diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15e283c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pluginPipeline(formatCheckId: 'gerritforge:plugins-kafka-events-code-style',
+                buildCheckId: 'gerritforge:plugins-kafka-events-build-test')
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/external_plugin_deps.bzl b/external_plugin_deps.bzl
index 195d6c6..7e5008b 100644
--- a/external_plugin_deps.bzl
+++ b/external_plugin_deps.bzl
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@
 
     maven_jar(
         name = "events-broker",
-        artifact = "com.gerritforge:events-broker:3.0.4",
-        sha1 = "350b438f532678b1f9a277b7e7b6fa9da4b725b3",
+        artifact = "com.gerritforge:events-broker:3.1.3",
+        sha1 = "a12ef44f9b75a5dbecac9f1f0acf0f236b220252",
     )
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/kafka/KafkaEventsMetrics.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/kafka/KafkaEventsMetrics.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2226ca2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/kafka/KafkaEventsMetrics.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2019 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.plugins.kafka;
+
+import com.google.gerrit.metrics.Description;
+import com.google.gerrit.metrics.Field;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.logging.PluginMetadata;
+
+public abstract class KafkaEventsMetrics {
+
+  public Field<String> stringField(String metadataKey, String description) {
+    return Field.ofString(
+            metadataKey,
+            (metadataBuilder, fieldValue) ->
+                metadataBuilder.addPluginMetadata(PluginMetadata.create(metadataKey, fieldValue)))
+        .description(description)
+        .build();
+  }
+
+  public Description rateDescription(String unit, String description) {
+    return new Description(description).setRate().setUnit(unit);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/kafka/publish/KafkaEventsPublisherMetrics.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/kafka/publish/KafkaEventsPublisherMetrics.java
index 083d032..fbfd1fc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/kafka/publish/KafkaEventsPublisherMetrics.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/kafka/publish/KafkaEventsPublisherMetrics.java
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@
 
 import com.google.gerrit.metrics.Counter1;
 import com.google.gerrit.metrics.Description;
-import com.google.gerrit.metrics.Field;
 import com.google.gerrit.metrics.MetricMaker;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.Singleton;
+import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.kafka.KafkaEventsMetrics;
 
 @Singleton
-public class KafkaEventsPublisherMetrics {
+public class KafkaEventsPublisherMetrics extends KafkaEventsMetrics {
   private static final String PUBLISHER_SUCCESS_COUNTER = "broker_msg_publisher_success_counter";
   private static final String PUBLISHER_FAILURE_COUNTER = "broker_msg_publisher_failure_counter";
 
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@
             new Description("Number of successfully published messages by the broker publisher")
                 .setRate()
                 .setUnit("messages"),
-            Field.ofString(PUBLISHER_SUCCESS_COUNTER, "Broker message published count"));
+            stringField(PUBLISHER_SUCCESS_COUNTER, "Broker message published count"));
     this.brokerPublisherFailureCounter =
         metricMaker.newCounter(
             "kafka/broker/broker_message_publisher_failure_counter",
             new Description("Number of messages failed to publish by the broker publisher")
                 .setRate()
                 .setUnit("errors"),
-            Field.ofString(PUBLISHER_FAILURE_COUNTER, "Broker failed to publish message count"));
+            stringField(PUBLISHER_FAILURE_COUNTER, "Broker failed to publish message count"));
   }
 
   public void incrementBrokerPublishedMessage() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/kafka/subscribe/KafkaEventSubscriberMetrics.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/kafka/subscribe/KafkaEventSubscriberMetrics.java
index 81174f9..54a6590 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/kafka/subscribe/KafkaEventSubscriberMetrics.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/kafka/subscribe/KafkaEventSubscriberMetrics.java
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 import com.google.gerrit.metrics.Counter1;
 import com.google.gerrit.metrics.Description;
-import com.google.gerrit.metrics.Field;
 import com.google.gerrit.metrics.MetricMaker;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.Singleton;
+import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.kafka.KafkaEventsMetrics;
 
 @Singleton
-class KafkaEventSubscriberMetrics {
+class KafkaEventSubscriberMetrics extends KafkaEventsMetrics {
 
   private static final String SUBSCRIBER_POLL_FAILURE_COUNTER =
       "subscriber_msg_consumer_poll_failure_counter";
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
             new Description("Number of failed attempts to poll messages by the subscriber")
                 .setRate()
                 .setUnit("errors"),
-            Field.ofString(
+            stringField(
                 SUBSCRIBER_POLL_FAILURE_COUNTER, "Subscriber failed to poll messages count"));
     this.subscriberFailureCounter =
         metricMaker.newCounter(
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@
             new Description("Number of messages failed to consume by the subscriber consumer")
                 .setRate()
                 .setUnit("errors"),
-            Field.ofString(
-                SUBSCRIBER_FAILURE_COUNTER, "Subscriber failed to consume messages count"));
+            stringField(SUBSCRIBER_FAILURE_COUNTER, "Subscriber failed to consume messages count"));
   }
 
   public void incrementSubscriberFailedToPollMessages() {
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/kafka/EventConsumerIT.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/kafka/EventConsumerIT.java
index 95d2603..06261ed 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/kafka/EventConsumerIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/kafka/EventConsumerIT.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.kafka;
 
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
 import com.gerritforge.gerrit.eventbroker.EventGsonProvider;
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/kafka/api/KafkaBrokerApiTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/kafka/api/KafkaBrokerApiTest.java
index eabc833..48350f9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/kafka/api/KafkaBrokerApiTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/kafka/api/KafkaBrokerApiTest.java
@@ -70,18 +70,6 @@
   private KafkaSession session;
   private Gson gson;
 
-  public static class TestKafkaContainer extends KafkaContainer {
-    public TestKafkaContainer() {
-      addFixedExposedPort(KAFKA_PORT, KAFKA_PORT);
-      addFixedExposedPort(ZOOKEEPER_PORT, ZOOKEEPER_PORT);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String getBootstrapServers() {
-      return String.format("PLAINTEXT://%s:%s", getContainerIpAddress(), KAFKA_PORT);
-    }
-  }
-
   public static class TestWorkQueue extends WorkQueue {
 
     @Inject
@@ -149,7 +137,7 @@
 
   @BeforeClass
   public static void beforeClass() throws Exception {
-    kafka = new TestKafkaContainer();
+    kafka = new KafkaContainer();
     kafka.start();
     System.setProperty(ProducerConfig.BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS_CONFIG, kafka.getBootstrapServers());
   }