diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/PullReplicationIT.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/PullReplicationIT.java
index 62f42c3..187af3d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/PullReplicationIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/PullReplicationIT.java
@@ -397,6 +397,35 @@
         });
   }
 
+  @Test
+  @GerritConfig(name = "gerrit.instanceId", value = TEST_REPLICATION_REMOTE)
+  @GerritConfig(name = "container.replica", value = "true")
+  public void shouldReplicateNewChangeRefToReplica() throws Exception {
+    testRepo = cloneProject(createTestProject(project + TEST_REPLICATION_SUFFIX));
+
+    Result pushResult = createChange();
+    RevCommit sourceCommit = pushResult.getCommit();
+    String sourceRef = pushResult.getPatchSet().refName();
+
+    ReplicationQueue pullReplicationQueue = getInstance(ReplicationQueue.class);
+    GitReferenceUpdatedListener.Event event =
+        new FakeGitReferenceUpdatedEvent(
+            project,
+            sourceRef,
+            ObjectId.zeroId().getName(),
+            sourceCommit.getId().getName(),
+            ReceiveCommand.Type.CREATE);
+    pullReplicationQueue.onGitReferenceUpdated(event);
+
+    try (Repository repo = repoManager.openRepository(project)) {
+      waitUntil(() -> checkedGetRef(repo, sourceRef) != null);
+
+      Ref targetBranchRef = getRef(repo, sourceRef);
+      assertThat(targetBranchRef).isNotNull();
+      assertThat(targetBranchRef.getObjectId()).isEqualTo(sourceCommit.getId());
+    }
+  }
+
   private Ref getRef(Repository repo, String branchName) throws IOException {
     return repo.getRefDatabase().exactRef(branchName);
   }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/ActionITBase.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/ActionITBase.java
index 6691fdf..55ad15c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/ActionITBase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/ActionITBase.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     httpModule = "com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.pull.api.HttpModule")
 public abstract class ActionITBase extends LightweightPluginDaemonTest {
   protected static final Optional<String> ALL_PROJECTS = Optional.empty();
-  protected static final int TEST_REPLICATION_DELAY = 1;
+  protected static final int TEST_REPLICATION_DELAY = 60;
   protected static final String TEST_REPLICATION_SUFFIX = "suffix1";
   protected static final String TEST_REPLICATION_REMOTE = "remote1";
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/FetchActionIT.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/FetchActionIT.java
index 440de99..5634b2a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/FetchActionIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/FetchActionIT.java
@@ -42,24 +42,6 @@
 
   @Test
   @GerritConfig(name = "container.replica", value = "true")
-  public void shouldFetchRefAsyncWhenNodeIsAReplica() throws Exception {
-    String refName = createRef();
-    String sendObjectPayload =
-        "{\"label\":\""
-            + TEST_REPLICATION_REMOTE
-            + "\", \"ref_name\": \""
-            + refName
-            + "\", \"async\":true}";
-
-    httpClientFactory
-        .create(source)
-        .execute(
-            withBasicAuthenticationAsAdmin(createRequest(sendObjectPayload)),
-            assertHttpResponseCode(202));
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  @GerritConfig(name = "container.replica", value = "true")
   public void shouldFetchRefWhenNodeIsAReplicaAndProjectNameContainsSlash() throws Exception {
     NameKey projectName = Project.nameKey("test/repo");
     String refName = createRef(projectName);