diff --git a/apps/foo/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/foo/SimpleNettyClient.java b/apps/foo/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/foo/SimpleNettyClient.java
index 6f77924..a14c568 100644
--- a/apps/foo/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/foo/SimpleNettyClient.java
+++ b/apps/foo/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/foo/SimpleNettyClient.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@
 import org.onlab.metrics.MetricsManager;
 import org.onlab.netty.Endpoint;
 import org.onlab.netty.NettyMessagingService;
-import org.onlab.netty.Response;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -74,10 +74,10 @@
 
         for (int i = 0; i < warmup; i++) {
             messaging.sendAsync(endpoint, "simple", "Hello World".getBytes());
-            Response response = messaging
+            Future<byte[]> responseFuture = messaging
                     .sendAndReceive(endpoint, "echo",
                             "Hello World".getBytes());
-            response.get(100000, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+            responseFuture.get(100000, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
         }
 
         log.info("measuring round-trip send & receive");
@@ -85,13 +85,13 @@
         int timeouts = 0;
 
         for (int i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
-            Response response;
+            Future<byte[]> responseFuture;
             Timer.Context context = sendAndReceiveTimer.time();
             try {
-                response = messaging
+                responseFuture = messaging
                         .sendAndReceive(endpoint, "echo",
                                 "Hello World".getBytes());
-                response.get(10000, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+                responseFuture.get(10000, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
             } catch (TimeoutException e) {
                 timeouts++;
                 log.info("timeout:" + timeouts + " at iteration:" + i);
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/cluster/messaging/ClusterCommunicationService.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/cluster/messaging/ClusterCommunicationService.java
index 6fc150c..2cff64a 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/cluster/messaging/ClusterCommunicationService.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/cluster/messaging/ClusterCommunicationService.java
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 import org.onlab.onos.cluster.NodeId;
 
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
+
 // TODO: remove IOExceptions?
 /**
  * Service for assisting communications between controller cluster nodes.
@@ -40,10 +42,10 @@
      * Sends a message synchronously.
      * @param message message to send
      * @param toNodeId recipient node identifier
-     * @return ClusterMessageResponse which is reply future.
+     * @return reply future.
      * @throws IOException
      */
-    ClusterMessageResponse sendAndReceive(ClusterMessage message, NodeId toNodeId) throws IOException;
+    ListenableFuture<byte[]> sendAndReceive(ClusterMessage message, NodeId toNodeId) throws IOException;
 
     /**
      * Adds a new subscriber for the specified message subject.
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/cluster/messaging/ClusterMessageResponse.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/cluster/messaging/ClusterMessageResponse.java
deleted file mode 100644
index d2a0039..0000000
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/cluster/messaging/ClusterMessageResponse.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-package org.onlab.onos.store.cluster.messaging;
-
-import java.util.concurrent.Future;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
-
-import org.onlab.onos.cluster.NodeId;
-
-public interface ClusterMessageResponse extends Future<byte[]> {
-
-    public NodeId sender();
-
-    // TODO InterruptedException, ExecutionException removed from original
-    // Future declaration. Revisit if we ever need those.
-    @Override
-    public byte[] get(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) throws TimeoutException;
-
-}
diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/cluster/messaging/impl/ClusterCommunicationManager.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/cluster/messaging/impl/ClusterCommunicationManager.java
index b2f679c..d8e5fab 100644
--- a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/cluster/messaging/impl/ClusterCommunicationManager.java
+++ b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/cluster/messaging/impl/ClusterCommunicationManager.java
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
+
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Activate;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Component;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Deactivate;
@@ -20,7 +18,6 @@
 import org.onlab.onos.store.cluster.messaging.ClusterCommunicationService;
 import org.onlab.onos.store.cluster.messaging.ClusterMessage;
 import org.onlab.onos.store.cluster.messaging.ClusterMessageHandler;
-import org.onlab.onos.store.cluster.messaging.ClusterMessageResponse;
 import org.onlab.onos.store.cluster.messaging.MessageSubject;
 import org.onlab.onos.store.serializers.ClusterMessageSerializer;
 import org.onlab.onos.store.serializers.KryoNamespaces;
@@ -32,10 +29,11 @@
 import org.onlab.netty.MessageHandler;
 import org.onlab.netty.MessagingService;
 import org.onlab.netty.NettyMessagingService;
-import org.onlab.netty.Response;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
+
 @Component(immediate = true)
 @Service
 public class ClusterCommunicationManager
@@ -133,14 +131,12 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public ClusterMessageResponse sendAndReceive(ClusterMessage message, NodeId toNodeId) throws IOException {
+    public ListenableFuture<byte[]> sendAndReceive(ClusterMessage message, NodeId toNodeId) throws IOException {
         ControllerNode node = clusterService.getNode(toNodeId);
         checkArgument(node != null, "Unknown nodeId: %s", toNodeId);
         Endpoint nodeEp = new Endpoint(node.ip().toString(), node.tcpPort());
         try {
-            Response responseFuture =
-                    messagingService.sendAndReceive(nodeEp, message.subject().value(), SERIALIZER.encode(message));
-            return new InternalClusterMessageResponse(toNodeId, responseFuture);
+            return messagingService.sendAndReceive(nodeEp, message.subject().value(), SERIALIZER.encode(message));
 
         } catch (IOException e) {
             log.error("Failed interaction with remote nodeId: " + toNodeId, e);
@@ -188,60 +184,4 @@
             rawMessage.respond(response);
         }
     }
-
-    private static final class InternalClusterMessageResponse
-        implements ClusterMessageResponse {
-
-        private final NodeId sender;
-        private final Response responseFuture;
-        private volatile boolean isCancelled = false;
-        private volatile boolean isDone = false;
-
-        public InternalClusterMessageResponse(NodeId sender, Response responseFuture) {
-            this.sender = sender;
-            this.responseFuture = responseFuture;
-        }
-        @Override
-        public NodeId sender() {
-            return sender;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public byte[] get(long timeout, TimeUnit timeunit)
-                throws TimeoutException {
-            final byte[] result = responseFuture.get(timeout, timeunit);
-            isDone = true;
-            return result;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public boolean cancel(boolean mayInterruptIfRunning) {
-            if (isDone()) {
-                return false;
-            }
-            // doing nothing for now
-            // when onlab.netty Response support cancel, call them.
-            isCancelled = true;
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public boolean isCancelled() {
-            return isCancelled;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public boolean isDone() {
-            return this.isDone || isCancelled();
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public byte[] get() throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException {
-            // TODO: consider forbidding this call and force the use of timed get
-            //       to enforce handling of remote peer failure scenario
-            final byte[] result = responseFuture.get();
-            isDone = true;
-            return result;
-        }
-    }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/flow/impl/DistributedFlowRuleStore.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/flow/impl/DistributedFlowRuleStore.java
index a737868..dbd2688 100644
--- a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/flow/impl/DistributedFlowRuleStore.java
+++ b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/flow/impl/DistributedFlowRuleStore.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
@@ -49,7 +50,6 @@
 import org.onlab.onos.store.cluster.messaging.ClusterCommunicationService;
 import org.onlab.onos.store.cluster.messaging.ClusterMessage;
 import org.onlab.onos.store.cluster.messaging.ClusterMessageHandler;
-import org.onlab.onos.store.cluster.messaging.ClusterMessageResponse;
 import org.onlab.onos.store.flow.ReplicaInfo;
 import org.onlab.onos.store.flow.ReplicaInfoService;
 import org.onlab.onos.store.serializers.DistributedStoreSerializers;
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 import org.onlab.util.KryoNamespace;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
+import com.google.common.base.Function;
 import com.google.common.collect.ArrayListMultimap;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
@@ -213,9 +214,9 @@
                 SERIALIZER.encode(rule));
 
         try {
-            ClusterMessageResponse response = clusterCommunicator.sendAndReceive(message, replicaInfo.master().get());
-            return SERIALIZER.decode(response.get(FLOW_RULE_STORE_TIMEOUT_MILLIS, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS));
-        } catch (IOException | TimeoutException e) {
+            Future<byte[]> responseFuture = clusterCommunicator.sendAndReceive(message, replicaInfo.master().get());
+            return SERIALIZER.decode(responseFuture.get(FLOW_RULE_STORE_TIMEOUT_MILLIS, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS));
+        } catch (IOException | TimeoutException | ExecutionException | InterruptedException e) {
             // FIXME: throw a FlowStoreException
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
@@ -247,9 +248,9 @@
                 SERIALIZER.encode(deviceId));
 
         try {
-            ClusterMessageResponse response = clusterCommunicator.sendAndReceive(message, replicaInfo.master().get());
-            return SERIALIZER.decode(response.get(FLOW_RULE_STORE_TIMEOUT_MILLIS, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS));
-        } catch (IOException | TimeoutException e) {
+            Future<byte[]> responseFuture = clusterCommunicator.sendAndReceive(message, replicaInfo.master().get());
+            return SERIALIZER.decode(responseFuture.get(FLOW_RULE_STORE_TIMEOUT_MILLIS, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS));
+        } catch (IOException | TimeoutException | ExecutionException | InterruptedException e) {
             // FIXME: throw a FlowStoreException
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
@@ -291,14 +292,17 @@
                 SERIALIZER.encode(operation));
 
         try {
-            ClusterMessageResponse response = clusterCommunicator.sendAndReceive(message, replicaInfo.master().get());
-            response.get(FLOW_RULE_STORE_TIMEOUT_MILLIS, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
-        } catch (IOException | TimeoutException e) {
-            // FIXME: throw a FlowStoreException
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            ListenableFuture<byte[]> responseFuture =
+                    clusterCommunicator.sendAndReceive(message, replicaInfo.master().get());
+            return Futures.transform(responseFuture, new Function<byte[], CompletedBatchOperation>() {
+                @Override
+                public CompletedBatchOperation apply(byte[] input) {
+                    return SERIALIZER.decode(input);
+                }
+            });
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            return Futures.immediateFailedFuture(e);
         }
-
-        return null;
     }
 
     private ListenableFuture<CompletedBatchOperation> storeBatchInternal(FlowRuleBatchOperation operation) {
diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/statistic/impl/DistributedStatisticStore.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/statistic/impl/DistributedStatisticStore.java
index 273e3cc..7106aef 100644
--- a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/statistic/impl/DistributedStatisticStore.java
+++ b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/statistic/impl/DistributedStatisticStore.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Activate;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Component;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Deactivate;
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@
 import org.onlab.onos.store.cluster.messaging.ClusterCommunicationService;
 import org.onlab.onos.store.cluster.messaging.ClusterMessage;
 import org.onlab.onos.store.cluster.messaging.ClusterMessageHandler;
-import org.onlab.onos.store.cluster.messaging.ClusterMessageResponse;
 import org.onlab.onos.store.flow.ReplicaInfo;
 import org.onlab.onos.store.flow.ReplicaInfoService;
 import org.onlab.onos.store.serializers.KryoNamespaces;
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
@@ -184,11 +186,11 @@
                     SERIALIZER.encode(connectPoint));
 
             try {
-                ClusterMessageResponse response =
+                Future<byte[]> response =
                         clusterCommunicator.sendAndReceive(message, replicaInfo.master().get());
                 return SERIALIZER.decode(response.get(STATISTIC_STORE_TIMEOUT_MILLIS,
                                                       TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS));
-            } catch (IOException | TimeoutException e) {
+            } catch (IOException | TimeoutException | ExecutionException | InterruptedException e) {
                 // FIXME: throw a StatsStoreException
                 throw new RuntimeException(e);
             }
@@ -212,11 +214,11 @@
                     SERIALIZER.encode(connectPoint));
 
             try {
-                ClusterMessageResponse response =
+                Future<byte[]> response =
                         clusterCommunicator.sendAndReceive(message, replicaInfo.master().get());
                 return SERIALIZER.decode(response.get(STATISTIC_STORE_TIMEOUT_MILLIS,
                                                       TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS));
-            } catch (IOException | TimeoutException e) {
+            } catch (IOException | TimeoutException | ExecutionException | InterruptedException e) {
                 // FIXME: throw a StatsStoreException
                 throw new RuntimeException(e);
             }
diff --git a/utils/netty/src/main/java/org/onlab/netty/AsyncResponse.java b/utils/netty/src/main/java/org/onlab/netty/AsyncResponse.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 1772a3c..0000000
--- a/utils/netty/src/main/java/org/onlab/netty/AsyncResponse.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-package org.onlab.netty;
-
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
-
-/**
- * An asynchronous response.
- * This class provides a base implementation of Response, with methods to retrieve the
- * result and query to see if the result is ready. The result can only be retrieved when
- * it is ready and the get methods will block if the result is not ready yet.
- */
-public class AsyncResponse implements Response {
-
-    private byte[] value;
-    private boolean done = false;
-    private final long start = System.nanoTime();
-
-    @Override
-    public byte[] get(long timeout, TimeUnit timeUnit) throws TimeoutException {
-        timeout = timeUnit.toNanos(timeout);
-        boolean interrupted = false;
-        try {
-            synchronized (this) {
-                while (!done) {
-                    try {
-                        long timeRemaining = timeout - (System.nanoTime() - start);
-                        if (timeRemaining <= 0) {
-                            throw new TimeoutException("Operation timed out.");
-                        }
-                        TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS.timedWait(this, timeRemaining);
-                    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-                        interrupted = true;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        } finally {
-            if (interrupted) {
-                Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
-            }
-        }
-        return value;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public byte[] get() throws InterruptedException {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean isReady() {
-        return done;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Sets response value and unblocks any thread blocking on the response to become
-     * available.
-     * @param data response data.
-     */
-    public synchronized void setResponse(byte[] data) {
-        if (!done) {
-            done = true;
-            value = data;
-            this.notifyAll();
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/utils/netty/src/main/java/org/onlab/netty/MessagingService.java b/utils/netty/src/main/java/org/onlab/netty/MessagingService.java
index 08676ac..bf93331 100644
--- a/utils/netty/src/main/java/org/onlab/netty/MessagingService.java
+++ b/utils/netty/src/main/java/org/onlab/netty/MessagingService.java
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
+
 /**
  * Interface for low level messaging primitives.
  */
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@
      * @return a response future
      * @throws IOException
      */
-    public Response sendAndReceive(Endpoint ep, String type, byte[] payload) throws IOException;
+    public ListenableFuture<byte[]> sendAndReceive(Endpoint ep, String type, byte[] payload) throws IOException;
 
     /**
      * Registers a new message handler for message type.
diff --git a/utils/netty/src/main/java/org/onlab/netty/NettyMessagingService.java b/utils/netty/src/main/java/org/onlab/netty/NettyMessagingService.java
index 26d835d..6e5aa89 100644
--- a/utils/netty/src/main/java/org/onlab/netty/NettyMessagingService.java
+++ b/utils/netty/src/main/java/org/onlab/netty/NettyMessagingService.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 
 import io.netty.bootstrap.Bootstrap;
 import io.netty.bootstrap.ServerBootstrap;
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@
 import io.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioServerSocketChannel;
 import io.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioSocketChannel;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang.math.RandomUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.pool.KeyedPoolableObjectFactory;
 import org.apache.commons.pool.impl.GenericKeyedObjectPool;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 
 import com.google.common.cache.Cache;
 import com.google.common.cache.CacheBuilder;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.SettableFuture;
 
 /**
  * A Netty based implementation of MessagingService.
@@ -44,7 +46,8 @@
 
     private final Endpoint localEp;
     private final ConcurrentMap<String, MessageHandler> handlers = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
-    private final Cache<Long, AsyncResponse> responseFutures = CacheBuilder.newBuilder()
+    private final AtomicLong messageIdGenerator = new AtomicLong(0);
+    private final Cache<Long, SettableFuture<byte[]>> responseFutures = CacheBuilder.newBuilder()
             .maximumSize(100000)
             .weakValues()
             // TODO: Once the entry expires, notify blocking threads (if any).
@@ -119,7 +122,7 @@
     @Override
     public void sendAsync(Endpoint ep, String type, byte[] payload) throws IOException {
         InternalMessage message = new InternalMessage.Builder(this)
-            .withId(RandomUtils.nextLong())
+            .withId(messageIdGenerator.incrementAndGet())
             .withSender(localEp)
             .withType(type)
             .withPayload(payload)
@@ -142,10 +145,10 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Response sendAndReceive(Endpoint ep, String type, byte[] payload)
+    public ListenableFuture<byte[]> sendAndReceive(Endpoint ep, String type, byte[] payload)
             throws IOException {
-        AsyncResponse futureResponse = new AsyncResponse();
-        Long messageId = RandomUtils.nextLong();
+        SettableFuture<byte[]> futureResponse = SettableFuture.create();
+        Long messageId = messageIdGenerator.incrementAndGet();
         responseFutures.put(messageId, futureResponse);
         InternalMessage message = new InternalMessage.Builder(this)
             .withId(messageId)
@@ -267,10 +270,10 @@
             String type = message.type();
             if (type.equals(InternalMessage.REPLY_MESSAGE_TYPE)) {
                 try {
-                    AsyncResponse futureResponse =
+                    SettableFuture<byte[]> futureResponse =
                         NettyMessagingService.this.responseFutures.getIfPresent(message.id());
                     if (futureResponse != null) {
-                        futureResponse.setResponse(message.payload());
+                        futureResponse.set(message.payload());
                     } else {
                         log.warn("Received a reply. But was unable to locate the request handle");
                     }
diff --git a/utils/netty/src/main/java/org/onlab/netty/Response.java b/utils/netty/src/main/java/org/onlab/netty/Response.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 150755e..0000000
--- a/utils/netty/src/main/java/org/onlab/netty/Response.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-package org.onlab.netty;
-
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
-
-/**
- * Response object returned when making synchronous requests.
- * Can you used to check is a response is ready and/or wait for a response
- * to become available.
- */
-public interface Response {
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the response waiting for a designated timeout period.
-     * @param timeout timeout period (since request was sent out)
-     * @param tu unit of time.
-     * @return response payload
-     * @throws TimeoutException if the timeout expires before the response arrives.
-     */
-    public byte[] get(long timeout, TimeUnit tu) throws TimeoutException;
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the response waiting for indefinite timeout period.
-     * @return response payload
-     * @throws InterruptedException if the thread is interrupted before the response arrives.
-     */
-    public byte[] get() throws InterruptedException;
-
-    /**
-     * Checks if the response is ready without blocking.
-     * @return true if response is ready, false otherwise.
-     */
-    public boolean isReady();
-}
diff --git a/utils/netty/src/test/java/org/onlab/netty/PingPongTest.java b/utils/netty/src/test/java/org/onlab/netty/PingPongTest.java
index 36d2a1e..ddcdd6f 100644
--- a/utils/netty/src/test/java/org/onlab/netty/PingPongTest.java
+++ b/utils/netty/src/test/java/org/onlab/netty/PingPongTest.java
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 package org.onlab.netty;
 
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomUtils;
+
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 /**
@@ -20,8 +23,8 @@
             ponger.activate();
             ponger.registerHandler("echo", new EchoHandler());
             byte[] payload = RandomUtils.nextBytes(100);
-            Response response = pinger.sendAndReceive(new Endpoint("localhost", 9086), "echo", payload);
-            assertArrayEquals(payload, response.get(10000, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS));
+            Future<byte[]> responseFuture = pinger.sendAndReceive(new Endpoint("localhost", 9086), "echo", payload);
+            assertArrayEquals(payload, responseFuture.get(10000, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS));
         } finally {
             pinger.deactivate();
             ponger.deactivate();