diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/simplesubmitrules/config/ConfigServlet.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/simplesubmitrules/config/ConfigServlet.java
index cb46c94..a663fd6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/simplesubmitrules/config/ConfigServlet.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/simplesubmitrules/config/ConfigServlet.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
       ProjectConfig projectConfig = projectConfigFactory.read(md);
       configTranslator.applyTo(inConfig, projectConfig);
       projectConfig.commit(md);
-      projectCache.evict(projectName);
+      projectCache.evictAndReindex(projectName);
     }
 
     ProjectState projectState =