diff --git a/libra/worker/worker.py b/libra/worker/worker.py
index 31ad4f32..2356d36a 100644
--- a/libra/worker/worker.py
+++ b/libra/worker/worker.py
@@ -12,14 +12,10 @@
 # License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
-import gearman.errors
 import json
 import socket
-import time
-
+import gear
 from oslo.config import cfg
-
-from libra.common.json_gearman import JSONGearmanWorker
 from libra.worker.controller import LBaaSController
 from libra.openstack.common import log
 
@@ -27,7 +23,7 @@ from libra.openstack.common import log
 LOG = log.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class CustomJSONGearmanWorker(JSONGearmanWorker):
+class CustomJSONGearmanWorker(gear.Worker):
     """ Custom class we will use to pass arguments to the Gearman task. """
     driver = None
 
@@ -43,13 +39,13 @@ def handler(worker, job):
     driver = worker.driver
 
     # Hide information that should not be logged
-    copy = job.data.copy()
+    copy = json.loads(job.arguments)
     if LBaaSController.OBJ_STORE_TOKEN_FIELD in copy:
         copy[LBaaSController.OBJ_STORE_TOKEN_FIELD] = "*****"
 
     LOG.debug("Received JSON message: %s" % json.dumps(copy))
 
-    controller = LBaaSController(driver, job.data)
+    controller = LBaaSController(driver, json.loads(job.arguments))
     response = controller.run()
 
     # Hide information that should not be logged
@@ -58,7 +54,7 @@ def handler(worker, job):
         copy[LBaaSController.OBJ_STORE_TOKEN_FIELD] = "*****"
 
     LOG.debug("Return JSON message: %s" % json.dumps(copy))
-    return copy
+    job.sendWorkComplete(json.dumps(copy))
 
 
 def config_thread(driver):
@@ -66,39 +62,23 @@ def config_thread(driver):
     # Hostname should be a unique value, like UUID
     hostname = socket.gethostname()
     LOG.info("Registering task %s" % hostname)
-
-    server_list = []
+    worker = CustomJSONGearmanWorker(hostname)
     for host_port in cfg.CONF['gearman']['servers']:
         host, port = host_port.split(':')
-        server_list.append({'host': host,
-                            'port': int(port),
-                            'keyfile': cfg.CONF['gearman']['ssl_key'],
-                            'certfile': cfg.CONF['gearman']['ssl_cert'],
-                            'ca_certs': cfg.CONF['gearman']['ssl_ca'],
-                            'keepalive': cfg.CONF['gearman']['keepalive'],
-                            'keepcnt': cfg.CONF['gearman']['keepcnt'],
-                            'keepidle': cfg.CONF['gearman']['keepidle'],
-                            'keepintvl': cfg.CONF['gearman']['keepintvl']})
-
-    worker = CustomJSONGearmanWorker(server_list)
-    worker.set_client_id(hostname)
-    worker.register_task(hostname, handler)
-    worker.logger = LOG
+        worker.addServer(host, port, cfg.CONF['gearman']['ssl_key'],
+                         cfg.CONF['gearman']['ssl_cert'],
+                         cfg.CONF['gearman']['ssl_ca'])
+    worker.registerFunction(hostname)
+    worker.log = LOG
     worker.driver = driver
-
     retry = True
-
-    while (retry):
+    while retry:
         try:
-            worker.work(cfg.CONF['gearman']['poll'])
+            job = worker.getJob()
+            handler(worker, job)
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
             retry = False
-        except gearman.errors.ServerUnavailable:
-            LOG.error("Job server(s) went away. Reconnecting.")
-            time.sleep(cfg.CONF['gearman']['reconnect_sleep'])
-            retry = True
         except Exception as e:
             LOG.critical("Exception: %s, %s" % (e.__class__, e))
             retry = False
-
     LOG.debug("Worker process terminated.")
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5895e278..419a08c3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ pbr>=0.5.21,<1.0
 
 Babel>=0.9.6
 eventlet
+gear
 gearman>=2.0.2
 oslo.config>=1.2.0
 python-daemon>=1.6
@@ -14,5 +15,5 @@ sqlalchemy>=0.8.0
 wsme>=0.5b2
 mysql-connector-python
 ipaddress==1.0.4
-six<1.4.0
+six
 kombu