diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/refprotection/BackupRef.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/refprotection/BackupRef.java
index e4d7fc8..f32f597 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/refprotection/BackupRef.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/refprotection/BackupRef.java
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.refprotection;
 
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.annotations.PluginName;
-import com.google.gerrit.extensions.events.GitReferenceUpdatedListener.Event;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.AuthException;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.BadRequestException;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.ResourceConflictException;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.PluginConfigFactory;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.events.RefUpdatedEvent;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.git.GitRepositoryManager;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.project.CreateBranch;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.project.ProjectResource;
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     this.createBranchFactory = createBranchFactory;
   }
 
-  public void createBackup(Event event, ProjectResource project) {
+  public void createBackup(RefUpdatedEvent event, ProjectResource project) {
     String refName = event.getRefName();
     String backupRef = get(project, refName);
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 
     CreateBranch.Input input = new CreateBranch.Input();
     input.ref = backupRef;
-    input.revision = event.getOldObjectId();
+    input.revision = event.refUpdate.oldRev;
 
     try {
       createBranchFactory.create(backupRef).apply(project, input);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/refprotection/RefProtectionModule.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/refprotection/RefProtectionModule.java
index 48de79a..b2700c7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/refprotection/RefProtectionModule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/refprotection/RefProtectionModule.java
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@
  */
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.refprotection;
 
-import com.google.gerrit.extensions.events.GitReferenceUpdatedListener;
+import com.google.gerrit.common.EventListener;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.registration.DynamicSet;
 import com.google.inject.AbstractModule;
 
 public class RefProtectionModule extends AbstractModule {
   @Override
   protected void configure() {
-    DynamicSet.bind(binder(), GitReferenceUpdatedListener.class).to(
+    DynamicSet.bind(binder(), EventListener.class).to(
         RefUpdateListener.class);
     requestStaticInjection(BackupRef.class);
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/refprotection/RefUpdateListener.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/refprotection/RefUpdateListener.java
index cbaffad..0ca08f4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/refprotection/RefUpdateListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/refprotection/RefUpdateListener.java
@@ -27,10 +27,12 @@
 import static org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants.R_TAGS;
 
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.annotations.PluginName;
-import com.google.gerrit.extensions.events.GitReferenceUpdatedListener;
+import com.google.gerrit.common.EventListener;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.CurrentUser;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.PluginConfigFactory;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.events.Event;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.events.RefUpdatedEvent;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.git.GitRepositoryManager;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.project.NoSuchProjectException;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.project.ProjectControl;
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-class RefUpdateListener implements GitReferenceUpdatedListener {
+class RefUpdateListener implements EventListener {
 
   private static final Logger log =
       LoggerFactory.getLogger(RefUpdateListener.class);
@@ -76,18 +78,22 @@
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void onGitReferenceUpdated(final Event event) {
-    if ((protectDeleted || protectFastForward) && isRelevantRef(event)) {
-      Project.NameKey nameKey = new Project.NameKey(event.getProjectName());
-      try {
-        ProjectResource project =
-            new ProjectResource(projectControl.controlFor(nameKey, user));
-        if ((protectDeleted && isRefDeleted(event))
-            || (protectFastForward && isNonFastForwardUpdate(event, project))) {
-          backupRef.createBackup(event, project);
+  public void onEvent(Event event) {
+    if (event instanceof RefUpdatedEvent) {
+      RefUpdatedEvent refUpdate = (RefUpdatedEvent)event;
+      if ((protectDeleted || protectFastForward) && isRelevantRef(refUpdate)) {
+        Project.NameKey nameKey = refUpdate.getProjectNameKey();
+        try {
+          ProjectResource project =
+              new ProjectResource(projectControl.controlFor(nameKey, user));
+          if ((protectDeleted && isRefDeleted(refUpdate))
+              || (protectFastForward && isNonFastForwardUpdate(refUpdate,
+                  project))) {
+            backupRef.createBackup(refUpdate, project);
+          }
+        } catch (NoSuchProjectException | IOException e) {
+          log.error(e.getMessage(), e);
         }
-      } catch (NoSuchProjectException | IOException e) {
-        log.error(e.getMessage(), e);
       }
     }
   }
@@ -98,7 +104,7 @@
    * @param event the Event
    * @return True if relevant, otherwise False.
    */
-  private boolean isRelevantRef(Event event) {
+  private boolean isRelevantRef(RefUpdatedEvent event) {
     return (!isNewRef(event)) &&
            (event.getRefName().startsWith(R_HEADS)
             || event.getRefName().startsWith(R_TAGS));
@@ -110,8 +116,8 @@
    * @param event the Event
    * @return True if a new ref, otherwise False.
    */
-  private boolean isNewRef(Event event) {
-    return event.getOldObjectId().equals(ObjectId.zeroId().getName());
+  private boolean isNewRef(RefUpdatedEvent event) {
+    return event.refUpdate.oldRev.equals(ObjectId.zeroId().getName());
   }
 
   /**
@@ -120,11 +126,11 @@
    * @param event the Event
    * @return True if a ref deletion, otherwise False.
    */
-  private boolean isRefDeleted(Event event) {
-    if (event.getNewObjectId().equals(ObjectId.zeroId().getName())) {
+  private boolean isRefDeleted(RefUpdatedEvent event) {
+    if (event.refUpdate.newRev.equals(ObjectId.zeroId().getName())) {
       log.info(String.format(
           "Ref Deleted: project [%s] refname [%s] old object id [%s]",
-          event.getProjectName(), event.getRefName(), event.getOldObjectId()));
+          event.getProjectNameKey().toString(), event.getRefName(), event.refUpdate.oldRev));
       return true;
     }
     return false;
@@ -136,7 +142,7 @@
    * @param event the Event
    * @return True if a non-fast-forward update, otherwise False.
    */
-  private boolean isNonFastForwardUpdate(Event event, ProjectResource project)
+  private boolean isNonFastForwardUpdate(RefUpdatedEvent event, ProjectResource project)
       throws RepositoryNotFoundException, IOException {
     if (isRefDeleted(event)) {
       // Can't be non-fast-forward if the ref was deleted, and
@@ -146,9 +152,9 @@
     try (Repository repo = repoManager.openRepository(project.getNameKey())) {
       try (RevWalk walk = new RevWalk(repo)) {
         RevCommit oldCommit =
-            walk.parseCommit(repo.resolve(event.getOldObjectId()));
+            walk.parseCommit(repo.resolve(event.refUpdate.oldRev));
         RevCommit newCommit =
-            walk.parseCommit(repo.resolve(event.getNewObjectId()));
+            walk.parseCommit(repo.resolve(event.refUpdate.newRev));
         return !walk.isMergedInto(oldCommit, newCommit);
       }
     }