diff --git a/requirements-swh.txt b/requirements-swh.txt
--- a/requirements-swh.txt
+++ b/requirements-swh.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-swh.core[db,http] >= 0.0.61
+swh.core[db,http] >= 0.0.65
 swh.model >= 0.0.15
 swh.objstorage >= 0.0.28
 swh.scheduler >= 0.0.47
diff --git a/swh/indexer/storage/api/server.py b/swh/indexer/storage/api/server.py
--- a/swh/indexer/storage/api/server.py
+++ b/swh/indexer/storage/api/server.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import logging
 
 from swh.core import config
-from swh.core.api import (SWHServerAPIApp, error_handler,
+from swh.core.api import (RPCServerApp, error_handler,
                           encode_data_server as encode_data)
 from swh.indexer.storage import (
     get_indexer_storage, INDEXER_CFG_KEY, IndexerStorage
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
     return storage
 
 
-app = SWHServerAPIApp(__name__,
-                      backend_class=IndexerStorage,
-                      backend_factory=get_storage)
+app = RPCServerApp(__name__,
+                   backend_class=IndexerStorage,
+                   backend_factory=get_storage)
 storage = None