diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/AutoReloadSecureCredentialsFactoryDecorator.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/AutoReloadSecureCredentialsFactoryDecorator.java
index 29a7ee6..98f364d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/AutoReloadSecureCredentialsFactoryDecorator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/AutoReloadSecureCredentialsFactoryDecorator.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.ConfigInvalidException;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.CredentialsProvider;
 
 public class AutoReloadSecureCredentialsFactoryDecorator implements CredentialsFactory {
   private static final FluentLogger logger = FluentLogger.forEnclosingClass();
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@
   }
 
   @Override
-  public SecureCredentialsProvider create(String remoteName) {
+  public CredentialsProvider create(String remoteName) {
     try {
       if (needsReload()) {
         secureCredentialsFactory.compareAndSet(
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/CredentialsFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/CredentialsFactory.java
index 10719c1..3bb64ab 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/CredentialsFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/CredentialsFactory.java
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication;
 
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.CredentialsProvider;
+
 public interface CredentialsFactory {
 
-  SecureCredentialsProvider create(String remoteName);
+  CredentialsProvider create(String remoteName);
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/GerritRestApi.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/GerritRestApi.java
index cb05bca..91fe20a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/GerritRestApi.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/GerritRestApi.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.BasicCredentialsProvider;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
 import org.apache.http.message.BasicHeader;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.CredentialItem;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.RemoteConfig;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.URIish;
 
@@ -101,13 +102,23 @@
 
   private HttpClientContext getContext() {
     HttpClientContext ctx = HttpClientContext.create();
-    CredentialsProvider cp = new BasicCredentialsProvider();
-    SecureCredentialsProvider scp = credentials.create(remoteConfig.getName());
-    cp.setCredentials(AuthScope.ANY, new UsernamePasswordCredentials(scp.getUser(), scp.getPass()));
-    ctx.setCredentialsProvider(cp);
+    ctx.setCredentialsProvider(adapt(credentials.create(remoteConfig.getName())));
     return ctx;
   }
 
+  private CredentialsProvider adapt(org.eclipse.jgit.transport.CredentialsProvider cp) {
+    CredentialItem.Username user = new CredentialItem.Username();
+    CredentialItem.Password pass = new CredentialItem.Password();
+    if (cp.supports(user, pass) && cp.get(uri, user, pass)) {
+      CredentialsProvider adapted = new BasicCredentialsProvider();
+      adapted.setCredentials(
+          AuthScope.ANY,
+          new UsernamePasswordCredentials(user.getValue(), new String(pass.getValue())));
+      return adapted;
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
   private static String toHttpUri(URIish uri) {
     String u = uri.toString();
     if (u.startsWith(GERRIT_ADMIN_PROTOCOL_PREFIX)) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/SecureCredentialsProvider.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/SecureCredentialsProvider.java
index 691cc4e..c4294a9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/SecureCredentialsProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/SecureCredentialsProvider.java
@@ -77,12 +77,4 @@
     }
     return true;
   }
-
-  public String getUser() {
-    return cfgUser;
-  }
-
-  public String getPass() {
-    return cfgPass;
-  }
 }