diff --git a/external_plugin_deps.bzl b/external_plugin_deps.bzl
index 9cbb332..fee8aca 100644
--- a/external_plugin_deps.bzl
+++ b/external_plugin_deps.bzl
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
 
     maven_jar(
         name = "events-broker",
-        artifact = "com.gerritforge:events-broker:3.1.4",
-        sha1 = "5672908dde0bd02cabc95efe34a8d8507d44b6ac",
+        artifact = "com.gerritforge:events-broker:3.2.0-rc4",
+        sha1 = "53e3f862ac2c2196dba716756ac9586f4b63af47",
     )
diff --git a/setup_local_env/setup.sh b/setup_local_env/setup.sh
index 7615ca0..84037ad 100755
--- a/setup_local_env/setup.sh
+++ b/setup_local_env/setup.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 
 SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
-GERRIT_BRANCH=stable-3.1
+GERRIT_BRANCH=stable-3.2
 GERRIT_CI=https://gerrit-ci.gerritforge.com/view/Plugins-$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`
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@
 fi
 if [ $DOWNLOAD_WEBSESSION_PLUGIN = "true" ];then
   echo "Downloading websession-broker plugin $GERRIT_BRANCH"
-  wget $GERRIT_CI/plugin-websession-broker-bazel-$GERRIT_BRANCH/$LAST_BUILD/websession-broker/websession-broker.jar \
+  wget $GERRIT_CI/plugin-websession-broker-bazel-master-$GERRIT_BRANCH/$LAST_BUILD/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 $GERRIT_CI/plugin-healthcheck-bazel-$GERRIT_BRANCH/$LAST_BUILD/healthcheck/healthcheck.jar \
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 b56f2ea..ddf9d84 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/SharedRefDatabaseWrapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/SharedRefDatabaseWrapper.java
@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.registration.DynamicItem;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
+import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.validation.dfsrefdb.NoopSharedRefDatabase;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Ref;
 
 public class SharedRefDatabaseWrapper implements GlobalRefDatabase {
+  private static final GlobalRefDatabase NOOP_REFDB = new NoopSharedRefDatabase();
 
   @Inject(optional = true)
   private DynamicItem<GlobalRefDatabase> sharedRefDbDynamicItem;
@@ -95,6 +97,6 @@
   }
 
   private GlobalRefDatabase sharedRefDb() {
-    return sharedRefDbDynamicItem.get();
+    return Optional.ofNullable(sharedRefDbDynamicItem).map(di -> di.get()).orElse(NOOP_REFDB);
   }
 }
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 32b8af3..15b1e09 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
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
   @Override
   public Optional<ChangeNotes> getChangeNotes() {
     try (ManualRequestContext ctx = oneOffReqCtx.open()) {
-      this.changeNotes = Optional.ofNullable(changeFinder.findOne(changeId));
+      this.changeNotes = changeFinder.findOne(changeId);
       return changeNotes;
     }
   }
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 548ccc0..d9851f3 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
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@
 
   @Override
   public boolean isProjectUpToDate(Project.NameKey projectName) {
-    return projectCache.get(projectName) != null;
+    return projectCache.get(projectName).isPresent();
   }
 }
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 dcc9030..89c6792 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
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@
   }
 
   protected Ref getCurrentRef(String refName) throws IOException {
-    return MoreObjects.firstNonNull(refDb.getRef(refName), nullRef(refName));
+    return MoreObjects.firstNonNull(refDb.findRef(refName), nullRef(refName));
   }
 
   public static class CloseableSet<T extends AutoCloseable> implements AutoCloseable {
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 481d288..4a34b7a 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
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.validation;
 
-import com.google.common.flogger.FluentLogger;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.config.FactoryModule;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.registration.DynamicItem;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.git.GitRepositoryManager;
@@ -33,8 +32,6 @@
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.ReplicationPushFilter;
 
 public class ValidationModule extends FactoryModule {
-  private static final FluentLogger logger = FluentLogger.forEnclosingClass();
-
   private final Configuration cfg;
 
   public ValidationModule(Configuration cfg) {
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 747da79..90ae8da 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
@@ -15,11 +15,10 @@
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.forwarder;
 
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.doAnswer;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 
 import com.google.common.cache.Cache;
+import com.google.common.cache.CacheBuilder;
 import com.google.gerrit.entities.Account;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.registration.DynamicMap;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.cache.Constants;
@@ -30,19 +29,19 @@
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnitRunner;
-import org.mockito.stubbing.Answer;
 
 @RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
 public class ForwardedCacheEvictionHandlerTest {
 
   @Rule public ExpectedException exception = ExpectedException.none();
   @Mock private DynamicMap<Cache<?, ?>> cacheMapMock;
-  @Mock private Cache<?, ?> cacheMock;
+  private Cache<Object, Object> cacheUnderTest;
   private ForwardedCacheEvictionHandler handler;
 
   @Before
   public void setUp() throws Exception {
     handler = new ForwardedCacheEvictionHandler(cacheMapMock);
+    cacheUnderTest = CacheBuilder.newBuilder().build();
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -58,65 +57,22 @@
   @Test
   public void testSuccessfulCacheEviction() throws Exception {
     CacheEntry entry = new CacheEntry(Constants.GERRIT, Constants.ACCOUNTS, Account.id(123));
-    doReturn(cacheMock).when(cacheMapMock).get(entry.getPluginName(), entry.getCacheName());
+    cacheUnderTest.put(entry.getKey(), new Object());
+    doReturn(cacheUnderTest).when(cacheMapMock).get(entry.getPluginName(), entry.getCacheName());
 
     handler.evict(entry);
-    verify(cacheMock).invalidate(entry.getKey());
+    assertThat(cacheUnderTest.getIfPresent(entry.getKey())).isNull();
   }
 
   @Test
   public void testSuccessfulProjectListCacheEviction() throws Exception {
     CacheEntry entry = new CacheEntry(Constants.GERRIT, Constants.PROJECT_LIST, null);
-    doReturn(cacheMock).when(cacheMapMock).get(entry.getPluginName(), entry.getCacheName());
+    cacheUnderTest.put("foo", new Object());
+    cacheUnderTest.put("bar", new Object());
+    doReturn(cacheUnderTest).when(cacheMapMock).get(entry.getPluginName(), entry.getCacheName());
 
     handler.evict(entry);
-    verify(cacheMock).invalidateAll();
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void shouldSetAndUnsetForwardedContext() throws Exception {
-    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
-    // while cache eviction is called.
-    doAnswer(
-            (Answer<Void>)
-                invocation -> {
-                  assertThat(Context.isForwardedEvent()).isTrue();
-                  return null;
-                })
-        .when(cacheMock)
-        .invalidate(entry.getKey());
-
-    assertThat(Context.isForwardedEvent()).isFalse();
-    handler.evict(entry);
-    assertThat(Context.isForwardedEvent()).isFalse();
-
-    verify(cacheMock).invalidate(entry.getKey());
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void shouldSetAndUnsetForwardedContextEvenIfExceptionIsThrown() throws Exception {
-    CacheEntry entry = new CacheEntry(Constants.GERRIT, Constants.ACCOUNTS, Account.id(789));
-    doReturn(cacheMock).when(cacheMapMock).get(entry.getPluginName(), entry.getCacheName());
-
-    doAnswer(
-            (Answer<Void>)
-                invocation -> {
-                  assertThat(Context.isForwardedEvent()).isTrue();
-                  throw new RuntimeException();
-                })
-        .when(cacheMock)
-        .invalidate(entry.getKey());
-
-    assertThat(Context.isForwardedEvent()).isFalse();
-    try {
-      handler.evict(entry);
-    } catch (RuntimeException e) {
-    }
-    assertThat(Context.isForwardedEvent()).isFalse();
-
-    verify(cacheMock).invalidate(entry.getKey());
+    assertThat(cacheUnderTest.getIfPresent("foo")).isNull();
+    assertThat(cacheUnderTest.getIfPresent("bar")).isNull();
   }
 }
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 9e75c8f..d9e5c07 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
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void newUpdateShouldIncreaseRefUpdateFailureCountWhenFailing() throws IOException {
+  public void newUpdateShouldIncreaseRefUpdateFailureCountWhenFailing() {
 
     doReturn(false).when(sharedRefDb).isUpToDate(A_TEST_PROJECT_NAME_KEY, oldRef);
 
@@ -106,8 +106,7 @@
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void newUpdateShouldNotIncreaseSplitBrainPreventedCounterIfFailingSharedDbPostUpdate()
-      throws IOException {
+  public void newUpdateShouldNotIncreaseSplitBrainPreventedCounterIfFailingSharedDbPostUpdate() {
 
     doReturn(true).when(sharedRefDb).isUpToDate(A_TEST_PROJECT_NAME_KEY, oldRef);
     doReturn(false)
@@ -124,8 +123,7 @@
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void newUpdateShouldtIncreaseSplitBrainCounterIfFailingSharedDbPostUpdate()
-      throws IOException {
+  public void newUpdateShouldtIncreaseSplitBrainCounterIfFailingSharedDbPostUpdate() {
 
     doReturn(true).when(sharedRefDb).isUpToDate(A_TEST_PROJECT_NAME_KEY, oldRef);
     doReturn(false)
@@ -159,7 +157,7 @@
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void deleteShouldIncreaseRefUpdateFailureCountWhenFailing() throws IOException {
+  public void deleteShouldIncreaseRefUpdateFailureCountWhenFailing() {
 
     doReturn(false).when(sharedRefDb).isUpToDate(A_TEST_PROJECT_NAME_KEY, oldRef);
 
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 eefb685..3f4d1bb 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
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.SharedRefDatabaseWrapper;
+import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.SharedRefLogger;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.validation.dfsrefdb.DefaultSharedRefEnforcement;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.validation.dfsrefdb.RefFixture;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.validation.dfsrefdb.SharedDbSplitBrainException;
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@
 
   @Mock SharedRefDatabaseWrapper sharedRefDb;
 
+  @Mock SharedRefLogger sharedRefLogger;
+
   @Mock RefDatabase localRefDb;
 
   @Mock ValidationMetrics validationMetrics;
@@ -64,21 +67,24 @@
     newUpdateRef = newRef(refName, AN_OBJECT_ID_2);
     localRef = newRef(refName, AN_OBJECT_ID_3);
 
-    doReturn(localRef).when(localRefDb).getRef(refName);
+    doReturn(localRef).when(localRefDb).findRef(refName);
     doReturn(localRef).when(localRefDb).exactRef(refName);
     doReturn(oldUpdateRef).when(refUpdate).getRef();
     doReturn(newUpdateRef.getObjectId()).when(refUpdate).getNewObjectId();
     doReturn(refName).when(refUpdate).getName();
     lenient().doReturn(oldUpdateRef.getObjectId()).when(refUpdate).getOldObjectId();
 
-    refUpdateValidator =
-        new RefUpdateValidator(
-            sharedRefDb,
-            validationMetrics,
-            defaultRefEnforcement,
-            new DummyLockWrapper(),
-            A_TEST_PROJECT_NAME,
-            localRefDb);
+    refUpdateValidator = newRefUpdateValidator(sharedRefDb);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void validationShouldSucceedWhenSharedRefDbIsNoop() throws Exception {
+    SharedRefDatabaseWrapper noopSharedRefDbWrapper = new SharedRefDatabaseWrapper(sharedRefLogger);
+
+    Result result =
+        newRefUpdateValidator(noopSharedRefDbWrapper)
+            .executeRefUpdate(refUpdate, () -> RefUpdate.Result.NEW);
+    assertThat(result).isEqualTo(RefUpdate.Result.NEW);
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -112,7 +118,7 @@
     doReturn(true)
         .when(sharedRefDb)
         .compareAndPut(A_TEST_PROJECT_NAME_KEY, localRef, ObjectId.zeroId());
-    doReturn(localRef).doReturn(null).when(localRefDb).getRef(refName);
+    doReturn(localRef).doReturn(null).when(localRefDb).findRef(refName);
 
     Result result = refUpdateValidator.executeRefUpdate(refUpdate, () -> RefUpdate.Result.FORCED);
 
@@ -131,7 +137,7 @@
     doReturn(true)
         .when(sharedRefDb)
         .compareAndPut(A_TEST_PROJECT_NAME_KEY, localNullRef, newUpdateRef.getObjectId());
-    doReturn(localNullRef).doReturn(newUpdateRef).when(localRefDb).getRef(refName);
+    doReturn(localNullRef).doReturn(newUpdateRef).when(localRefDb).findRef(refName);
 
     Result result = refUpdateValidator.executeRefUpdate(refUpdate, () -> RefUpdate.Result.NEW);
 
@@ -186,4 +192,14 @@
         .compareAndPut(any(Project.NameKey.class), any(Ref.class), any(ObjectId.class));
     assertThat(result).isEqualTo(RefUpdate.Result.LOCK_FAILURE);
   }
+
+  private RefUpdateValidator newRefUpdateValidator(SharedRefDatabaseWrapper refDbWrapper) {
+    return new RefUpdateValidator(
+        refDbWrapper,
+        validationMetrics,
+        defaultRefEnforcement,
+        new DummyLockWrapper(),
+        A_TEST_PROJECT_NAME,
+        localRefDb);
+  }
 }
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 7e4593b..f2b57a1 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
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
   private TestRepository<InMemoryRepository> repo;
 
   @Before
-  public void setUp() throws Exception {
+  public void setupTestRepo() throws Exception {
     InMemoryRepository inMemoryRepo =
         gitRepositoryManager.createRepository(A_TEST_PROJECT_NAME_KEY);
     repo = new TestRepository<>(inMemoryRepo);