diff --git a/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/compute/GoogleComputeEngineService.java b/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/compute/GoogleComputeEngineService.java
index ebb93f51a3..9b68282e54 100644
--- a/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/compute/GoogleComputeEngineService.java
+++ b/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/compute/GoogleComputeEngineService.java
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ import com.google.common.base.Optional;
 import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
 import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.Atomics;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListeningExecutorService;
 
 /**
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ public class GoogleComputeEngineService extends BaseComputeService {
          }
       }
 
-      AtomicReference<Operation> operation = new AtomicReference<Operation>(api.getNetworkApiForProject(project.get()).delete(resourceName));
+      AtomicReference<Operation> operation = Atomics.newReference(api.getNetworkApiForProject(project.get()).delete(resourceName));
 
       retry(operationDonePredicate, operationCompleteCheckTimeout, operationCompleteCheckInterval,
               MILLISECONDS).apply(operation);
diff --git a/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/compute/GoogleComputeEngineServiceAdapter.java b/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/compute/GoogleComputeEngineServiceAdapter.java
index ecc2e639bc..f4495c0b29 100644
--- a/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/compute/GoogleComputeEngineServiceAdapter.java
+++ b/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/compute/GoogleComputeEngineServiceAdapter.java
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
 import com.google.common.collect.FluentIterable;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.Atomics;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.UncheckedTimeoutException;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ public class GoogleComputeEngineServiceAdapter implements ComputeServiceAdapter<
       }
 
       // some times the newly created instances are not immediately returned
-      AtomicReference<Instance> instance = new AtomicReference<Instance>();
+      AtomicReference<Instance> instance = Atomics.newReference();
 
       retry(new Predicate<AtomicReference<Instance>>() {
          @Override
@@ -336,7 +337,7 @@ public class GoogleComputeEngineServiceAdapter implements ComputeServiceAdapter<
    }
 
    private void waitOperationDone(Operation operation) {
-      AtomicReference<Operation> operationRef = new AtomicReference<Operation>(operation);
+      AtomicReference<Operation> operationRef = Atomics.newReference(operation);
 
       // wait for the operation to complete
       if (!retryOperationDonePredicate.apply(operationRef)) {
diff --git a/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/compute/config/GoogleComputeEngineServiceContextModule.java b/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/compute/config/GoogleComputeEngineServiceContextModule.java
index df50b19d4c..071e402eaa 100644
--- a/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/compute/config/GoogleComputeEngineServiceContextModule.java
+++ b/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/compute/config/GoogleComputeEngineServiceContextModule.java
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ public class GoogleComputeEngineServiceContextModule
    public Supplier<Map<URI, ? extends Location>> provideZones(
            AtomicReference<AuthorizationException> authException,
            final GoogleComputeEngineApi api, final Function<Zone, Location> zoneToLocation,
-           final @UserProject Supplier<String> userProject,
+           @UserProject final Supplier<String> userProject,
            @Named(PROPERTY_SESSION_INTERVAL) long seconds) {
       return MemoizedRetryOnTimeOutButNotOnAuthorizationExceptionSupplier.create(authException,
               new Supplier<Map<URI, ? extends Location>>() {
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ public class GoogleComputeEngineServiceContextModule
    public Supplier<Map<URI, Region>> provideRegions(
            AtomicReference<AuthorizationException> authException,
            final GoogleComputeEngineApi api,
-           final @UserProject Supplier<String> userProject,
+           @UserProject final Supplier<String> userProject,
            @Named(PROPERTY_SESSION_INTERVAL) long seconds) {
       return MemoizedRetryOnTimeOutButNotOnAuthorizationExceptionSupplier.create(authException,
               new Supplier<Map<URI, Region>>() {
diff --git a/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/compute/extensions/GoogleComputeEngineSecurityGroupExtension.java b/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/compute/extensions/GoogleComputeEngineSecurityGroupExtension.java
index 71557bb647..7656c76160 100644
--- a/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/compute/extensions/GoogleComputeEngineSecurityGroupExtension.java
+++ b/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/compute/extensions/GoogleComputeEngineSecurityGroupExtension.java
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ import com.google.common.collect.FluentIterable;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.Atomics;
 
 /**
  * An extension to compute service to allow for the manipulation of {@link org.jclouds.compute.domain.SecurityGroup}s. Implementation
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ public class GoogleComputeEngineSecurityGroupExtension implements SecurityGroupE
       FluentIterable<Firewall> fws = api.getFirewallApiForProject(userProject.get()).list(options).concat();
 
       for (Firewall fw : fws) {
-         AtomicReference<Operation> operation = new AtomicReference<Operation>(api.getFirewallApiForProject(userProject.get())
+         AtomicReference<Operation> operation = Atomics.newReference(api.getFirewallApiForProject(userProject.get())
                  .delete(fw.getName()));
 
          retry(operationDonePredicate, operationCompleteCheckTimeout, operationCompleteCheckInterval,
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@ public class GoogleComputeEngineSecurityGroupExtension implements SecurityGroupE
          checkState(!operation.get().getHttpError().isPresent(), "Could not delete firewall, operation failed" + operation);
       }
 
-      AtomicReference<Operation> operation = new AtomicReference<Operation>(
+      AtomicReference<Operation> operation = Atomics.newReference(
               api.getNetworkApiForProject(userProject.get()).delete(id));
 
       retry(operationDonePredicate, operationCompleteCheckTimeout, operationCompleteCheckInterval,
@@ -226,7 +227,7 @@ public class GoogleComputeEngineSecurityGroupExtension implements SecurityGroupE
       }
       fwOptions.addAllowedRule(ruleBuilder.build());
 
-      AtomicReference<Operation> operation = new AtomicReference<Operation>(api.getFirewallApiForProject(userProject
+      AtomicReference<Operation> operation = Atomics.newReference(api.getFirewallApiForProject(userProject
               .get()).createInNetwork(
               uniqueFwName,
               group.getUri(),
@@ -269,7 +270,7 @@ public class GoogleComputeEngineSecurityGroupExtension implements SecurityGroupE
 
       for (Firewall fw : fws) {
          if (equalsIpPermission(ipPermission).apply(fw)) {
-            AtomicReference<Operation> operation = new AtomicReference<Operation>(api.getFirewallApiForProject(userProject.get())
+            AtomicReference<Operation> operation = Atomics.newReference(api.getFirewallApiForProject(userProject.get())
                     .delete(fw.getName()));
 
             retry(operationDonePredicate, operationCompleteCheckTimeout, operationCompleteCheckInterval,
diff --git a/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/compute/strategy/CreateNodesWithGroupEncodedIntoNameThenAddToSet.java b/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/compute/strategy/CreateNodesWithGroupEncodedIntoNameThenAddToSet.java
index 52d807c466..d09e417116 100644
--- a/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/compute/strategy/CreateNodesWithGroupEncodedIntoNameThenAddToSet.java
+++ b/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/compute/strategy/CreateNodesWithGroupEncodedIntoNameThenAddToSet.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ import com.google.common.cache.LoadingCache;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.Atomics;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListeningExecutorService;
 
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@ public class CreateNodesWithGroupEncodedIntoNameThenAddToSet extends
                     .sourceTags(templateOptions.getTags())
                     .sourceRanges(of(DEFAULT_INTERNAL_NETWORK_RANGE, EXTERIOR_RANGE))
                     .targetTags(ImmutableSet.of(name));
-            AtomicReference<Operation> operation = new AtomicReference<Operation>(firewallApi.createInNetwork(
+            AtomicReference<Operation> operation = Atomics.newReference(firewallApi.createInNetwork(
                     firewallOptions.getName(),
                     network.getSelfLink(),
                     firewallOptions));
diff --git a/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/config/GoogleComputeEngineHttpApiModule.java b/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/config/GoogleComputeEngineHttpApiModule.java
index bbf10f040c..10e68e6d31 100644
--- a/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/config/GoogleComputeEngineHttpApiModule.java
+++ b/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/config/GoogleComputeEngineHttpApiModule.java
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ public class GoogleComputeEngineHttpApiModule extends HttpApiModule<GoogleComput
    @Provides
    @Singleton
    @Named("machineTypeToURI")
-   public Function<String, URI> provideMachineTypeNameToURIFunction(final @Provider Supplier<URI> endpoint,
-                                                                    final @UserProject Supplier<String> userProject) {
+   public Function<String, URI> provideMachineTypeNameToURIFunction(@Provider final Supplier<URI> endpoint,
+                                                                    @UserProject final Supplier<String> userProject) {
       return new Function<String, URI>() {
          @Override
          public URI apply(String input) {
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ public class GoogleComputeEngineHttpApiModule extends HttpApiModule<GoogleComput
    @Provides
    @Singleton
    @Named("networkToURI")
-   public Function<String, URI> provideNetworkNameToURIFunction(final @Provider Supplier<URI> endpoint,
-                                                                final @UserProject Supplier<String> userProject) {
+   public Function<String, URI> provideNetworkNameToURIFunction(@Provider final Supplier<URI> endpoint,
+                                                                @UserProject final Supplier<String> userProject) {
       return new Function<String, URI>() {
          @Override
          public URI apply(String input) {
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ public class GoogleComputeEngineHttpApiModule extends HttpApiModule<GoogleComput
    @Provides
    @Singleton
    @Named("zoneToURI")
-   public Function<String, URI> provideZoneNameToURIFunction(final @Provider Supplier<URI> endpoint,
-                                                             final @UserProject Supplier<String> userProject) {
+   public Function<String, URI> provideZoneNameToURIFunction(@Provider final Supplier<URI> endpoint,
+                                                             @UserProject final Supplier<String> userProject) {
       return new Function<String, URI>() {
          @Override
          public URI apply(String input) {
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ public class GoogleComputeEngineHttpApiModule extends HttpApiModule<GoogleComput
    @Provides
    @Singleton
    @Named("regionToURI")
-   public Function<String, URI> provideRegionNameToURIFunction(final @Provider Supplier<URI> endpoint,
-                                                               final @UserProject Supplier<String> userProject) {
+   public Function<String, URI> provideRegionNameToURIFunction(@Provider final Supplier<URI> endpoint,
+                                                               @UserProject final Supplier<String> userProject) {
       return new Function<String, URI>() {
          @Override
          public URI apply(String input) {
diff --git a/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/domain/Metadata.java b/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/domain/Metadata.java
index 66c66362e2..e81e94e223 100644
--- a/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/domain/Metadata.java
+++ b/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/domain/Metadata.java
@@ -137,4 +137,4 @@ public class Metadata {
                  .items(in.getItems());
       }
    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/domain/Quota.java b/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/domain/Quota.java
index 9aec605859..7b036a06cd 100644
--- a/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/domain/Quota.java
+++ b/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/domain/Quota.java
@@ -149,4 +149,4 @@ public class Quota {
          return new Builder().metric(quota.getMetric()).usage(quota.getUsage()).limit(quota.getLimit());
       }
    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/functions/CreateNetworkIfNeeded.java b/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/functions/CreateNetworkIfNeeded.java
index 15057db0c4..4323013d17 100644
--- a/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/functions/CreateNetworkIfNeeded.java
+++ b/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/functions/CreateNetworkIfNeeded.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import org.jclouds.logging.Logger;
 import com.google.common.base.Function;
 import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
 import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.Atomics;
 
 /**
  * @author Andrew Bayer
@@ -82,14 +83,14 @@ public class CreateNetworkIfNeeded implements Function<NetworkAndAddressRange, N
       }
 
       if (input.getGateway().isPresent()) {
-         AtomicReference<Operation> operation = new AtomicReference<Operation>(api.getNetworkApiForProject(userProject
+         AtomicReference<Operation> operation = Atomics.newReference(api.getNetworkApiForProject(userProject
                  .get()).createInIPv4RangeWithGateway(input.getName(), input.getIpV4Range(), input.getGateway().get()));
          retry(operationDonePredicate, operationCompleteCheckTimeout, operationCompleteCheckInterval,
                  MILLISECONDS).apply(operation);
 
          checkState(!operation.get().getHttpError().isPresent(), "Could not create network, operation failed" + operation);
       } else {
-         AtomicReference<Operation> operation = new AtomicReference<Operation>(api.getNetworkApiForProject(userProject
+         AtomicReference<Operation> operation = Atomics.newReference(api.getNetworkApiForProject(userProject
                  .get()).createInIPv4Range(input.getName(), input.getIpV4Range()));
          retry(operationDonePredicate, operationCompleteCheckTimeout, operationCompleteCheckInterval,
                  MILLISECONDS).apply(operation);
diff --git a/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/handlers/FirewallBinder.java b/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/handlers/FirewallBinder.java
index 6c3b8b8709..902fbd7fb3 100644
--- a/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/handlers/FirewallBinder.java
+++ b/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/handlers/FirewallBinder.java
@@ -56,4 +56,4 @@ public class FirewallBinder implements MapBinder {
    public <R extends HttpRequest> R bindToRequest(R request, Object input) {
       return jsonBinder.bindToRequest(request, input);
    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/handlers/RouteBinder.java b/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/handlers/RouteBinder.java
index e4a1232125..aa89410384 100644
--- a/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/handlers/RouteBinder.java
+++ b/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/handlers/RouteBinder.java
@@ -56,4 +56,4 @@ public class RouteBinder implements MapBinder {
    public <R extends HttpRequest> R bindToRequest(R request, Object input) {
       return jsonBinder.bindToRequest(request, input);
    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}