diff --git a/external_plugin_deps.bzl b/external_plugin_deps.bzl
index 19b06b1..82cd5e8 100644
--- a/external_plugin_deps.bzl
+++ b/external_plugin_deps.bzl
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 def external_plugin_deps():
     maven_jar(
         name = "global-refdb",
-        artifact = "com.gerritforge:global-refdb:3.3.0-rc1",
-        sha1 = "1b005b31c27a30ff10de97f903fa2834051bcadf",
+        artifact = "com.gerritforge:global-refdb:3.3.1",
+        sha1 = "5df9dddad2fc67c922406f41549186b210cd957e",
     )
 
     maven_jar(
         name = "events-broker",
-        artifact = "com.gerritforge:events-broker:3.2.0-rc4",
-        sha1 = "53e3f862ac2c2196dba716756ac9586f4b63af47",
+        artifact = "com.gerritforge:events-broker:3.3.1",
+        sha1 = "90775e671946b20e52be3a11277d1ed33973d66e",
     )
diff --git a/setup_local_env/setup.sh b/setup_local_env/setup.sh
index d4718ba..f25281c 100755
--- a/setup_local_env/setup.sh
+++ b/setup_local_env/setup.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 
 SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
-GERRIT_BRANCH=stable-3.2
+GERRIT_BRANCH=stable-3.3
 GERRIT_CI=https://gerrit-ci.gerritforge.com/view/Plugins-$GERRIT_BRANCH/job
 LAST_BUILD=lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/bazel-bin/plugins
 EVENTS_BROKER_VER=`grep 'com.gerritforge:events-broker' $(dirname $0)/../external_plugin_deps.bzl | cut -d '"' -f 2 | cut -d ':' -f 3`
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/Configuration.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/Configuration.java
index d6fa749..81e1c12 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/Configuration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/Configuration.java
@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@
     projects = memoize(() -> new Projects(lazyMultiSiteCfg));
     sharedRefDb =
         memoize(
-            () -> new SharedRefDbConfiguration(enableSharedRefDbByDefault(lazyMultiSiteCfg.get())));
+            () ->
+                new SharedRefDbConfiguration(
+                    enableSharedRefDbByDefault(lazyMultiSiteCfg.get()), PLUGIN_NAME));
     broker = memoize(() -> new Broker(lazyMultiSiteCfg));
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/ValidationModule.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/ValidationModule.java
index 1d9d2c4..fe224ae 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/ValidationModule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/ValidationModule.java
@@ -29,10 +29,13 @@
 import com.gerritforge.gerrit.globalrefdb.validation.dfsrefdb.CustomSharedRefEnforcementByProject;
 import com.gerritforge.gerrit.globalrefdb.validation.dfsrefdb.DefaultSharedRefEnforcement;
 import com.gerritforge.gerrit.globalrefdb.validation.dfsrefdb.SharedRefEnforcement;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.config.FactoryModule;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.registration.DynamicItem;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.git.GitRepositoryManager;
 import com.google.inject.Scopes;
+import com.google.inject.TypeLiteral;
+import com.google.inject.name.Names;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.Configuration;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.Log4jProjectVersionLogger;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.ProjectVersionLogger;
@@ -63,6 +66,12 @@
     factory(BatchRefUpdateValidator.Factory.class);
 
     bind(SharedRefDbConfiguration.class).toInstance(cfg.getSharedRefDbConfiguration());
+    bind(new TypeLiteral<ImmutableSet<String>>() {})
+        .annotatedWith(Names.named(SharedRefDbGitRepositoryManager.IGNORED_REFS))
+        .toInstance(
+            ImmutableSet.of(
+                ProjectVersionRefUpdate.MULTI_SITE_VERSIONING_REF,
+                ProjectVersionRefUpdate.MULTI_SITE_VERSIONING_VALUE_REF));
     bind(GitRepositoryManager.class).to(SharedRefDbGitRepositoryManager.class);
     DynamicItem.bind(binder(), ReplicationPushFilter.class)
         .to(MultisiteReplicationPushFilter.class);