diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 22dd001..61e879b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	
 	<groupId>com.redislabs</groupId>
 	<artifactId>jredisgraph</artifactId>
-	<version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	
 	<name>JRedisGraph</name>
 	<description>Official client for Redis-Graph</description>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/redislabs/redisgraph/RedisGraphPipeline.java b/src/main/java/com/redislabs/redisgraph/RedisGraphPipeline.java
index c2806c8..8416f66 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/redislabs/redisgraph/RedisGraphPipeline.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/redislabs/redisgraph/RedisGraphPipeline.java
@@ -57,17 +57,6 @@ public interface RedisGraphPipeline extends
      */
     Response<ResultSet> readOnlyQuery(String graphId, String query, long timeout);
 
-    /**
-     * Execute a Cypher query with arguments
-     * @param graphId a graph to perform the query on
-     * @param query Cypher query
-     * @param args
-     * @return a response which builds the result set with the query answer.
-     * @deprecated use {@link #query(String, String, Map)} instead.
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    Response<ResultSet> query(String graphId, String query, Object ...args);
-
     /**
      * Executes a cypher query with parameters.
      * @param graphId a graph to perform the query on.
@@ -155,4 +144,17 @@ public interface RedisGraphPipeline extends
      * commands you execute.
      */
     public void sync();
+    
+    
+    /**
+     * Blocks until all the previous write commands are successfully transferred and acknowledged by
+     * at least the specified number of replicas. If the timeout, specified in milliseconds, is
+     * reached, the command returns even if the specified number of replicas were not yet reached.
+     * @param replicas successfully transferred and acknowledged by at least the specified number of
+     *          replicas
+     * @param timeout the time to block in milliseconds, a timeout of 0 means to block forever
+     * @return the number of replicas reached by all the writes performed in the context of the
+     *         current connection
+     */
+    public Response<Long> waitReplicas(int replicas, long timeout);
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/redislabs/redisgraph/impl/api/RedisGraphPipeline.java b/src/main/java/com/redislabs/redisgraph/impl/api/RedisGraphPipeline.java
index 71deb1a..5ddbf09 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/redislabs/redisgraph/impl/api/RedisGraphPipeline.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/redislabs/redisgraph/impl/api/RedisGraphPipeline.java
@@ -102,28 +102,6 @@ public ResultSet build(Object o) {
         });
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Execute a Cypher query with arguments
-     *
-     * @param graphId a graph to perform the query on
-     * @param query Cypher query
-     * @param args
-     * @return response with a result set
-     * @deprecated use {@link #query(String, String, Map)} instead.
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    @Override
-    public Response<ResultSet> query(String graphId, String query, Object ...args){
-        String preparedQuery = Utils.prepareQuery(query, args);
-        client.sendCommand(RedisGraphCommand.QUERY, graphId, preparedQuery, Utils.COMPACT_STRING);
-        return getResponse(new Builder<ResultSet>() {
-            @Override
-            public ResultSet build(Object o) {
-                return new ResultSetImpl((List<Object>)o, redisGraph, caches.getGraphCache(graphId));
-            }
-        });
-    }
-
     /**
      * Executes a cypher query with parameters.
      * @param graphId a graph to perform the query on.
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/redislabs/redisgraph/PipelineTest.java b/src/test/java/com/redislabs/redisgraph/PipelineTest.java
index 8b3e9fb..5dd58e2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/redislabs/redisgraph/PipelineTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/redislabs/redisgraph/PipelineTest.java
@@ -31,10 +31,9 @@ public void deleteGraph() {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testPipelineExec(){
+    public void testSync(){
         try (RedisGraphContext c = api.getContext()) {
-            RedisGraphPipeline pipeline = api.getContext().pipelined();
-
+            RedisGraphPipeline pipeline = c.pipelined();
             pipeline.set("x", "1");
             pipeline.query("social", "CREATE (:Person {name:'a'})");
             pipeline.query("g", "CREATE (:Person {name:'a'})");
@@ -118,9 +117,9 @@ record = resultSet.next();
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testPipelineWithReadOnlyQueries(){
+    public void testReadOnlyQueries(){
         try (RedisGraphContext c = api.getContext()) {
-            RedisGraphPipeline pipeline = api.getContext().pipelined();
+            RedisGraphPipeline pipeline = c.pipelined();
                 
             pipeline.set("x", "1");
             pipeline.query("social", "CREATE (:Person {name:'a'})");
@@ -191,4 +190,17 @@ record = resultSet.next();
             Assert.assertEquals("Person", record.getValue("label"));
         }
     }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testWaitReplicas(){
+        try (RedisGraphContext c = api.getContext()) {
+            RedisGraphPipeline pipeline = c.pipelined();
+            pipeline.set("x", "1");
+            pipeline.query("social", "CREATE (:Person {name:'a'})");
+            pipeline.query("g", "CREATE (:Person {name:'a'})");
+            pipeline.waitReplicas(0, 100L);
+            List<Object> results = pipeline.syncAndReturnAll();
+            Assert.assertEquals(0L, results.get(3));
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/redislabs/redisgraph/TransactionTest.java b/src/test/java/com/redislabs/redisgraph/TransactionTest.java
index ec68b93..28f31f0 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/redislabs/redisgraph/TransactionTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/redislabs/redisgraph/TransactionTest.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public void deleteGraph() {
     @Test
     public void testMultiExec(){
         try (RedisGraphContext c = api.getContext()) {
-            RedisGraphTransaction transaction = api.getContext().multi();
+            RedisGraphTransaction transaction = c.multi();
 
             transaction.set("x", "1");
             transaction.query("social", "CREATE (:Person {name:'a'})");
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ public void testReadTransactionWatch(){
     @Test
     public void testMultiExecWithReadOnlyQueries(){
         try (RedisGraphContext c = api.getContext()) {
-            RedisGraphTransaction transaction = api.getContext().multi();
+            RedisGraphTransaction transaction = c.multi();
 
             transaction.set("x", "1");
             transaction.query("social", "CREATE (:Person {name:'a'})");