diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
index b20f6fb..52ef2e5 100644
--- a/BUILD
+++ b/BUILD
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@
 junit_tests(
     name = "git_refs_filter_tests",
     srcs = glob(
-        ["src/test/java/**/*Test.java"],
+        [
+            "src/test/java/**/*Test.java",
+            "src/test/java/**/*IT.java",
+        ],
         exclude = ["src/test/java/**/Abstract*.java"],
     ),
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/modules/gitrefsfilter/ChangeCacheKey.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/modules/gitrefsfilter/ChangeCacheKey.java
index 9a6b0d6..291ec65 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/modules/gitrefsfilter/ChangeCacheKey.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/modules/gitrefsfilter/ChangeCacheKey.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.common.Nullable;
 import com.google.gerrit.entities.Change;
 import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
 
@@ -25,7 +26,11 @@
 public abstract class ChangeCacheKey {
   /* `repo` and `changeId` need to be part of the cache key because the
   Loader requires them in order to fetch the relevant changeNote. */
-  public abstract Repository repo();
+  private final AtomicReference<Repository> repo = new AtomicReference<>();
+
+  public final Repository repo() {
+    return repo.get();
+  }
 
   public abstract Change.Id changeId();
 
@@ -39,6 +44,8 @@
       Change.Id changeId,
       @Nullable ObjectId changeRevision,
       Project.NameKey project) {
-    return new AutoValue_ChangeCacheKey(repo, changeId, changeRevision, project);
+    ChangeCacheKey cacheKey = new AutoValue_ChangeCacheKey(changeId, changeRevision, project);
+    cacheKey.repo.set(repo);
+    return cacheKey;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/modules/gitrefsfilter/ChangesTsCache.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/modules/gitrefsfilter/ChangesTsCache.java
index faf8b63..248d347 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/modules/gitrefsfilter/ChangesTsCache.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/modules/gitrefsfilter/ChangesTsCache.java
@@ -14,10 +14,8 @@
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.modules.gitrefsfilter;
 
 import com.google.common.cache.CacheLoader;
-import com.google.common.flogger.FluentLogger;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.cache.CacheModule;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.notedb.ChangeNotes;
-import com.google.gerrit.server.project.NoSuchChangeException;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.Module;
 import com.google.inject.Singleton;
@@ -38,7 +36,6 @@
 
   @Singleton
   static class Loader extends CacheLoader<ChangeCacheKey, Long> {
-    private static final FluentLogger logger = FluentLogger.forEnclosingClass();
     private final ChangeNotes.Factory changeNotesFactory;
 
     @Inject
@@ -48,17 +45,11 @@
 
     @Override
     public Long load(ChangeCacheKey key) throws Exception {
-      try {
-        return changeNotesFactory
-            .createChecked(key.repo(), key.project(), key.changeId(), key.changeRevision())
-            .getChange()
-            .getLastUpdatedOn()
-            .getTime();
-      } catch (NoSuchChangeException e) {
-        logger.atFine().withCause(e).log(
-            "Change %d does not exist: returning zero epoch", key.changeId().get());
-        return 0L;
-      }
+      return changeNotesFactory
+          .createChecked(key.repo(), key.project(), key.changeId(), key.changeRevision())
+          .getChange()
+          .getLastUpdatedOn()
+          .getTime();
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/modules/gitrefsfilter/ForProjectWrapper.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/modules/gitrefsfilter/ForProjectWrapper.java
index 58a80b1..2186b97 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/modules/gitrefsfilter/ForProjectWrapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/modules/gitrefsfilter/ForProjectWrapper.java
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 
 import com.google.common.cache.LoadingCache;
 import com.google.common.flogger.FluentLogger;
-import com.google.gerrit.common.Nullable;
 import com.google.gerrit.entities.Change;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Change.Id;
 import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
 import com.google.gerrit.entities.RefNames;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.api.access.CoreOrPluginProjectPermission;
@@ -34,16 +34,19 @@
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.assistedinject.Assisted;
 import com.google.inject.name.Named;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.sql.Timestamp;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Ref;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.RefDatabase;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
 
 public class ForProjectWrapper extends ForProject {
@@ -96,10 +99,11 @@
   @Override
   public Collection<Ref> filter(Collection<Ref> refs, Repository repo, RefFilterOptions opts)
       throws PermissionBackendException {
-    Map<Change.Id, ObjectId> changeRevisions =
+    Map<Optional<Id>, ObjectId> changeRevisions =
         refs.stream()
             .filter(ref -> ref.getName().endsWith("/meta"))
             .collect(Collectors.toMap(ForProjectWrapper::changeIdFromRef, Ref::getObjectId));
+    RefDatabase refDb = repo.getRefDatabase();
     return defaultForProject
         .filter(refs, repo, opts)
         .parallelStream()
@@ -108,30 +112,42 @@
         .filter(config::isRefToShow)
         .filter(
             (ref) -> {
-              Change.Id changeId = changeIdFromRef(ref);
+              Optional<Id> changeId = changeIdFromRef(ref);
+              Optional<ObjectId> changeRevision =
+                  changeId.flatMap(cid -> Optional.ofNullable(changeRevisions.get(changeId)));
+              if (!changeRevision.isPresent()) {
+                changeRevision = changeRevisionFromRefDb(refDb, changeId);
+              }
               String refName = ref.getName();
-              return (!isChangeRef(refName)
-                  || (!isChangeMetaRef(refName)
-                      && changeId != null
-                      && (isOpen(repo, changeId, changeRevisions.get(changeId))
-                          || isRecent(repo, changeId, changeRevisions.get(changeId)))));
+              return (!changeId.isPresent()
+                  || !changeRevision.isPresent()
+                  || (!RefNames.isNoteDbMetaRef(refName)
+                      && (isOpen(repo, changeId.get(), changeRevision.get())
+                          || isRecent(repo, changeId.get(), changeRevision.get()))));
             })
         .collect(Collectors.toList());
   }
 
-  private static Change.Id changeIdFromRef(Ref ref) {
-    return Change.Id.fromRef(ref.getName());
+  private static Optional<ObjectId> changeRevisionFromRefDb(
+      RefDatabase refDb, Optional<Change.Id> changeId) {
+    return changeId.flatMap(cid -> exactRefUnchecked(refDb, cid)).map(Ref::getObjectId);
   }
 
-  private boolean isChangeRef(String changeKey) {
-    return changeKey.startsWith("refs/changes");
+  private static Optional<Ref> exactRefUnchecked(RefDatabase refDb, Change.Id changeId) {
+    try {
+      return Optional.ofNullable(refDb.exactRef(RefNames.changeMetaRef(changeId)));
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      logger.atWarning().withCause(e).log(
+          "Error looking up change '%d' meta-ref from refs db.", changeId.get());
+      return Optional.empty();
+    }
   }
 
-  private boolean isChangeMetaRef(String changeKey) {
-    return isChangeRef(changeKey) && changeKey.endsWith("/meta");
+  private static Optional<Change.Id> changeIdFromRef(Ref ref) {
+    return Optional.ofNullable(Change.Id.fromRef(ref.getName()));
   }
 
-  private boolean isOpen(Repository repo, Change.Id changeId, @Nullable ObjectId changeRevision) {
+  private boolean isOpen(Repository repo, Change.Id changeId, ObjectId changeRevision) {
     try {
       return openChangesCache.get(ChangeCacheKey.create(repo, changeId, changeRevision, project));
     } catch (ExecutionException e) {
@@ -142,7 +158,7 @@
     }
   }
 
-  private boolean isRecent(Repository repo, Change.Id changeId, @Nullable ObjectId changeRevision) {
+  private boolean isRecent(Repository repo, Change.Id changeId, ObjectId changeRevision) {
     try {
       Timestamp cutOffTs =
           Timestamp.from(
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/modules/gitrefsfilter/OpenChangesCache.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/modules/gitrefsfilter/OpenChangesCache.java
index 73066d8..d8dd16b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/modules/gitrefsfilter/OpenChangesCache.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/modules/gitrefsfilter/OpenChangesCache.java
@@ -14,10 +14,8 @@
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.modules.gitrefsfilter;
 
 import com.google.common.cache.CacheLoader;
-import com.google.common.flogger.FluentLogger;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.cache.CacheModule;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.notedb.ChangeNotes;
-import com.google.gerrit.server.project.NoSuchChangeException;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.Module;
 import com.google.inject.Singleton;
@@ -38,7 +36,6 @@
 
   @Singleton
   static class Loader extends CacheLoader<ChangeCacheKey, Boolean> {
-    private static final FluentLogger logger = FluentLogger.forEnclosingClass();
     private final ChangeNotes.Factory changeNotesFactory;
 
     @Inject
@@ -48,16 +45,10 @@
 
     @Override
     public Boolean load(ChangeCacheKey key) throws Exception {
-      try {
-        ChangeNotes changeNotes =
-            changeNotesFactory.createChecked(
-                key.repo(), key.project(), key.changeId(), key.changeRevision());
-        return changeNotes.getChange().getStatus().isOpen();
-      } catch (NoSuchChangeException e) {
-        logger.atFine().withCause(e).log(
-            "Change %d does not exist: hiding from the advertised refs", key.changeId().get());
-        return false;
-      }
+      ChangeNotes changeNotes =
+          changeNotesFactory.createChecked(
+              key.repo(), key.project(), key.changeId(), key.changeRevision());
+      return changeNotes.getChange().getStatus().isOpen();
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/libmodule/plugins/test/AbstractGitDaemonTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/libmodule/plugins/test/AbstractGitDaemonTest.java
index c58f0b8..243baa9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/libmodule/plugins/test/AbstractGitDaemonTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/libmodule/plugins/test/AbstractGitDaemonTest.java
@@ -22,13 +22,22 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.testsuite.project.ProjectOperations;
 import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.testsuite.request.RequestScopeOperations;
 import com.google.gerrit.entities.AccountGroup;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.api.groups.GroupApi;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.api.groups.GroupInput;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.RestApiException;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.git.meta.MetaDataUpdate;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.project.ProjectConfig;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
+import com.google.inject.Module;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.modules.gitrefsfilter.FilterRefsCapability;
+import com.googlesource.gerrit.modules.gitrefsfilter.FilterRefsConfig;
+import com.googlesource.gerrit.modules.gitrefsfilter.RefsFilterModule;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.List;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.ConfigInvalidException;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.RepositoryNotFoundException;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.internal.storage.dfs.DfsRepositoryDescription;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.internal.storage.dfs.InMemoryRepository;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.junit.TestRepository;
@@ -43,6 +52,11 @@
   @Inject private RequestScopeOperations requestScopeOperations;
   @Inject private ProjectOperations projectOperations;
 
+  @Override
+  public Module createModule() {
+    return new RefsFilterModule();
+  }
+
   protected int createChangeAndAbandon() throws Exception, RestApiException {
     requestScopeOperations.setApiUser(admin.id());
     createChange();
@@ -63,6 +77,10 @@
     groupApi.removeMembers(admin.username());
     String groupId = groupApi.detail().id;
 
+    setHideClosedChangesRefs(groupId);
+  }
+
+  protected void setHideClosedChangesRefs(String groupId) {
     projectOperations
         .allProjectsForUpdate()
         .add(
@@ -120,4 +138,20 @@
      */
     return Integer.parseInt(ref.getName().split("/")[4]);
   }
+
+  protected void setProjectClosedChangesGraceTime(Project.NameKey project, Duration graceTime)
+      throws IOException, ConfigInvalidException, RepositoryNotFoundException {
+    try (MetaDataUpdate md = metaDataUpdateFactory.create(project)) {
+      ProjectConfig projectConfig = projectConfigFactory.create(project);
+      projectConfig.load(md);
+      projectConfig.updatePluginConfig(
+          "gerrit",
+          cfg ->
+              cfg.setLong(
+                  FilterRefsConfig.PROJECT_CONFIG_CLOSED_CHANGES_GRACE_TIME_SEC,
+                  graceTime.toSeconds()));
+      projectConfig.commit(md);
+      projectCache.evict(project);
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/libmodule/plugins/test/GitRefsFilterProtocolV2IT.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/libmodule/plugins/test/GitRefsFilterProtocolV2IT.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d56ec8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/libmodule/plugins/test/GitRefsFilterProtocolV2IT.java
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2023 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package com.googlesource.gerrit.libmodule.plugins.test;
+
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+import static com.google.gerrit.acceptance.WaitUtil.waitUntil;
+import static com.google.gerrit.acceptance.testsuite.project.TestProjectUpdate.allow;
+import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import com.google.common.io.ByteStreams;
+import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.GitClientVersion;
+import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.UseLocalDisk;
+import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.UseSsh;
+import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.testsuite.project.ProjectOperations;
+import com.google.gerrit.common.Nullable;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Change;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.PatchSet;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Permission;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.RefNames;
+import com.google.gerrit.extensions.common.ChangeInfo;
+import com.google.gerrit.extensions.common.ChangeInput;
+import com.google.gerrit.httpd.CanonicalWebUrl;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.config.SitePaths;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.group.SystemGroupBackend;
+import com.google.inject.Inject;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InterruptedIOException;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.time.Duration;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+@UseSsh
+@UseLocalDisk
+public class GitRefsFilterProtocolV2IT extends AbstractGitDaemonTest {
+  private final String[] GIT_FETCH = new String[] {"git", "-c", "protocol.version=2", "fetch"};
+  private final String[] GIT_INIT = new String[] {"git", "init"};
+
+  private static final Duration TEST_PATIENCE_TIME = Duration.ofSeconds(1);
+
+  @Inject private ProjectOperations projectOperations;
+  @Inject private SitePaths sitePaths;
+  @Inject private CanonicalWebUrl url;
+
+  public static void assertGitClientVersion() throws Exception {
+    // Minimum required git-core version that supports wire protocol v2 is 2.18.0
+    GitClientVersion requiredGitVersion = new GitClientVersion(2, 18, 0);
+    GitClientVersion actualGitVersion =
+        new GitClientVersion(execute(ImmutableList.of("git", "version"), new File("/")));
+    // If git client version cannot be updated, consider to skip this tests. Due to
+    // an existing issue in bazel, JUnit assumption violation feature cannot be used.
+    assertThat(actualGitVersion).isAtLeast(requiredGitVersion);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testGitWireProtocolV2HidesAbandonedChange() throws Exception {
+    assertGitClientVersion();
+
+    Project.NameKey allRefsVisibleProject = Project.nameKey("all-refs-visible");
+    gApi.projects().create(allRefsVisibleProject.get());
+
+    setProjectPermissionReadAllRefs(allRefsVisibleProject);
+    setHideClosedChangesRefs(SystemGroupBackend.ANONYMOUS_USERS.get());
+    setProjectClosedChangesGraceTime(allRefsVisibleProject, Duration.ofSeconds(0));
+
+    // Create new change and retrieve refs for the created patch set
+    ChangeInput visibleChangeIn =
+        new ChangeInput(allRefsVisibleProject.get(), "master", "Test public change");
+    visibleChangeIn.newBranch = true;
+    ChangeInfo changeInfo = gApi.changes().create(visibleChangeIn).info();
+    int visibleChangeNumber = changeInfo._number;
+    Change.Id changeId = Change.id(visibleChangeNumber);
+    String visibleChangeNumberRef = RefNames.patchSetRef(PatchSet.id(changeId, 1));
+    String patchSetSha1 = gApi.changes().id(visibleChangeNumber).get().currentRevision;
+    String visibleChangeNumberWithSha1 = patchSetSha1 + " " + visibleChangeNumberRef;
+
+    execute(ImmutableList.<String>builder().add(GIT_INIT).build(), ImmutableMap.of());
+    String gitProtocolOutActiveChange = execFetch(allRefsVisibleProject, visibleChangeNumberRef);
+    assertThat(gitProtocolOutActiveChange).contains(visibleChangeNumberWithSha1);
+
+    gApi.changes().id(changeId.get()).abandon();
+
+    waitUntil(
+        () -> {
+          try {
+            return !execFetch(allRefsVisibleProject, visibleChangeNumberRef)
+                .contains(visibleChangeNumberWithSha1);
+          } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException(e);
+          }
+        },
+        TEST_PATIENCE_TIME);
+  }
+
+  private String execFetch(Project.NameKey project, String refs) throws Exception {
+    String outAnonymousLsRemote =
+        execute(
+            ImmutableList.<String>builder()
+                .add(GIT_FETCH)
+                .add(url.get(null) + "/" + project.get())
+                .add(refs)
+                .build(),
+            ImmutableMap.of("GIT_TRACE_PACKET", "1"));
+    assertGitProtocolV2(outAnonymousLsRemote);
+    return outAnonymousLsRemote;
+  }
+
+  private void assertGitProtocolV2(String outAnonymousLsRemote) {
+    assertThat(outAnonymousLsRemote).contains("git< version 2");
+  }
+
+  private void setProjectPermissionReadAllRefs(Project.NameKey project) {
+    projectOperations
+        .project(project)
+        .forUpdate()
+        .add(allow(Permission.READ).ref("refs/*").group(SystemGroupBackend.ANONYMOUS_USERS))
+        .update();
+  }
+
+  private String execute(ImmutableList<String> cmd, ImmutableMap<String, String> env)
+      throws Exception {
+    return execute(cmd, sitePaths.data_dir.toFile(), env);
+  }
+
+  private static String execute(ImmutableList<String> cmd, File dir) throws Exception {
+    return execute(cmd, dir, ImmutableMap.of());
+  }
+
+  protected static String execute(
+      ImmutableList<String> cmd, File dir, ImmutableMap<String, String> env) throws IOException {
+    return execute(cmd, dir, env, null);
+  }
+
+  protected static String execute(
+      ImmutableList<String> cmd,
+      File dir,
+      @Nullable ImmutableMap<String, String> env,
+      @Nullable Path outputPath)
+      throws IOException {
+    ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder(cmd);
+    pb.directory(dir);
+    if (outputPath != null) {
+      pb.redirectOutput(outputPath.toFile());
+    } else {
+      pb.redirectErrorStream(true);
+    }
+    pb.environment().putAll(env);
+    Process p = pb.start();
+    byte[] out;
+    try (InputStream in = p.getInputStream()) {
+      out = ByteStreams.toByteArray(in);
+    } finally {
+      p.getOutputStream().close();
+    }
+
+    try {
+      p.waitFor();
+    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+      InterruptedIOException iioe =
+          new InterruptedIOException(
+              "interrupted waiting for: " + Joiner.on(' ').join(pb.command()));
+      iioe.initCause(e);
+      throw iioe;
+    }
+
+    String result = new String(out, UTF_8);
+    return result.trim();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/libmodule/plugins/test/GitRefsFilterTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/libmodule/plugins/test/GitRefsFilterTest.java
index 1fd85c1..7663d76 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/libmodule/plugins/test/GitRefsFilterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/libmodule/plugins/test/GitRefsFilterTest.java
@@ -29,14 +29,9 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.entities.BranchNameKey;
 import com.google.gerrit.entities.Change;
 import com.google.gerrit.entities.RefNames;
-import com.google.gerrit.server.git.meta.MetaDataUpdate;
-import com.google.gerrit.server.project.ProjectConfig;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
-import com.google.inject.Module;
 import com.google.inject.name.Named;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.modules.gitrefsfilter.ChangeCacheKey;
-import com.googlesource.gerrit.modules.gitrefsfilter.FilterRefsConfig;
-import com.googlesource.gerrit.modules.gitrefsfilter.RefsFilterModule;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.sql.Timestamp;
 import java.time.Duration;
@@ -76,26 +71,10 @@
 
   private volatile Exception getRefsException = null;
 
-  @Override
-  public Module createModule() {
-    return new RefsFilterModule();
-  }
-
   @Before
   public void setup() throws Exception {
     createFilteredRefsGroup();
-    try (MetaDataUpdate md = metaDataUpdateFactory.create(project)) {
-      ProjectConfig projectConfig = projectConfigFactory.create(project);
-      projectConfig.load(md);
-      projectConfig.updatePluginConfig(
-          "gerrit",
-          cfg ->
-              cfg.setLong(
-                  FilterRefsConfig.PROJECT_CONFIG_CLOSED_CHANGES_GRACE_TIME_SEC,
-                  CLOSED_CHANGES_GRACE_TIME_SEC));
-      projectConfig.commit(md);
-      projectCache.evict(project);
-    }
+    setProjectClosedChangesGraceTime(project, Duration.ofSeconds(CLOSED_CHANGES_GRACE_TIME_SEC));
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -191,10 +170,24 @@
     assertThat(cacheEntry.getKey().project()).isEqualTo(project);
     assertThat(cacheEntry.getKey().changeId()).isEqualTo(changeId);
     assertThat(cacheEntry.getKey().changeRevision()).isEqualTo(metaRef.getObjectId());
+    assertThat(cacheEntry.getKey().repo()).isNotNull();
     assertThat(cacheEntry.getValue()).isFalse();
   }
 
   @Test
+  public void testShouldCacheChangeKeyContainRepoAfterDeserializing() throws Exception {
+    Change.Id changeId = Change.id(createChangeAndAbandon());
+    getRefs(cloneProjectChangesRefs(user));
+
+    assertThat(changeOpenCache.asMap().size()).isEqualTo(1);
+
+    Map.Entry<ChangeCacheKey, Boolean> cacheEntry =
+        new ArrayList<>(changeOpenCache.asMap().entrySet()).get(0);
+
+    assertThat(cacheEntry.getKey().repo()).isNotNull();
+  }
+
+  @Test
   public void testShouldCacheWhenChangeIsOpen() throws Exception {
     createChange();
     List<Ref> refs = getRefs(cloneProjectChangesRefs(user));
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/modules/gitrefsfilter/ChangeCacheKeyTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/modules/gitrefsfilter/ChangeCacheKeyTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df68a5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/modules/gitrefsfilter/ChangeCacheKeyTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2023 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package com.googlesource.gerrit.modules.gitrefsfilter;
+
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Change;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project.NameKey;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class ChangeCacheKeyTest {
+  private static final String REPO_NAME = "test_repo";
+  private static final Change.Id ID = Change.id(10000);
+  private static final ObjectId CHANGE_REVISION = ObjectId.zeroId();
+  private static final NameKey TEST_REPO = Project.nameKey(REPO_NAME);
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldExcludeRepoFieldDuringEqualsCalculation() {
+    ChangeCacheKey cacheKey1 =
+        ChangeCacheKey.create(mock(Repository.class), ID, CHANGE_REVISION, TEST_REPO);
+    ChangeCacheKey cacheKey2 =
+        ChangeCacheKey.create(mock(Repository.class), ID, CHANGE_REVISION, TEST_REPO);
+    assertThat(cacheKey1).isEqualTo(cacheKey2);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldExcludeRepoFieldDuringHashCodeCalculation() {
+    ChangeCacheKey cacheKey1 =
+        ChangeCacheKey.create(mock(Repository.class), ID, CHANGE_REVISION, TEST_REPO);
+    ChangeCacheKey cacheKey2 =
+        ChangeCacheKey.create(mock(Repository.class), ID, CHANGE_REVISION, TEST_REPO);
+    assertThat(cacheKey1.hashCode()).isEqualTo(cacheKey2.hashCode());
+  }
+}