diff --git a/example-setup/broker/Dockerfile b/example-setup/broker/Dockerfile
index 67eecd9..d615273 100644
--- a/example-setup/broker/Dockerfile
+++ b/example-setup/broker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM gerritcodereview/gerrit:3.7.2-almalinux8
+FROM gerritcodereview/gerrit:3.8.1-almalinux9
 
 USER root
 
diff --git a/example-setup/http/Dockerfile b/example-setup/http/Dockerfile
index afadb4f..6f1d1f9 100644
--- a/example-setup/http/Dockerfile
+++ b/example-setup/http/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM gerritcodereview/gerrit:3.7.2-almalinux8
+FROM gerritcodereview/gerrit:3.8.1-almalinux9
 
 USER root
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/SourceConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/SourceConfiguration.java
index 0e840bd..0a22a5a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/SourceConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/SourceConfiguration.java
@@ -229,6 +229,11 @@
     return 0;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean replicateNoteDbMetaRefs() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
   public int getShutDownDrainTimeout() {
     return shutDownDrainTimeout;
   }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/ProjectDeletionActionIT.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/ProjectDeletionActionIT.java
index cf7515e..7c7846c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/ProjectDeletionActionIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/ProjectDeletionActionIT.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpRequestBase;
-import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class ProjectDeletionActionIT extends ActionITBase {
@@ -80,7 +79,6 @@
 
   @Test
   @GerritConfig(name = "gerrit.instanceId", value = "testInstanceId")
-  @Ignore("Failing in RestApiServlet: to be enabled again once that is fixed in core")
   public void shouldReturnBadRequestWhenDeletingAnInvalidProjectName() throws Exception {
     url = getURLWithAuthenticationPrefix(INVALID_TEST_PROJECT_NAME);