diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/its/jira/JiraConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/its/jira/JiraConfig.java
index e2bec95..b44d60e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/its/jira/JiraConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/its/jira/JiraConfig.java
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
         config.addCommentLinkSection(commentlinkSection);
         md.getCommitBuilder().setAuthor(serverUser);
         md.getCommitBuilder().setCommitter(serverUser);
-        projectCache.evict(config.getProject());
+        projectCache.evict(config.getProject().getNameKey());
         config.commit(md);
       }
     } catch (ConfigInvalidException | IOException e) {