diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/LocalGitRepositoryManagerProvider.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/LocalGitRepositoryManagerProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea8aa00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/LocalGitRepositoryManagerProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2022 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.replication.pull;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
+import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
+import com.google.gerrit.common.Nullable;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.git.GitRepositoryManager;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.git.LocalDiskRepositoryManager;
+import com.google.inject.Inject;
+import com.google.inject.Provider;
+import com.google.inject.Singleton;
+import com.google.inject.name.Named;
+
+@Singleton
+public class LocalGitRepositoryManagerProvider implements Provider<GitRepositoryManager> {
+
+  @Inject(optional = true)
+  @Named("LocalDiskRepositoryManager")
+  @Nullable
+  private GitRepositoryManager gitRepositoryManager;
+
+  private final LocalDiskRepositoryManager localDiskRepositoryManager;
+
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  @Inject
+  public LocalGitRepositoryManagerProvider(LocalDiskRepositoryManager localDiskRepositoryManager) {
+    this.localDiskRepositoryManager = localDiskRepositoryManager;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public GitRepositoryManager get() {
+    return MoreObjects.firstNonNull(gitRepositoryManager, localDiskRepositoryManager);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/DeleteRefCommand.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/DeleteRefCommand.java
index 2a3a79d..40e03f1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/DeleteRefCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/DeleteRefCommand.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.ResourceNotFoundException;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.RestApiException;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.events.EventDispatcher;
-import com.google.gerrit.server.git.LocalDiskRepositoryManager;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.git.GitRepositoryManager;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.permissions.PermissionBackend;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.permissions.PermissionBackendException;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.permissions.RefPermission;
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.pull.Context;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.pull.FetchRefReplicatedEvent;
+import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.pull.LocalGitRepositoryManagerProvider;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.pull.PullReplicationStateLogger;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.pull.ReplicationState;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.pull.fetch.ApplyObject;
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@
   private final DynamicItem<EventDispatcher> eventDispatcher;
   private final ProjectCache projectCache;
   private final PermissionBackend permissionBackend;
-  private final LocalDiskRepositoryManager gitManager;
+  private final GitRepositoryManager gitManager;
 
   @Inject
   public DeleteRefCommand(
@@ -58,13 +59,13 @@
       ApplyObject applyObject,
       PermissionBackend permissionBackend,
       DynamicItem<EventDispatcher> eventDispatcher,
-      LocalDiskRepositoryManager gitManager) {
+      LocalGitRepositoryManagerProvider gitManagerProvider) {
     this.fetchStateLog = fetchStateLog;
     this.projectCache = projectCache;
     this.applyObject = applyObject;
     this.eventDispatcher = eventDispatcher;
     this.permissionBackend = permissionBackend;
-    this.gitManager = gitManager;
+    this.gitManager = gitManagerProvider.get();
   }
 
   public void deleteRef(Project.NameKey name, String refName, String sourceLabel)
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/fetch/ApplyObject.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/fetch/ApplyObject.java
index 2bb1caf..36356e9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/fetch/ApplyObject.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/fetch/ApplyObject.java
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.pull.fetch;
 
 import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
-import com.google.gerrit.server.git.LocalDiskRepositoryManager;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.git.GitRepositoryManager;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
+import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.pull.LocalGitRepositoryManagerProvider;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.pull.api.data.RevisionData;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.pull.api.data.RevisionObjectData;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.pull.api.exception.MissingParentObjectException;
@@ -30,15 +31,15 @@
 
 public class ApplyObject {
 
-  private final LocalDiskRepositoryManager gitManager;
+  private final GitRepositoryManager gitManager;
 
-  // NOTE: We do need specifically the LocalDiskRepositoryManager to make sure
+  // NOTE: We do need specifically the local GitRepositoryManager to make sure
   // to be able to write onto the directly physical repository without any wrapper.
   // Using for instance the multi-site wrapper injected by Guice would result
   // in a split-brain because of the misalignment of local vs. global refs values.
   @Inject
-  public ApplyObject(LocalDiskRepositoryManager gitManager) {
-    this.gitManager = gitManager;
+  public ApplyObject(LocalGitRepositoryManagerProvider gitManagerProvider) {
+    this.gitManager = gitManagerProvider.get();
   }
 
   public RefUpdateState apply(Project.NameKey name, RefSpec refSpec, RevisionData[] revisionsData)
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/DeleteRefCommandTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/DeleteRefCommandTest.java
index 4415a4b..eb4d322 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/DeleteRefCommandTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/DeleteRefCommandTest.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.server.project.ProjectCache;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.project.ProjectState;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.pull.FetchRefReplicatedEvent;
+import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.pull.LocalGitRepositoryManagerProvider;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.pull.PullReplicationStateLogger;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.pull.fetch.ApplyObject;
 import java.util.Optional;
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@
             applyObject,
             permissionBackend,
             eventDispatcherDataItem,
-            gitManager);
+            new LocalGitRepositoryManagerProvider(gitManager));
   }
 
   @Test