diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6b0bf05..dbd3157 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 /.settings/
 /.primary_build_tool
 /bazel-bin
-/bazel-genfiles
 /bazel-out
 /bazel-reviewers
 /bazel-testlogs
diff --git a/external_plugin_deps.bzl b/external_plugin_deps.bzl
index c10e32a..18e407f 100644
--- a/external_plugin_deps.bzl
+++ b/external_plugin_deps.bzl
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
 
     maven_jar(
         name = "global-refdb",
-        artifact = "com.gerritforge:global-refdb:3.0.2",
-        sha1 = "293a807bd82a284c215213b442b3930258e01f5e"
+        artifact = "com.gerritforge:global-refdb:3.1.2",
+        sha1 = "6ddee3de0f3fe9254453118ae1eca481ec03e957"
     )
 
     maven_jar(
         name = "events-broker",
-        artifact = "com.gerritforge:events-broker:3.0.5",
-        sha1 = "7abf72d2252f975baff666fbbf28b7036767aa81",
+        artifact = "com.gerritforge:events-broker:3.1.4",
+        sha1 = "5672908dde0bd02cabc95efe34a8d8507d44b6ac",
     )
diff --git a/setup_local_env/configs/replication.config b/setup_local_env/configs/replication.config
index cf7f66a..ece1b3e 100644
--- a/setup_local_env/configs/replication.config
+++ b/setup_local_env/configs/replication.config
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [remote "Replication"]
     $REPLICATION_URL
     push = +refs/*:refs/*
+    mirror = true
     timeout = 600
     rescheduleDelay = 15
     replicationDelay = $REPLICATION_DELAY_SEC
diff --git a/setup_local_env/setup.sh b/setup_local_env/setup.sh
index 2b8315d..4c023d7 100755
--- a/setup_local_env/setup.sh
+++ b/setup_local_env/setup.sh
@@ -127,10 +127,10 @@
 function cleanup_environment {
   echo "Killing existing HA-PROXY setup"
   kill $(ps -ax | grep haproxy | grep "gerrit_setup/ha-proxy-config" | awk '{print $1}') 2> /dev/null
-  echo "Stoping kafka and zk"
+  echo "Stopping kafka and zk"
   docker-compose -f $SCRIPT_DIR/docker-compose.kafka-broker.yaml down 2> /dev/null
 
-  echo "Stoping GERRIT instances"
+  echo "Stopping GERRIT instances"
   $1/bin/gerrit.sh stop 2> /dev/null
   $2/bin/gerrit.sh stop 2> /dev/null
 
@@ -320,29 +320,29 @@
   cp -f $MULTISITE_LIB_LOCATION $DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION/multi-site.jar  >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "$MULTISITE_LIB_LOCATION: Not able to copy the file. Aborting"; exit 1; }
 fi
 if [ $DOWNLOAD_WEBSESSION_PLUGIN = "true" ];then
-  echo "Downloading websession-broker plugin stable 3.0"
-  wget https://gerrit-ci.gerritforge.com/view/Plugins-stable-3.0/job/plugin-websession-broker-bazel-stable-3.0/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/bazel-bin/plugins/websession-broker/websession-broker.jar \
+  echo "Downloading websession-broker plugin stable 3.1"
+  wget https://gerrit-ci.gerritforge.com/view/Plugins-stable-3.1/job/plugin-websession-broker-bazel-stable-3.1/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/bazel-bin/plugins/websession-broker/websession-broker.jar \
   -O $DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION/websession-broker.jar || { echo >&2 "Cannot download websession-broker plugin: Check internet connection. Abort\
 ing"; exit 1; }
-  wget https://gerrit-ci.gerritforge.com/view/Plugins-stable-3.0/job/plugin-healthcheck-bazel-stable-3.0/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/bazel-bin/plugins/healthcheck/healthcheck.jar \
+  wget https://gerrit-ci.gerritforge.com/view/Plugins-stable-3.1/job/plugin-healthcheck-bazel-stable-3.1/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/bazel-bin/plugins/healthcheck/healthcheck.jar \
   -O $DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION/healthcheck.jar || { echo >&2 "Cannot download healthcheck plugin: Check internet connection. Abort\
 ing"; exit 1; }
 else
   echo "Without the websession-broker; user login via haproxy will fail."
 fi
 
-echo "Downloading zookeeper plugin stable 3.0"
-  wget https://gerrit-ci.gerritforge.com/view/Plugins-stable-3.0/job/plugin-zookeeper-gh-bazel-stable-3.0/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/bazel-bin/plugins/zookeeper/zookeeper.jar \
+echo "Downloading zookeeper plugin master"
+  wget https://gerrit-ci.gerritforge.com/view/Plugins-master/job/plugin-zookeeper-gh-bazel-master/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/bazel-bin/plugins/zookeeper/zookeeper.jar \
   -O $DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION/zookeeper.jar || { echo >&2 "Cannot download zookeeper plugin: Check internet connection. Abort\
 ing"; exit 1; }
 
-echo "Downloading events-broker library stable 3.0"
-  wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/gerritforge/events-broker/3.0.5/events-broker-3.0.5.jar \
+echo "Downloading events-broker library stable 3.1"
+  wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/gerritforge/events-broker/3.1.4/events-broker-3.1.4.jar \
   -O $DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION/events-broker.jar || { echo >&2 "Cannot download events-broker library: Check internet connection. Abort\
 ing"; exit 1; }
 
-echo "Downloading kafka-events plugin stable 3.0"
-  wget https://gerrit-ci.gerritforge.com/view/Plugins-stable-3.0/job/plugin-kafka-events-bazel-stable-3.0/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/bazel-bin/plugins/kafka-events/kafka-events.jar \
+echo "Downloading kafka-events plugin master"
+  wget https://gerrit-ci.gerritforge.com/view/Plugins-master/job/plugin-kafka-events-bazel-master/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/bazel-bin/plugins/kafka-events/kafka-events.jar \
   -O $DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION/kafka-events.jar || { echo >&2 "Cannot download kafka-events plugin: Check internet connection. Abort\
 ing"; exit 1; }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/Log4jSharedRefLogger.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/Log4jSharedRefLogger.java
index 4a844f7..6a73d19 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/Log4jSharedRefLogger.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/Log4jSharedRefLogger.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.google.common.flogger.FluentLogger;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.common.GitPerson;
 import com.google.gerrit.json.OutputFormat;
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.CommonConverters;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.git.GitRepositoryManager;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.util.SystemLog;
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@
   @Override
   public void logRefUpdate(String project, Ref currRef, ObjectId newRefValue) {
     if (!ObjectId.zeroId().equals(newRefValue)) {
-      try (Repository repository =
-              gitRepositoryManager.openRepository(new Project.NameKey(project));
+      try (Repository repository = gitRepositoryManager.openRepository(Project.nameKey(project));
           RevWalk walk = new RevWalk(repository)) {
         GitPerson committer = null;
         String commitMessage = null;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/MultiSiteMetrics.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/MultiSiteMetrics.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbe1152
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/MultiSiteMetrics.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.multisite;
+
+import com.google.gerrit.metrics.Description;
+import com.google.gerrit.metrics.Field;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.logging.PluginMetadata;
+
+public abstract class MultiSiteMetrics {
+
+  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/multisite/SharedRefDatabaseWrapper.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/SharedRefDatabaseWrapper.java
index 356bd69..9827002 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/SharedRefDatabaseWrapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/SharedRefDatabaseWrapper.java
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 import com.gerritforge.gerrit.globalrefdb.GlobalRefDbLockException;
 import com.gerritforge.gerrit.globalrefdb.GlobalRefDbSystemError;
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.registration.DynamicItem;
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/broker/BrokerMetrics.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/broker/BrokerMetrics.java
index f6be65a..1d9f46d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/broker/BrokerMetrics.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/broker/BrokerMetrics.java
@@ -15,14 +15,13 @@
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.broker;
 
 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.multisite.MultiSiteMetrics;
 
 @Singleton
-public class BrokerMetrics {
+public class BrokerMetrics extends MultiSiteMetrics {
   private static final String PUBLISHER_SUCCESS_COUNTER = "broker_msg_publisher_counter";
   private static final String PUBLISHER_FAILURE_COUNTER = "broker_msg_publisher_failure_counter";
 
@@ -35,17 +34,15 @@
     this.brokerPublisherSuccessCounter =
         metricMaker.newCounter(
             "multi_site/broker/broker_message_publisher_counter",
-            new Description("Number of messages published by the broker publisher")
-                .setRate()
-                .setUnit("messages"),
-            Field.ofString(PUBLISHER_SUCCESS_COUNTER, "Broker message published count"));
+            rateDescription("messages", "Number of messages published by the broker publisher"),
+            stringField(PUBLISHER_SUCCESS_COUNTER, "Broker message published count"));
+
     this.brokerPublisherFailureCounter =
         metricMaker.newCounter(
             "multi_site/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"));
+            rateDescription(
+                "errors", "Number of messages failed to publish by the broker publisher"),
+            stringField(PUBLISHER_FAILURE_COUNTER, "Broker failed to publish message count"));
   }
 
   public void incrementBrokerPublishedMessage() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/consumer/SubscriberMetrics.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/consumer/SubscriberMetrics.java
index 34f7717..f0c14fe 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/consumer/SubscriberMetrics.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/consumer/SubscriberMetrics.java
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 import com.google.common.flogger.FluentLogger;
 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.gerrit.server.events.Event;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.Singleton;
+import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.MultiSiteMetrics;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.validation.ProjectVersionRefUpdate;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.RefReplicatedEvent;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 import java.util.Optional;
 
 @Singleton
-public class SubscriberMetrics {
+public class SubscriberMetrics extends MultiSiteMetrics {
   private static final FluentLogger logger = FluentLogger.forEnclosingClass();
   private static final String SUBSCRIBER_SUCCESS_COUNTER = "subscriber_msg_consumer_counter";
   private static final String SUBSCRIBER_FAILURE_COUNTER =
@@ -64,15 +64,14 @@
             new Description("Number of messages consumed by the subscriber")
                 .setRate()
                 .setUnit("messages"),
-            Field.ofString(SUBSCRIBER_SUCCESS_COUNTER, "Subscriber message consumed count"));
+            stringField(SUBSCRIBER_SUCCESS_COUNTER, "Subscriber message consumed count"));
     this.subscriberFailureCounter =
         metricMaker.newCounter(
             "multi_site/subscriber/subscriber_message_consumer_failure_counter",
             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 incrementSubscriberConsumedMessage() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedIndexAccountHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedIndexAccountHandler.java
index 17bf874..0934fd5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedIndexAccountHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedIndexAccountHandler.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.forwarder;
 
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Account;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Account;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.index.account.AccountIndexer;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.Singleton;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedIndexChangeHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedIndexChangeHandler.java
index 8340a5f..1e21e84 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedIndexChangeHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedIndexChangeHandler.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.forwarder;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Splitter;
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Change;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Change;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.index.change.ChangeIndexer;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.notedb.ChangeNotes;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.util.ManualRequestContext;
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
   }
 
   private static Change.Id parseChangeId(String id) {
-    Change.Id changeId = new Change.Id(Integer.parseInt(Splitter.on("~").splitToList(id).get(1)));
+    Change.Id changeId = Change.id(Integer.parseInt(Splitter.on("~").splitToList(id).get(1)));
     return changeId;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedIndexGroupHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedIndexGroupHandler.java
index 368dffe..4e154ef 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedIndexGroupHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedIndexGroupHandler.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.forwarder;
 
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.AccountGroup;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.AccountGroup;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.index.group.GroupIndexer;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.Singleton;
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
   @Override
   protected void doIndex(String uuid, Optional<GroupIndexEvent> event) {
-    indexer.index(new AccountGroup.UUID(uuid));
+    indexer.index(AccountGroup.uuid(uuid));
     log.debug("Group {} successfully indexed", uuid);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedIndexProjectHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedIndexProjectHandler.java
index e5f7e10..ce6804e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedIndexProjectHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedIndexProjectHandler.java
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.forwarder;
 
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
 import com.google.gerrit.index.project.ProjectIndexer;
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.Singleton;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.Configuration;
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 
   public boolean attemptIndex(String projectName, Optional<ProjectIndexEvent> event) {
     log.debug("Attempt to index project {}, event: [{}]", projectName, event);
-    final Project.NameKey projectNameKey = new Project.NameKey(projectName);
+    final Project.NameKey projectNameKey = Project.nameKey(projectName);
     if (projectChecker.isProjectUpToDate(projectNameKey)) {
       indexer.index(projectNameKey);
       log.debug("Project {} successfully indexed", projectName);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedProjectListUpdateHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedProjectListUpdateHandler.java
index 30b2b35..919a64f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedProjectListUpdateHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedProjectListUpdateHandler.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.forwarder;
 
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.project.ProjectCache;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.Singleton;
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
    * @throws IOException
    */
   public void update(ProjectListUpdateEvent event) throws IOException {
-    Project.NameKey projectKey = new Project.NameKey(event.projectName);
+    Project.NameKey projectKey = Project.nameKey(event.projectName);
     try {
       Context.setForwardedEvent(true);
       if (event.remove) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/GsonParser.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/GsonParser.java
index ddc184a..0bbdada 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/GsonParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/GsonParser.java
@@ -15,31 +15,36 @@
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.forwarder;
 
 import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Account;
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.AccountGroup;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Account;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.AccountGroup;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.events.EventGson;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
-import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.cache.Constants;
 
 public final class GsonParser {
+  private final Gson gson;
 
-  private GsonParser() {}
+  @Inject
+  public GsonParser(@EventGson Gson gson) {
+    this.gson = gson;
+  }
 
   @SuppressWarnings("cast")
-  public static Object fromJson(String cacheName, Object json) {
-    Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().create();
+  public Object fromJson(String cacheName, Object json) {
     Object key;
     // Need to add a case for 'adv_bases'
     switch (cacheName) {
       case Constants.ACCOUNTS:
-        key = gson.fromJson(nullToEmpty(json).toString().trim(), Account.Id.class);
+        key = Account.id(jsonElement(json).getAsJsonObject().get("id").getAsInt());
         break;
       case Constants.GROUPS:
-        key = gson.fromJson(nullToEmpty(json).toString().trim(), AccountGroup.Id.class);
+        key = AccountGroup.id(jsonElement(json).getAsJsonObject().get("id").getAsInt());
         break;
       case Constants.GROUPS_BYINCLUDE:
       case Constants.GROUPS_MEMBERS:
-        key = gson.fromJson(nullToEmpty(json).toString().trim(), AccountGroup.UUID.class);
+        key = AccountGroup.uuid(jsonElement(json).getAsJsonObject().get("uuid").getAsString());
         break;
       case Constants.PROJECT_LIST:
         key = gson.fromJson(nullToEmpty(json).toString(), Object.class);
@@ -58,33 +63,11 @@
     return key;
   }
 
-  public static String toJson(String cacheName, Object key) {
-    Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().create();
-    String json;
-    // Need to add a case for 'adv_bases'
-    switch (cacheName) {
-      case Constants.ACCOUNTS:
-        json = gson.toJson(key, Account.Id.class);
-        break;
-      case Constants.GROUPS:
-        json = gson.toJson(key, AccountGroup.Id.class);
-        break;
-      case Constants.GROUPS_BYINCLUDE:
-      case Constants.GROUPS_MEMBERS:
-        json = gson.toJson(key, AccountGroup.UUID.class);
-        break;
-      case Constants.PROJECT_LIST:
-      default:
-        if (key instanceof String) {
-          json = (String) key;
-        } else {
-          json = gson.toJson(key);
-        }
-    }
-    return json;
+  private JsonElement jsonElement(Object json) {
+    return gson.fromJson(nullToEmpty(json), JsonElement.class);
   }
 
-  private static Object nullToEmpty(Object value) {
-    return MoreObjects.firstNonNull(value, "");
+  private static String nullToEmpty(Object value) {
+    return MoreObjects.firstNonNull(value, "").toString().trim();
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/router/CacheEvictionEventRouter.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/router/CacheEvictionEventRouter.java
index a6cd8c4..0fb0c0a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/router/CacheEvictionEventRouter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/router/CacheEvictionEventRouter.java
@@ -23,15 +23,18 @@
 
 public class CacheEvictionEventRouter implements ForwardedEventRouter<CacheEvictionEvent> {
   private final ForwardedCacheEvictionHandler cacheEvictionHanlder;
+  private final GsonParser gsonParser;
 
   @Inject
-  public CacheEvictionEventRouter(ForwardedCacheEvictionHandler cacheEvictionHanlder) {
+  public CacheEvictionEventRouter(
+      ForwardedCacheEvictionHandler cacheEvictionHanlder, GsonParser gsonParser) {
     this.cacheEvictionHanlder = cacheEvictionHanlder;
+    this.gsonParser = gsonParser;
   }
 
   @Override
   public void route(CacheEvictionEvent cacheEvictionEvent) throws CacheNotFoundException {
-    Object parsedKey = GsonParser.fromJson(cacheEvictionEvent.cacheName, cacheEvictionEvent.key);
+    Object parsedKey = gsonParser.fromJson(cacheEvictionEvent.cacheName, cacheEvictionEvent.key);
     cacheEvictionHanlder.evict(CacheEntry.from(cacheEvictionEvent.cacheName, parsedKey));
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/router/IndexEventRouter.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/router/IndexEventRouter.java
index 0335951..9f659ec 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/router/IndexEventRouter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/router/IndexEventRouter.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import static com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.forwarder.ForwardedIndexingHandler.Operation.DELETE;
 import static com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.forwarder.ForwardedIndexingHandler.Operation.INDEX;
 
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Account;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Account;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.AllUsersName;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.forwarder.ForwardedIndexAccountHandler;
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
           Optional.of(changeIndexEvent));
     } else if (sourceEvent instanceof AccountIndexEvent) {
       AccountIndexEvent accountIndexEvent = (AccountIndexEvent) sourceEvent;
-      indexAccountHandler.indexAsync(new Account.Id(accountIndexEvent.accountId), INDEX);
+      indexAccountHandler.indexAsync(Account.id(accountIndexEvent.accountId), INDEX);
     } else if (sourceEvent instanceof GroupIndexEvent) {
       GroupIndexEvent groupIndexEvent = (GroupIndexEvent) sourceEvent;
       indexGroupHandler.index(groupIndexEvent.groupUUID, INDEX, Optional.of(groupIndexEvent));
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/index/ChangeCheckerImpl.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/index/ChangeCheckerImpl.java
index f1e80cc..32b8af3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/index/ChangeCheckerImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/index/ChangeCheckerImpl.java
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
 
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.index;
 
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Change;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Comment;
 import com.google.gerrit.exceptions.StorageException;
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Change;
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Comment;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.CommentsUtil;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.change.ChangeFinder;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.git.GitRepositoryManager;
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
   private String getBranchTargetSha() {
     try {
       try (Repository repo = gitRepoMgr.openRepository(changeNotes.get().getProjectName())) {
-        String refName = changeNotes.get().getChange().getDest().get();
+        String refName = changeNotes.get().getChange().getDest().branch();
         Ref ref = repo.exactRef(refName);
         if (ref == null) {
           log.warn("Unable to find target ref {} for change {}", refName, changeId);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/index/ProjectChecker.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/index/ProjectChecker.java
index 3fabbbd..ece2443 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/index/ProjectChecker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/index/ProjectChecker.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.index;
 
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
 
 /** Encapsulates the logic of verifying the up-to-date status of a project. */
 public interface ProjectChecker {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/index/ProjectCheckerImpl.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/index/ProjectCheckerImpl.java
index 606ff9d..548ccc0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/index/ProjectCheckerImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/index/ProjectCheckerImpl.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.index;
 
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.project.ProjectCache;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/MultiSiteGitRepositoryManager.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/MultiSiteGitRepositoryManager.java
index 8ce1f59..97c4178 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/MultiSiteGitRepositoryManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/MultiSiteGitRepositoryManager.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.validation;
 
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.git.GitRepositoryManager;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.git.LocalDiskRepositoryManager;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.git.RepositoryCaseMismatchException;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/MultiSiteRepository.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/MultiSiteRepository.java
index b3678c6..fa3de64 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/MultiSiteRepository.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/MultiSiteRepository.java
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
 
 public class MultiSiteRepository extends Repository {
 
-  private final MultiSiteRefDatabase.Factory multiSiteRefDbFactory;
   private final Repository repository;
   private final RefDatabase refDatabase;
   private final MultiSiteRefDatabase multiSiteRefDatabase;
@@ -68,7 +67,6 @@
       @Assisted String projectName,
       @Assisted Repository repository) {
     super(new BaseRepositoryBuilder());
-    this.multiSiteRefDbFactory = multiSiteRefDbFactory;
     this.repository = repository;
     this.refDatabase = repository.getRefDatabase();
     this.multiSiteRefDatabase = multiSiteRefDbFactory.create(projectName, refDatabase);
@@ -157,6 +155,7 @@
     return repository.getFS();
   }
 
+  @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
   @Override
   public boolean hasObject(AnyObjectId objectId) {
     return repository.hasObject(objectId);
@@ -230,16 +229,19 @@
     return repository.getAdditionalHaves();
   }
 
+  @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
   @Override
   public Map<String, Ref> getAllRefs() {
     return repository.getAllRefs();
   }
 
+  @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
   @Override
   public Map<String, Ref> getTags() {
     return repository.getTags();
   }
 
+  @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
   @Override
   public Ref peel(Ref ref) {
     return repository.peel(ref);
@@ -397,4 +399,9 @@
   public void autoGC(ProgressMonitor monitor) {
     repository.autoGC(monitor);
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getIdentifier() {
+    return repository.getIdentifier();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/MultisiteReplicationPushFilter.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/MultisiteReplicationPushFilter.java
index 42f7194..b6f4033 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/MultisiteReplicationPushFilter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/MultisiteReplicationPushFilter.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.validation;
 
 import com.gerritforge.gerrit.globalrefdb.GlobalRefDbLockException;
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.Singleton;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.SharedRefDatabaseWrapper;
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
                   String ref = refUpdate.getSrcRef();
                   try {
                     if (sharedRefDb.isUpToDate(
-                        new Project.NameKey(projectName),
+                        Project.nameKey(projectName),
                         new ObjectIdRef.Unpeeled(
                             Ref.Storage.NETWORK, ref, refUpdate.getNewObjectId()))) {
                       return true;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/ProjectDeletedSharedDbCleanup.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/ProjectDeletedSharedDbCleanup.java
index 9c93793..329c1c3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/ProjectDeletedSharedDbCleanup.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/ProjectDeletedSharedDbCleanup.java
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 
 import com.gerritforge.gerrit.globalrefdb.GlobalRefDbSystemError;
 import com.google.common.flogger.FluentLogger;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.events.ProjectDeletedListener;
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.SharedRefDatabaseWrapper;
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         "Deleting project '%s'. Will perform a cleanup in Shared-Ref database.", projectName);
 
     try {
-      sharedDb.remove(new Project.NameKey(projectName));
+      sharedDb.remove(Project.nameKey(projectName));
     } catch (GlobalRefDbSystemError e) {
       validationMetrics.incrementSplitBrain();
       logger.atSevere().withCause(e).log(
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/ProjectVersionRefUpdate.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/ProjectVersionRefUpdate.java
index bcdf63a..c8ddc87 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/ProjectVersionRefUpdate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/ProjectVersionRefUpdate.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.common.flogger.FluentLogger;
 import com.google.common.primitives.Ints;
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.events.Event;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.events.EventListener;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.events.RefUpdatedEvent;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/RefUpdateValidator.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/RefUpdateValidator.java
index 76c1a67..dcc9030 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/RefUpdateValidator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/RefUpdateValidator.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import com.gerritforge.gerrit.globalrefdb.GlobalRefDbSystemError;
 import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
 import com.google.common.flogger.FluentLogger;
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.assistedinject.Assisted;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.LockWrapper;
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
     try {
       succeeded =
           sharedRefDb.compareAndPut(
-              new Project.NameKey(projectName), refPair.compareRef, refPair.putValue);
+              Project.nameKey(projectName), refPair.compareRef, refPair.putValue);
     } catch (GlobalRefDbSystemError e) {
       logger.atWarning().withCause(e).log(
           "Not able to persist the data in Zookeeper for project '{}' and ref '{}', message: {}",
@@ -186,17 +186,15 @@
         String.format("%s-%s", projectName, refName),
         () ->
             lockWrapperFactory.create(
-                projectName,
-                refName,
-                sharedRefDb.lockRef(new Project.NameKey(projectName), refName)));
+                projectName, refName, sharedRefDb.lockRef(Project.nameKey(projectName), refName)));
 
     RefPair latestRefPair = getLatestLocalRef(refPair);
-    if (sharedRefDb.isUpToDate(new Project.NameKey(projectName), latestRefPair.compareRef)) {
+    if (sharedRefDb.isUpToDate(Project.nameKey(projectName), latestRefPair.compareRef)) {
       return latestRefPair;
     }
 
     if (isNullRef(latestRefPair.compareRef)
-        || sharedRefDb.exists(new Project.NameKey(projectName), refName)) {
+        || sharedRefDb.exists(Project.nameKey(projectName), refName)) {
       validationMetrics.incrementSplitBrainPrevention();
 
       softFailBasedOnEnforcement(
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/ValidationMetrics.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/ValidationMetrics.java
index ee9c5e5..cd2129a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/ValidationMetrics.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/ValidationMetrics.java
@@ -15,14 +15,13 @@
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.validation;
 
 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.multisite.MultiSiteMetrics;
 
 @Singleton
-public class ValidationMetrics {
+public class ValidationMetrics extends MultiSiteMetrics {
   private static final String GIT_UPDATE_SPLIT_BRAIN_PREVENTED = "git_update_split_brain_prevented";
   private static final String GIT_UPDATE_SPLIT_BRAIN = "git_update_split_brain";
 
@@ -34,16 +33,16 @@
     this.splitBrainPreventionCounter =
         metricMaker.newCounter(
             "multi_site/validation/git_update_split_brain_prevented",
-            new Description("Rate of REST API error responses").setRate().setUnit("errors"),
-            Field.ofString(
+            rateDescription("errors", "Rate of REST API error responses"),
+            stringField(
                 GIT_UPDATE_SPLIT_BRAIN_PREVENTED,
                 "Ref-update operations, split-brain detected and prevented"));
 
     this.splitBrainCounter =
         metricMaker.newCounter(
             "multi_site/validation/git_update_split_brain",
-            new Description("Rate of REST API error responses").setRate().setUnit("errors"),
-            Field.ofString(
+            rateDescription("errors", "Rate of REST API error responses"),
+            stringField(
                 GIT_UPDATE_SPLIT_BRAIN,
                 "Ref-update operation left node in a split-brain scenario"));
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/dfsrefdb/NoopSharedRefDatabase.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/dfsrefdb/NoopSharedRefDatabase.java
index ef8d9b8..1530838 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/dfsrefdb/NoopSharedRefDatabase.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/dfsrefdb/NoopSharedRefDatabase.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import com.gerritforge.gerrit.globalrefdb.GlobalRefDatabase;
 import com.gerritforge.gerrit.globalrefdb.GlobalRefDbLockException;
 import com.gerritforge.gerrit.globalrefdb.GlobalRefDbSystemError;
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Ref;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/dfsrefdb/OutOfSyncException.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/dfsrefdb/OutOfSyncException.java
index 036fa6e..50f06b9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/dfsrefdb/OutOfSyncException.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/dfsrefdb/OutOfSyncException.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     super(
         localRef == null
             ? String.format(
-                "Local ref does exists locally for project %s but exists in the shared ref-db",
+                "Local ref doesn't exists locally for project %s but exists in the shared ref-db",
                 project)
             : String.format(
                 "Local ref %s (ObjectId=%s) on project %s is out of sync with the shared ref-db",
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/event/CacheEvictionEventRouterTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/event/CacheEvictionEventRouterTest.java
index 9292262..a632b74 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/event/CacheEvictionEventRouterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/event/CacheEvictionEventRouterTest.java
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@
 
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.forwarder.CacheEntry;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.forwarder.ForwardedCacheEvictionHandler;
+import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.forwarder.GsonParser;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.forwarder.events.CacheEvictionEvent;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.forwarder.router.CacheEvictionEventRouter;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@
 
   @Before
   public void setUp() {
-    router = new CacheEvictionEventRouter(cacheEvictionHandler);
+    router = new CacheEvictionEventRouter(cacheEvictionHandler, new GsonParser(new Gson()));
   }
 
   @Test
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/event/IndexEventRouterTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/event/IndexEventRouterTest.java
index bf6f043..31ca13d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/event/IndexEventRouterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/event/IndexEventRouterTest.java
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@
 
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.event;
 
+import static com.google.gerrit.testing.GerritJUnit.assertThrows;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyZeroInteractions;
 
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Account;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Account;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.AllUsersName;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.forwarder.ForwardedEventHandler;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.forwarder.ForwardedIndexAccountHandler;
@@ -34,7 +35,6 @@
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.forwarder.router.StreamEventRouter;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.RefReplicationDoneEvent;
 import java.util.Optional;
-import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     router.route(event);
 
     verify(indexAccountHandler)
-        .indexAsync(new Account.Id(event.accountId), ForwardedIndexingHandler.Operation.INDEX);
+        .indexAsync(Account.id(event.accountId), ForwardedIndexingHandler.Operation.INDEX);
 
     verifyZeroInteractions(indexChangeHandler, indexGroupHandler, indexProjectHandler);
   }
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     router.route(event);
 
     verify(indexAccountHandler)
-        .indexAsync(new Account.Id(event.accountId), ForwardedIndexingHandler.Operation.INDEX);
+        .indexAsync(Account.id(event.accountId), ForwardedIndexingHandler.Operation.INDEX);
 
     verifyZeroInteractions(indexChangeHandler, indexGroupHandler, indexProjectHandler);
 
@@ -148,12 +148,8 @@
   public void routerShouldFailForNotRecognisedEvents() throws Exception {
     final IndexEvent newEventType = new IndexEvent("new-type") {};
 
-    try {
-      router.route(newEventType);
-      Assert.fail("Expected exception for not supported event");
-    } catch (UnsupportedOperationException expected) {
-      verifyZeroInteractions(
-          indexAccountHandler, indexChangeHandler, indexGroupHandler, indexProjectHandler);
-    }
+    assertThrows(UnsupportedOperationException.class, () -> router.route(newEventType));
+    verifyZeroInteractions(
+        indexAccountHandler, indexChangeHandler, indexGroupHandler, indexProjectHandler);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/event/StreamEventRouterTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/event/StreamEventRouterTest.java
index 31afa79..3b4bec5 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/event/StreamEventRouterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/event/StreamEventRouterTest.java
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
 
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Account;
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Branch;
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Change;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Account;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.BranchNameKey;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Change;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.events.CommentAddedEvent;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.util.time.TimeUtil;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.forwarder.ForwardedEventHandler;
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@
 
   private Change aChange() {
     return new Change(
-        new Change.Key("Iabcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234"),
-        new Change.Id(1),
-        new Account.Id(1),
-        new Branch.NameKey("proj", "refs/heads/master"),
+        Change.key("Iabcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234"),
+        Change.id(1),
+        Account.id(1),
+        BranchNameKey.create("proj", "refs/heads/master"),
         TimeUtil.nowTs());
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedCacheEvictionHandlerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedCacheEvictionHandlerTest.java
index c166077..747da79 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedCacheEvictionHandlerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedCacheEvictionHandlerTest.java
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 
 import com.google.common.cache.Cache;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Account;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.registration.DynamicMap;
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Account;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.cache.Constants;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Rule;
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 
   @Test
   public void testSuccessfulCacheEviction() throws Exception {
-    CacheEntry entry = new CacheEntry(Constants.GERRIT, Constants.ACCOUNTS, new Account.Id(123));
+    CacheEntry entry = new CacheEntry(Constants.GERRIT, Constants.ACCOUNTS, Account.id(123));
     doReturn(cacheMock).when(cacheMapMock).get(entry.getPluginName(), entry.getCacheName());
 
     handler.evict(entry);
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 
   @Test
   public void shouldSetAndUnsetForwardedContext() throws Exception {
-    CacheEntry entry = new CacheEntry(Constants.GERRIT, Constants.ACCOUNTS, new Account.Id(456));
+    CacheEntry entry = new CacheEntry(Constants.GERRIT, Constants.ACCOUNTS, Account.id(456));
     doReturn(cacheMock).when(cacheMapMock).get(entry.getPluginName(), entry.getCacheName());
 
     // this doAnswer is to allow to assert that context is set to forwarded
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 
   @Test
   public void shouldSetAndUnsetForwardedContextEvenIfExceptionIsThrown() throws Exception {
-    CacheEntry entry = new CacheEntry(Constants.GERRIT, Constants.ACCOUNTS, new Account.Id(789));
+    CacheEntry entry = new CacheEntry(Constants.GERRIT, Constants.ACCOUNTS, Account.id(789));
     doReturn(cacheMock).when(cacheMapMock).get(entry.getPluginName(), entry.getCacheName());
 
     doAnswer(
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedEventHandlerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedEventHandlerTest.java
index 5c36ada..387fc41 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedEventHandlerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedEventHandlerTest.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.forwarder;
 
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
-import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+import static com.google.gerrit.testing.GerritJUnit.assertThrows;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doAnswer;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 
@@ -87,12 +87,8 @@
         .postEvent(event);
 
     assertThat(Context.isForwardedEvent()).isFalse();
-    try {
-      handler.dispatch(event);
-      fail("should have throw an StorageException");
-    } catch (StorageException e) {
-      assertThat(e.getMessage()).isEqualTo("someMessage");
-    }
+    StorageException thrown = assertThrows(StorageException.class, () -> handler.dispatch(event));
+    assertThat(thrown).hasMessageThat().isEqualTo("someMessage");
     assertThat(Context.isForwardedEvent()).isFalse();
 
     verify(dispatcherMock).postEvent(event);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedIndexAccountHandlerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedIndexAccountHandlerTest.java
index 0d452a4..32c6319 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedIndexAccountHandlerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedIndexAccountHandlerTest.java
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.forwarder;
 
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
-import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+import static com.google.gerrit.testing.GerritJUnit.assertThrows;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doAnswer;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Account;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Account;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.index.account.AccountIndexer;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.Configuration;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.forwarder.ForwardedIndexingHandler.Operation;
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     when(config.index()).thenReturn(index);
     when(index.numStripedLocks()).thenReturn(10);
     handler = new ForwardedIndexAccountHandler(indexerMock, config);
-    id = new Account.Id(123);
+    id = Account.id(123);
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -98,12 +98,9 @@
         .index(id);
 
     assertThat(Context.isForwardedEvent()).isFalse();
-    try {
-      handler.index(id, Operation.INDEX, Optional.empty());
-      fail("should have thrown an IOException");
-    } catch (IOException e) {
-      assertThat(e.getMessage()).isEqualTo("someMessage");
-    }
+    IOException thrown =
+        assertThrows(IOException.class, () -> handler.index(id, Operation.INDEX, Optional.empty()));
+    assertThat(thrown).hasMessageThat().isEqualTo("someMessage");
     assertThat(Context.isForwardedEvent()).isFalse();
 
     verify(indexerMock).index(id);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedIndexChangeHandlerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedIndexChangeHandlerTest.java
index 0a910c5..c52dfff 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedIndexChangeHandlerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedIndexChangeHandlerTest.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.forwarder;
 
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
-import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+import static com.google.gerrit.testing.GerritJUnit.assertThrows;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doAnswer;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doThrow;
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Change;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
 import com.google.gerrit.exceptions.StorageException;
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Change;
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.git.GitRepositoryManager;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.index.change.ChangeIndexer;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.notedb.ChangeNotes;
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
   @Before
   public void setUp() throws Exception {
     when(ctxMock.open()).thenReturn(manualRequestContextMock);
-    id = new Change.Id(TEST_CHANGE_NUMBER);
+    id = Change.id(TEST_CHANGE_NUMBER);
     change = new Change(null, id, null, null, TimeUtil.nowTs());
     when(changeNotes.getChange()).thenReturn(change);
     when(changeCheckerFactoryMock.create(any())).thenReturn(changeCheckerAbsentMock);
@@ -163,12 +163,11 @@
         .index(any(Change.class));
 
     assertThat(Context.isForwardedEvent()).isFalse();
-    try {
-      handler.index(TEST_CHANGE_ID, Operation.INDEX, Optional.empty());
-      fail("should have thrown an IOException");
-    } catch (IOException e) {
-      assertThat(e.getMessage()).isEqualTo("someMessage");
-    }
+    IOException thrown =
+        assertThrows(
+            IOException.class,
+            () -> handler.index(TEST_CHANGE_ID, Operation.INDEX, Optional.empty()));
+    assertThat(thrown).hasMessageThat().isEqualTo("someMessage");
     assertThat(Context.isForwardedEvent()).isFalse();
 
     verify(indexerMock, times(1)).index(any(Change.class));
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedIndexGroupHandlerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedIndexGroupHandlerTest.java
index 9013646..2fe6e2e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedIndexGroupHandlerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedIndexGroupHandlerTest.java
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.forwarder;
 
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
-import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+import static com.google.gerrit.testing.GerritJUnit.assertThrows;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doAnswer;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.AccountGroup;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.AccountGroup;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.index.group.GroupIndexer;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.Configuration;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.forwarder.ForwardedIndexingHandler.Operation;
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
   @Test
   public void testSuccessfulIndexing() throws Exception {
     handler.index(uuid, Operation.INDEX, Optional.empty());
-    verify(indexerMock).index(new AccountGroup.UUID(uuid));
+    verify(indexerMock).index(AccountGroup.uuid(uuid));
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -77,13 +77,13 @@
                   return null;
                 })
         .when(indexerMock)
-        .index(new AccountGroup.UUID(uuid));
+        .index(AccountGroup.uuid(uuid));
 
     assertThat(Context.isForwardedEvent()).isFalse();
     handler.index(uuid, Operation.INDEX, Optional.empty());
     assertThat(Context.isForwardedEvent()).isFalse();
 
-    verify(indexerMock).index(new AccountGroup.UUID(uuid));
+    verify(indexerMock).index(AccountGroup.uuid(uuid));
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -95,17 +95,15 @@
                   throw new IOException("someMessage");
                 })
         .when(indexerMock)
-        .index(new AccountGroup.UUID(uuid));
+        .index(AccountGroup.uuid(uuid));
 
     assertThat(Context.isForwardedEvent()).isFalse();
-    try {
-      handler.index(uuid, Operation.INDEX, Optional.empty());
-      fail("should have thrown an IOException");
-    } catch (IOException e) {
-      assertThat(e.getMessage()).isEqualTo("someMessage");
-    }
+    IOException thrown =
+        assertThrows(
+            IOException.class, () -> handler.index(uuid, Operation.INDEX, Optional.empty()));
+    assertThat(thrown).hasMessageThat().isEqualTo("someMessage");
     assertThat(Context.isForwardedEvent()).isFalse();
 
-    verify(indexerMock).index(new AccountGroup.UUID(uuid));
+    verify(indexerMock).index(AccountGroup.uuid(uuid));
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedIndexProjectHandlerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedIndexProjectHandlerTest.java
index 9f94d5f..1102cd2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedIndexProjectHandlerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedIndexProjectHandlerTest.java
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.forwarder;
 
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
-import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+import static com.google.gerrit.testing.GerritJUnit.assertThrows;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doAnswer;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
 import com.google.gerrit.index.project.ProjectIndexer;
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.Configuration;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.forwarder.ForwardedIndexingHandler.Operation;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.index.ProjectChecker;
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
   @Test
   public void testSuccessfulIndexing() throws Exception {
     handler.index(nameKey, Operation.INDEX, Optional.empty());
-    verify(indexerMock).index(new Project.NameKey(nameKey));
+    verify(indexerMock).index(Project.nameKey(nameKey));
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -87,13 +87,13 @@
                   return null;
                 })
         .when(indexerMock)
-        .index(new Project.NameKey(nameKey));
+        .index(Project.nameKey(nameKey));
 
     assertThat(Context.isForwardedEvent()).isFalse();
     handler.index(nameKey, Operation.INDEX, Optional.empty());
     assertThat(Context.isForwardedEvent()).isFalse();
 
-    verify(indexerMock).index(new Project.NameKey(nameKey));
+    verify(indexerMock).index(Project.nameKey(nameKey));
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -105,18 +105,16 @@
                   throw new IOException("someMessage");
                 })
         .when(indexerMock)
-        .index(new Project.NameKey(nameKey));
+        .index(Project.nameKey(nameKey));
 
     assertThat(Context.isForwardedEvent()).isFalse();
-    try {
-      handler.index(nameKey, Operation.INDEX, Optional.empty());
-      fail("should have thrown an IOException");
-    } catch (IOException e) {
-      assertThat(e.getMessage()).isEqualTo("someMessage");
-    }
+    IOException thrown =
+        assertThrows(
+            IOException.class, () -> handler.index(nameKey, Operation.INDEX, Optional.empty()));
+    assertThat(thrown).hasMessageThat().isEqualTo("someMessage");
     assertThat(Context.isForwardedEvent()).isFalse();
 
-    verify(indexerMock).index(new Project.NameKey(nameKey));
+    verify(indexerMock).index(Project.nameKey(nameKey));
   }
 
   @Test
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedProjectListUpdateHandlerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedProjectListUpdateHandlerTest.java
index a3b82d0..9893ce7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedProjectListUpdateHandlerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/ForwardedProjectListUpdateHandlerTest.java
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.forwarder;
 
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
-import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+import static com.google.gerrit.testing.GerritJUnit.assertThrows;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doAnswer;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.project.ProjectCache;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.forwarder.events.ProjectListUpdateEvent;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
   private static final String PROJECT_NAME = "someProject";
   private static final String SOME_MESSAGE = "someMessage";
-  private static final Project.NameKey PROJECT_KEY = new Project.NameKey(PROJECT_NAME);
+  private static final Project.NameKey PROJECT_KEY = Project.nameKey(PROJECT_NAME);
   @Rule public ExpectedException exception = ExpectedException.none();
   @Mock private ProjectCache projectCacheMock;
   private ForwardedProjectListUpdateHandler handler;
@@ -110,12 +110,11 @@
         .onCreateProject(PROJECT_KEY);
 
     assertThat(Context.isForwardedEvent()).isFalse();
-    try {
-      handler.update(new ProjectListUpdateEvent(PROJECT_NAME, false));
-      fail("should have thrown a RuntimeException");
-    } catch (RuntimeException e) {
-      assertThat(e.getMessage()).isEqualTo(SOME_MESSAGE);
-    }
+    RuntimeException thrown =
+        assertThrows(
+            RuntimeException.class,
+            () -> handler.update(new ProjectListUpdateEvent(PROJECT_NAME, false)));
+    assertThat(thrown).hasMessageThat().isEqualTo(SOME_MESSAGE);
     assertThat(Context.isForwardedEvent()).isFalse();
 
     verify(projectCacheMock).onCreateProject(PROJECT_KEY);
@@ -133,12 +132,11 @@
         .remove(PROJECT_KEY);
 
     assertThat(Context.isForwardedEvent()).isFalse();
-    try {
-      handler.update(new ProjectListUpdateEvent(PROJECT_NAME, true));
-      fail("should have thrown a RuntimeException");
-    } catch (RuntimeException e) {
-      assertThat(e.getMessage()).isEqualTo(SOME_MESSAGE);
-    }
+    RuntimeException thrown =
+        assertThrows(
+            RuntimeException.class,
+            () -> handler.update(new ProjectListUpdateEvent(PROJECT_NAME, true)));
+    assertThat(thrown).hasMessageThat().isEqualTo(SOME_MESSAGE);
     assertThat(Context.isForwardedEvent()).isFalse();
 
     verify(projectCacheMock).remove(PROJECT_KEY);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/GsonParserTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/GsonParserTest.java
index 0a1be19..12bdb74 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/GsonParserTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/GsonParserTest.java
@@ -16,46 +16,50 @@
 
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Account;
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.AccountGroup;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Account;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.AccountGroup;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.events.EventGsonProvider;
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.cache.Constants;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class GsonParserTest {
   private static final Object EMPTY_JSON = "{}";
 
+  private final Gson gson = new EventGsonProvider().get();
+  private final GsonParser gsonParser = new GsonParser(gson);
+
   @Test
   public void accountIDParse() {
-    Account.Id accountId = new Account.Id(1);
-    String json = GsonParser.toJson(Constants.ACCOUNTS, accountId);
-    assertThat(accountId).isEqualTo(GsonParser.fromJson(Constants.ACCOUNTS, json));
+    Account.Id accountId = Account.id(1);
+    String json = gson.toJson(accountId);
+    assertThat(accountId).isEqualTo(gsonParser.fromJson(Constants.ACCOUNTS, json));
   }
 
   @Test
   public void accountGroupIDParse() {
-    AccountGroup.Id accountGroupId = new AccountGroup.Id(1);
-    String json = GsonParser.toJson(Constants.GROUPS, accountGroupId);
-    assertThat(accountGroupId).isEqualTo(GsonParser.fromJson(Constants.GROUPS, json));
+    AccountGroup.Id accountGroupId = AccountGroup.id(1);
+    String json = gson.toJson(accountGroupId);
+    assertThat(accountGroupId).isEqualTo(gsonParser.fromJson(Constants.GROUPS, json));
   }
 
   @Test
   public void accountGroupUUIDParse() {
-    AccountGroup.UUID accountGroupUuid = new AccountGroup.UUID("abc123");
-    String json = GsonParser.toJson(Constants.GROUPS_BYINCLUDE, accountGroupUuid);
-    assertThat(accountGroupUuid).isEqualTo(GsonParser.fromJson(Constants.GROUPS_BYINCLUDE, json));
+    AccountGroup.UUID accountGroupUuid = AccountGroup.uuid("abc123");
+    String json = gson.toJson(accountGroupUuid);
+    assertThat(accountGroupUuid).isEqualTo(gsonParser.fromJson(Constants.GROUPS_BYINCLUDE, json));
   }
 
   @Test
   public void stringParse() {
     String key = "key";
-    String json = GsonParser.toJson(Constants.PROJECTS, key);
-    assertThat(key).isEqualTo(GsonParser.fromJson(Constants.PROJECTS, json));
+    assertThat(key).isEqualTo(gsonParser.fromJson(Constants.PROJECTS, key));
   }
 
   @Test
   public void noKeyParse() {
     Object object = new Object();
-    String json = GsonParser.toJson(Constants.PROJECT_LIST, object);
+    String json = gson.toJson(object);
     assertThat(json).isEqualTo(EMPTY_JSON);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/BatchRefUpdateValidatorTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/BatchRefUpdateValidatorTest.java
index 0960cf1..20b6da8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/BatchRefUpdateValidatorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/BatchRefUpdateValidatorTest.java
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
 import com.google.gerrit.metrics.DisabledMetricMaker;
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.SharedRefDatabaseWrapper;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.validation.dfsrefdb.DefaultSharedRefEnforcement;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.validation.dfsrefdb.RefFixture;
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/Log4jSharedRefLoggerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/Log4jSharedRefLoggerTest.java
index c6f0fc1..3debdf4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/Log4jSharedRefLoggerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/Log4jSharedRefLoggerTest.java
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 
 import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.AbstractDaemonTest;
 import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.PushOneCommit;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.RefNames;
 import com.google.gerrit.json.OutputFormat;
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.RefNames;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.SitePaths;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.notedb.Sequences;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.util.SystemLog;
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/MultiSiteBatchRefUpdateTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/MultiSiteBatchRefUpdateTest.java
index 187f686..46eb424 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/MultiSiteBatchRefUpdateTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/MultiSiteBatchRefUpdateTest.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.validation;
 
+import static com.google.gerrit.testing.GerritJUnit.assertThrows;
 import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.argThat;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@
     return "branch_" + nameRule.getMethodName();
   }
 
+  @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
   private void setMockRequiredReturnValues() throws IOException {
 
     doReturn(batchRefUpdate).when(refDatabase).newBatchUpdate();
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/MultiSiteRefUpdateTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/MultiSiteRefUpdateTest.java
index 16cda4e..9e75c8f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/MultiSiteRefUpdateTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/MultiSiteRefUpdateTest.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.validation;
 
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
-import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+import static com.google.gerrit.testing.GerritJUnit.assertThrows;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
@@ -101,12 +101,8 @@
     MultiSiteRefUpdate multiSiteRefUpdate =
         getMultiSiteRefUpdateWithDefaultPolicyEnforcement(refUpdate);
 
-    try {
-      multiSiteRefUpdate.update();
-      fail("Expecting an IOException to be thrown");
-    } catch (IOException e) {
-      verify(validationMetrics).incrementSplitBrainPrevention();
-    }
+    assertThrows(IOException.class, () -> multiSiteRefUpdate.update());
+    verify(validationMetrics).incrementSplitBrainPrevention();
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -123,12 +119,8 @@
     MultiSiteRefUpdate multiSiteRefUpdate =
         getMultiSiteRefUpdateWithDefaultPolicyEnforcement(refUpdate);
 
-    try {
-      multiSiteRefUpdate.update();
-      fail("Expecting an IOException to be thrown");
-    } catch (IOException e) {
-      verify(validationMetrics, never()).incrementSplitBrainPrevention();
-    }
+    assertThrows(IOException.class, () -> multiSiteRefUpdate.update());
+    verify(validationMetrics, never()).incrementSplitBrainPrevention();
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -145,12 +137,8 @@
     MultiSiteRefUpdate multiSiteRefUpdate =
         getMultiSiteRefUpdateWithDefaultPolicyEnforcement(refUpdate);
 
-    try {
-      multiSiteRefUpdate.update();
-      fail("Expecting an IOException to be thrown");
-    } catch (IOException e) {
-      verify(validationMetrics).incrementSplitBrain();
-    }
+    assertThrows(IOException.class, () -> multiSiteRefUpdate.update());
+    verify(validationMetrics).incrementSplitBrain();
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -180,12 +168,8 @@
     MultiSiteRefUpdate multiSiteRefUpdate =
         getMultiSiteRefUpdateWithDefaultPolicyEnforcement(refUpdate);
 
-    try {
-      multiSiteRefUpdate.delete();
-      fail("Expecting an IOException to be thrown");
-    } catch (IOException e) {
-      verify(validationMetrics).incrementSplitBrainPrevention();
-    }
+    assertThrows(IOException.class, () -> multiSiteRefUpdate.delete());
+    verify(validationMetrics).incrementSplitBrainPrevention();
   }
 
   private MultiSiteRefUpdate getMultiSiteRefUpdateWithDefaultPolicyEnforcement(
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/ProjectVersionRefUpdateTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/ProjectVersionRefUpdateTest.java
index 7d38ac1..776fec8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/ProjectVersionRefUpdateTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/ProjectVersionRefUpdateTest.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.events.RefUpdatedEvent;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.project.ProjectConfig;
 import com.google.gerrit.testing.InMemoryRepositoryManager;
@@ -116,8 +116,7 @@
   @Test
   public void shouldNotUpdateProjectVersionWhenProjectDoesntExist() throws IOException {
     Context.setForwardedEvent(false);
-    when(refUpdatedEvent.getProjectNameKey())
-        .thenReturn(new Project.NameKey("aNonExistentProject"));
+    when(refUpdatedEvent.getProjectNameKey()).thenReturn(Project.nameKey("aNonExistentProject"));
     when(refUpdatedEvent.getRefName()).thenReturn(A_TEST_REF_NAME);
 
     new ProjectVersionRefUpdate(repoManager, sharedRefDb).onEvent(refUpdatedEvent);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/RefUpdateValidatorTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/RefUpdateValidatorTest.java
index a9968c4..eefb685 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/RefUpdateValidatorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/RefUpdateValidatorTest.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.SharedRefDatabaseWrapper;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.validation.dfsrefdb.DefaultSharedRefEnforcement;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.validation.dfsrefdb.RefFixture;
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/dfsrefdb/MultisiteReplicationPushFilterTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/dfsrefdb/MultisiteReplicationPushFilterTest.java
index e2de613..5242ae8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/dfsrefdb/MultisiteReplicationPushFilterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/dfsrefdb/MultisiteReplicationPushFilterTest.java
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 import com.gerritforge.gerrit.globalrefdb.GlobalRefDatabase;
 import com.gerritforge.gerrit.globalrefdb.GlobalRefDbLockException;
 import com.gerritforge.gerrit.globalrefdb.GlobalRefDbSystemError;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.registration.DynamicItem;
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.SharedRefDatabaseWrapper;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.validation.DisabledSharedRefLogger;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.validation.MultisiteReplicationPushFilter;
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
   @Mock SharedRefDatabaseWrapper sharedRefDatabaseMock;
 
   String project = "fooProject";
-  Project.NameKey projectName = new Project.NameKey(project);
+  Project.NameKey projectName = Project.nameKey(project);
 
   @Test
   public void shouldReturnAllRefUpdatesWhenAllUpToDate() throws Exception {
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/dfsrefdb/RefFixture.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/dfsrefdb/RefFixture.java
index 8ddbf5c..baba94b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/dfsrefdb/RefFixture.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/dfsrefdb/RefFixture.java
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.validation.dfsrefdb;
 
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.RefNames;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.RefNames;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectIdRef;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Ref;
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   static final String ALLOWED_NAME_CHARS =
       ALLOWED_CHARS + ALLOWED_CHARS.toUpperCase() + ALLOWED_DIGITS;
   static final String A_TEST_PROJECT_NAME = "A_TEST_PROJECT_NAME";
-  static final Project.NameKey A_TEST_PROJECT_NAME_KEY = new Project.NameKey(A_TEST_PROJECT_NAME);
+  static final Project.NameKey A_TEST_PROJECT_NAME_KEY = Project.nameKey(A_TEST_PROJECT_NAME);
   static final ObjectId AN_OBJECT_ID_1 = new ObjectId(1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
   static final ObjectId AN_OBJECT_ID_2 = new ObjectId(1, 2, 3, 4, 6);
   static final ObjectId AN_OBJECT_ID_3 = new ObjectId(1, 2, 3, 4, 7);