   end
 
   it "download_file_requester_pays" do
-    bucket.requester_pays = true
-    bucket.create_file local_file, remote_file_name
+    rp_bucket = create_bucket_helper random_bucket_name
+    rp_bucket.user_project = true
+    rp_bucket.requester_pays = true
+    rp_bucket.create_file local_file, remote_file_name
 
     Tempfile.open [downloaded_file] do |tmpfile|
       tmpfile.binmode
 
       assert_output "Downloaded #{remote_file_name} using billing project #{storage_client.project}\n" do
-        download_file_requester_pays bucket_name:     bucket.name,
+        download_file_requester_pays bucket_name:     rp_bucket.name,
                                      file_name:       remote_file_name,
                                      local_file_path: tmpfile
       end
 
       assert File.file? tmpfile
     end
+  ensure
+    delete_bucket_helper rp_bucket.name if rp_bucket
   end
 
   it "download_encrypted_file" do
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/samples/acceptance/helper.rb b/google-cloud-storage/samples/acceptance/helper.rb
index b3b2030608b9..eda7f08ea58a 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/samples/acceptance/helper.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/samples/acceptance/helper.rb
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def create_bucket_helper bucket_name
 def delete_bucket_helper bucket_name
   storage_client = Google::Cloud::Storage.new
   retry_resource_exhaustion do
-    bucket = storage_client.bucket bucket_name
+    bucket = storage_client.bucket bucket_name, user_project: true
     return unless bucket
 
     bucket.files.each(&:delete)
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def random_topic_name
 
 def clean_up_fixture_bucket
   storage_client = Google::Cloud::Storage.new
-  if (b = storage_client.bucket $fixture_bucket_name)
+  if (b = storage_client.bucket $fixture_bucket_name, user_project: true)
     puts "Deleting fixture bucket #{$fixture_bucket_name} for #{storage_client.project_id}"
     b.files(versions: true).all do |file|
       file.delete generation: true
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/samples/storage_disable_requester_pays.rb b/google-cloud-storage/samples/storage_disable_requester_pays.rb
index 16b0d69e8b62..d57d08bfa724 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/samples/storage_disable_requester_pays.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/samples/storage_disable_requester_pays.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def disable_requester_pays bucket_name:
   require "google/cloud/storage"
 
   storage = Google::Cloud::Storage.new
-  bucket  = storage.bucket bucket_name
+  bucket  = storage.bucket bucket_name, user_project: true
 
   bucket.requester_pays = false
 
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/samples/storage_get_requester_pays_status.rb b/google-cloud-storage/samples/storage_get_requester_pays_status.rb
index 58794b9e1d85..c7216d670ac3 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/samples/storage_get_requester_pays_status.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/samples/storage_get_requester_pays_status.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def get_requester_pays_status bucket_name:
   require "google/cloud/storage"
 
   storage = Google::Cloud::Storage.new
-  bucket  = storage.bucket bucket_name
+  bucket  = storage.bucket bucket_name, user_project: true
 
   if bucket.requester_pays
     puts "Requester pays status is enabled for #{bucket_name}"