diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index a20578f5d7..ba280fb1d4 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
             <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-            <version>r08</version>
+            <version>r09</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/concurrent/Futures.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/concurrent/Futures.java
index c36ad7856b..61f4b06490 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/concurrent/Futures.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/concurrent/Futures.java
@@ -264,11 +264,11 @@ public class Futures {
             return Futures.LazyListenableFutureFunctionAdapter.create(
                      ((org.jclouds.concurrent.Futures.ListenableFutureAdapter<I>) future).futureListener, function);
          else
-            return com.google.common.util.concurrent.Futures.compose(lf, function, executorService);
+            return com.google.common.util.concurrent.Futures.transform(lf, function, executorService);
       } else if (executorService.getClass().isAnnotationPresent(SingleThreaded.class)) {
          return Futures.LazyListenableFutureFunctionAdapter.create(future, function, executorService);
       } else {
-         return com.google.common.util.concurrent.Futures.compose(Futures.makeListenable(future, executorService),
+         return com.google.common.util.concurrent.Futures.transform(Futures.makeListenable(future, executorService),
                   function, executorService);
       }
    }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/concurrent/config/ExecutorServiceModule.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/concurrent/config/ExecutorServiceModule.java
index 24ef2a8690..27ac1702e3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/concurrent/config/ExecutorServiceModule.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/concurrent/config/ExecutorServiceModule.java
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ public class ExecutorServiceModule extends AbstractModule {
          return new AddToStringFuture<T>(delegate.submit(task), task.toString());
       }
 
-      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+      @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
       @Override
       public Future<?> submit(Runnable task) {
          return new AddToStringFuture(delegate.submit(task), task.toString());
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/util/Utils.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/util/Utils.java
index 1d4a95d946..f669e79091 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/util/Utils.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/util/Utils.java
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ public class Utils {
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    @Deprecated
    public static Iterable<String> getSupportedProvidersOfTypeInProperties(
-            final Class<? extends RestContextBuilder> type, final Properties properties) {
+            final Class<? extends RestContextBuilder<?,?>> type, final Properties properties) {
       return Providers.getSupportedProvidersOfTypeInProperties(type, properties);
    }
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/google/common/util/concurrent/FuturesComposePerformanceTest.java b/core/src/test/java/com/google/common/util/concurrent/FuturesTransformPerformanceTest.java
similarity index 89%
rename from core/src/test/java/com/google/common/util/concurrent/FuturesComposePerformanceTest.java
rename to core/src/test/java/com/google/common/util/concurrent/FuturesTransformPerformanceTest.java
index 0cf4b24755..e436beca97 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/google/common/util/concurrent/FuturesComposePerformanceTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/google/common/util/concurrent/FuturesTransformPerformanceTest.java
@@ -53,23 +53,23 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
  * <li>{@code LISTENER_DURATION} is the time that the attached listener or function</li>
  * </ol>
  * 
- * The execution time of a composed task within a composite should not be more than {@code
+ * The execution time of a transformd task within a composite should not be more than {@code
  * IO_DURATION} + {@code LISTENER_DURATION} + overhead when a threadpool is used. This is because
  * the listener should be invoked as soon as the result is available.
  * <p/>
- * The execution time of a composed task within a composite should not be more than {@code
+ * The execution time of a transformd task within a composite should not be more than {@code
  * IO_DURATION} + {@code LISTENER_DURATION} * {@code COUNT} + overhead when caller thread is used
  * for handling the listeners.
  * <p/>
- * This test shows that Futures.compose eagerly issues a get() on the source future. code iterating
+ * This test shows that Futures.transform eagerly issues a get() on the source future. code iterating
  * over futures and assigning listeners will take the same amount of time as calling get() on each
  * one, if using a within thread executor. This exposes an inefficiency which can make some use
  * cases in google appengine impossible to achieve within the cutoff limits.
  * 
  * @author Adrian Cole
  */
-@Test(groups = "performance", enabled = false, sequential = true, testName = "FuturesComposePerformanceTest")
-public class FuturesComposePerformanceTest {
+@Test(groups = "performance", enabled = false, sequential = true, testName = "FuturesTransformPerformanceTest")
+public class FuturesTransformPerformanceTest {
    private static final int FUDGE = 5;
    private static final int COUNT = 100;
    private static final int IO_DURATION = 50;
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public class FuturesComposePerformanceTest {
          ExecutorService chainExecutor = userthreads;
          ExecutorService listenerExecutor = userthreads;
 
-         checkThresholdsUsingFuturesCompose(expectedMin, expectedMax, expectedOverhead, chainExecutor, listenerExecutor);
+         checkThresholdsUsingFuturesTransform(expectedMin, expectedMax, expectedOverhead, chainExecutor, listenerExecutor);
       } finally {
          userthreads.shutdownNow();
       }
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public class FuturesComposePerformanceTest {
          ExecutorService chainExecutor = userthreads;
          ExecutorService listenerExecutor = MoreExecutors.sameThreadExecutor();
 
-         checkThresholdsUsingFuturesCompose(expectedMin, expectedMax, expectedOverhead, chainExecutor, listenerExecutor);
+         checkThresholdsUsingFuturesTransform(expectedMin, expectedMax, expectedOverhead, chainExecutor, listenerExecutor);
       } finally {
          userthreads.shutdownNow();
       }
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ public class FuturesComposePerformanceTest {
          ExecutorService chainExecutor = MoreExecutors.sameThreadExecutor();
          ExecutorService listenerExecutor = userthreads;
 
-         checkThresholdsUsingFuturesCompose(expectedMin, expectedMax, expectedOverhead, chainExecutor, listenerExecutor);
+         checkThresholdsUsingFuturesTransform(expectedMin, expectedMax, expectedOverhead, chainExecutor, listenerExecutor);
       } finally {
          userthreads.shutdownNow();
       }
@@ -165,18 +165,18 @@ public class FuturesComposePerformanceTest {
          ExecutorService chainExecutor = MoreExecutors.sameThreadExecutor();
          ExecutorService listenerExecutor = MoreExecutors.sameThreadExecutor();
 
-         checkThresholdsUsingFuturesCompose(expectedMin, expectedMax, expectedOverhead, chainExecutor, listenerExecutor);
+         checkThresholdsUsingFuturesTransform(expectedMin, expectedMax, expectedOverhead, chainExecutor, listenerExecutor);
       } finally {
          userthreads.shutdownNow();
       }
    }
 
-   private void checkThresholdsUsingFuturesCompose(long expectedMin, long expectedMax, long expectedOverhead,
+   private void checkThresholdsUsingFuturesTransform(long expectedMin, long expectedMax, long expectedOverhead,
             ExecutorService chainExecutor, final ExecutorService listenerExecutor) {
       long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
       Map<String, Future<Long>> responses = newHashMap();
       for (int i = 0; i < COUNT; i++)
-         responses.put(i + "", Futures.compose(Futures.makeListenable(simultateIO(), chainExecutor),
+         responses.put(i + "", Futures.transform(Futures.makeListenable(simultateIO(), chainExecutor),
                   new Function<Long, Long>() {
 
                      @Override
diff --git a/scriptbuilder/pom.xml b/scriptbuilder/pom.xml
index 3d114afe12..11110c8835 100644
--- a/scriptbuilder/pom.xml
+++ b/scriptbuilder/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
             <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-            <version>r08</version>
+            <version>r09</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>