diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/local/LocalDiscovery.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/local/LocalDiscovery.java
index e10dd070d88..b0863cf6809 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/local/LocalDiscovery.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/local/LocalDiscovery.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.component.AbstractLifecycleComponent;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.internal.Nullable;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ConcurrentCollections;
 import org.elasticsearch.discovery.Discovery;
 import org.elasticsearch.discovery.InitialStateDiscoveryListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.node.service.NodeService;
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ public class LocalDiscovery extends AbstractLifecycleComponent<Discovery> implem
     private final CopyOnWriteArrayList<InitialStateDiscoveryListener> initialStateListeners = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<InitialStateDiscoveryListener>();
 
     // use CHM here and not ConcurrentMaps#new since we want to be able to agentify this using TC later on...
-    private static final ConcurrentMap<ClusterName, ClusterGroup> clusterGroups = new ConcurrentHashMap<ClusterName, ClusterGroup>();
+    private static final ConcurrentMap<ClusterName, ClusterGroup> clusterGroups = ConcurrentCollections.newConcurrentMap();
 
     private static final AtomicLong nodeIdGenerator = new AtomicLong();
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/ping/ZenPingService.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/ping/ZenPingService.java
index b3135a38e58..6b0a20242c5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/ping/ZenPingService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/ping/ZenPingService.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.network.NetworkService;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ConcurrentCollections;
 import org.elasticsearch.discovery.zen.DiscoveryNodesProvider;
 import org.elasticsearch.discovery.zen.ping.multicast.MulticastZenPing;
 import org.elasticsearch.discovery.zen.ping.unicast.UnicastHostsProvider;
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ public class ZenPingService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent<ZenPing> implemen
 
         private final AtomicInteger counter;
 
-        private ConcurrentMap<DiscoveryNode, PingResponse> responses = new ConcurrentHashMap<DiscoveryNode, PingResponse>();
+        private ConcurrentMap<DiscoveryNode, PingResponse> responses = ConcurrentCollections.newConcurrentMap();
 
         private CompoundPingListener(PingListener listener, ImmutableList<? extends ZenPing> zenPings) {
             this.listener = listener;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/ping/multicast/MulticastZenPing.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/ping/multicast/MulticastZenPing.java
index 5831e3ad667..49d7cbacd7b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/ping/multicast/MulticastZenPing.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/ping/multicast/MulticastZenPing.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.*;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.network.NetworkService;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ConcurrentCollections;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentType;
@@ -238,7 +239,7 @@ public class MulticastZenPing extends AbstractLifecycleComponent<ZenPing> implem
             return;
         }
         final int id = pingIdGenerator.incrementAndGet();
-        receivedResponses.put(id, new ConcurrentHashMap<DiscoveryNode, PingResponse>());
+        receivedResponses.put(id, ConcurrentCollections.<DiscoveryNode, PingResponse>newConcurrentMap());
         sendPingRequest(id);
         // try and send another ping request halfway through (just in case someone woke up during it...)
         // this can be a good trade-off to nailing the initial lookup or un-delivered messages
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/ping/unicast/UnicastZenPing.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/ping/unicast/UnicastZenPing.java
index c5be33bd50a..89c8454d625 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/ping/unicast/UnicastZenPing.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/ping/unicast/UnicastZenPing.java
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ public class UnicastZenPing extends AbstractLifecycleComponent<ZenPing> implemen
     @Override
     public void ping(final PingListener listener, final TimeValue timeout) throws ElasticSearchException {
         final SendPingsHandler sendPingsHandler = new SendPingsHandler(pingIdGenerator.incrementAndGet());
-        receivedResponses.put(sendPingsHandler.id(), new ConcurrentHashMap<DiscoveryNode, PingResponse>());
+        receivedResponses.put(sendPingsHandler.id(), ConcurrentCollections.<DiscoveryNode, PingResponse>newConcurrentMap());
         sendPings(timeout, null, sendPingsHandler);
         threadPool.schedule(TimeValue.timeValueMillis(timeout.millis() / 2), ThreadPool.Names.GENERIC, new Runnable() {
             @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/deletionpolicy/SnapshotDeletionPolicy.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/deletionpolicy/SnapshotDeletionPolicy.java
index 05d8e3a0285..44d6f51a137 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/deletionpolicy/SnapshotDeletionPolicy.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/deletionpolicy/SnapshotDeletionPolicy.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.apache.lucene.index.IndexCommit;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.IndexDeletionPolicy;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.name.Named;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ConcurrentCollections;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.AbstractIndexShardComponent;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.IndexShardComponent;
 
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ public class SnapshotDeletionPolicy extends AbstractIndexShardComponent implemen
 
     private final IndexDeletionPolicy primary;
 
-    private ConcurrentMap<Long, SnapshotHolder> snapshots = new ConcurrentHashMap<Long, SnapshotHolder>();
+    private ConcurrentMap<Long, SnapshotHolder> snapshots = ConcurrentCollections.newConcurrentMap();
 
     private volatile List<SnapshotIndexCommit> commits;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/robin/RobinEngine.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/robin/RobinEngine.java
index d8aff7b3b12..11f52895673 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/robin/RobinEngine.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/robin/RobinEngine.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.ByteSizeUnit;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.ByteSizeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ConcurrentCollections;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.VersionType;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.analysis.AnalysisService;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.cache.bloom.BloomCache;
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ public class RobinEngine extends AbstractIndexShardComponent implements Engine {
         this.bloomCache = bloomCache;
 
         this.indexConcurrency = indexSettings.getAsInt("index.index_concurrency", IndexWriterConfig.DEFAULT_MAX_THREAD_STATES);
-        this.versionMap = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, VersionValue>();
+        this.versionMap = ConcurrentCollections.newConcurrentMap();
         this.dirtyLocks = new Object[indexConcurrency * 50]; // we multiply it to have enough...
         for (int i = 0; i < dirtyLocks.length; i++) {
             dirtyLocks[i] = new Object();