diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dbd450922..22122c096 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         <zookeeper.version>3.5.9</zookeeper.version>
         <log4j.version>2.23.1</log4j.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.12</slf4j.version>
-        <ehcache.version>2.6.0</ehcache.version>
+        <ehcache.version>3.10.8</ehcache.version>
         <junit.version>5.10.2</junit.version>
         <jmock.version>2.13.1</jmock.version>
     </properties>
@@ -79,10 +79,16 @@
             <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>net.sf.ehcache</groupId>
-            <artifactId>ehcache-core</artifactId>
+            <groupId>org.ehcache</groupId>
+            <artifactId>ehcache</artifactId>
             <version>${ehcache.version}</version>
             <exclusions>
+                <!--> org.glassfish.jaxb is blocked in maven 3.8.1 as it comes from http (not https) repository.
+                Also, it is not required in java 8 so we excluded it. See https://github.com/ehcache/ehcache3/issues/2881. </-->
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.glassfish.jaxb</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jaxb-runtime</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                     <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/ConnectionFactoryBuilder.java b/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/ConnectionFactoryBuilder.java
index 02e5f42e5..79d209287 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/ConnectionFactoryBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/ConnectionFactoryBuilder.java
@@ -79,9 +79,6 @@ public class ConnectionFactoryBuilder {
   private int maxFrontCacheElements = DefaultConnectionFactory.DEFAULT_MAX_FRONTCACHE_ELEMENTS;
   private int frontCacheExpireTime = DefaultConnectionFactory.DEFAULT_FRONTCACHE_EXPIRETIME;
   private String frontCacheName = "ArcusFrontCache_" + this.hashCode();
-  private boolean frontCacheCopyOnRead = DefaultConnectionFactory.DEFAULT_FRONT_CACHE_COPY_ON_READ;
-  private boolean frontCacheCopyOnWrite =
-      DefaultConnectionFactory.DEFAULT_FRONT_CACHE_COPY_ON_WRITE;
 
   private int maxSMGetChunkSize = DefaultConnectionFactory.DEFAULT_MAX_SMGET_KEY_CHUNK_SIZE;
   private byte delimiter = DefaultConnectionFactory.DEFAULT_DELIMITER;
@@ -347,16 +344,16 @@ public ConnectionFactoryBuilder setFrontCacheExpireTime(int to) {
   /**
    * Set front cache copyOnRead property
    */
+  @Deprecated
   public ConnectionFactoryBuilder setFrontCacheCopyOnRead(boolean copyOnRead) {
-    frontCacheCopyOnRead = copyOnRead;
     return this;
   }
 
   /**
    * Set front cache copyOnWrite property
    */
+  @Deprecated
   public ConnectionFactoryBuilder setFrontCacheCopyOnWrite(boolean copyOnWrite) {
-    frontCacheCopyOnWrite = copyOnWrite;
     return this;
   }
 
@@ -616,13 +613,17 @@ public String getFrontCacheName() {
       }
 
       @Override
+      @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+      @Deprecated
       public boolean getFrontCacheCopyOnRead() {
-        return frontCacheCopyOnRead;
+        return DefaultConnectionFactory.DEFAULT_FRONT_CACHE_COPY_ON_READ;
       }
 
       @Override
+      @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+      @Deprecated
       public boolean getFrontCacheCopyOnWrite() {
-        return frontCacheCopyOnWrite;
+        return DefaultConnectionFactory.DEFAULT_FRONT_CACHE_COPY_ON_WRITE;
       }
 
       @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/DefaultConnectionFactory.java b/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/DefaultConnectionFactory.java
index 2d92d0f8a..4c6579832 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/DefaultConnectionFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/DefaultConnectionFactory.java
@@ -134,13 +134,17 @@ public class DefaultConnectionFactory extends SpyObject
       "ArcusFrontCache" + new Object().hashCode();
 
   /**
+   * copyOnRead is no longer used
    * Default copyOnRead : false
    */
+  @Deprecated
   public static final boolean DEFAULT_FRONT_CACHE_COPY_ON_READ = false;
 
   /**
+   * copyOnWrite is no longer used
    * Default copyOnWrite : false
    */
+  @Deprecated
   public static final boolean DEFAULT_FRONT_CACHE_COPY_ON_WRITE = false;
 
   /**
@@ -347,11 +351,13 @@ public String getFrontCacheName() {
   }
 
   @Override
+  @Deprecated
   public boolean getFrontCacheCopyOnRead() {
     return DEFAULT_FRONT_CACHE_COPY_ON_READ;
   }
 
   @Override
+  @Deprecated
   public boolean getFrontCacheCopyOnWrite() {
     return DEFAULT_FRONT_CACHE_COPY_ON_WRITE;
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/plugin/FrontCacheMemcachedClient.java b/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/plugin/FrontCacheMemcachedClient.java
index 84807dcb4..b8bfea81a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/plugin/FrontCacheMemcachedClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/plugin/FrontCacheMemcachedClient.java
@@ -66,13 +66,8 @@ public FrontCacheMemcachedClient(ConnectionFactory cf,
       String cacheName = cf.getFrontCacheName();
       int maxElements = cf.getMaxFrontCacheElements();
       int timeToLiveSeconds = cf.getFrontCacheExpireTime();
-      boolean copyOnRead = cf.getFrontCacheCopyOnRead();
-      boolean copyOnWrite = cf.getFrontCacheCopyOnWrite();
-      // TODO add an additional option
-      // int timeToIdleSeconds = timeToLiveSeconds;
 
-      localCacheManager = new LocalCacheManager(cacheName, maxElements,
-              timeToLiveSeconds, copyOnRead, copyOnWrite);
+      localCacheManager = new LocalCacheManager(cacheName, maxElements, timeToLiveSeconds);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/plugin/LocalCacheManager.java b/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/plugin/LocalCacheManager.java
index da0569435..d199e7aa2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/plugin/LocalCacheManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/plugin/LocalCacheManager.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  */
 package net.spy.memcached.plugin;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
@@ -24,52 +25,39 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 
-import net.sf.ehcache.Cache;
-import net.sf.ehcache.CacheManager;
-import net.sf.ehcache.Element;
-import net.sf.ehcache.config.CacheConfiguration;
-import net.sf.ehcache.config.PersistenceConfiguration;
-import net.sf.ehcache.store.MemoryStoreEvictionPolicy;
-
 import net.spy.memcached.compat.log.Logger;
 import net.spy.memcached.compat.log.LoggerFactory;
 
+import org.ehcache.Cache;
+import org.ehcache.CacheManager;
+import org.ehcache.config.CacheConfiguration;
+import org.ehcache.config.builders.CacheConfigurationBuilder;
+import org.ehcache.config.builders.CacheManagerBuilder;
+import org.ehcache.config.builders.ExpiryPolicyBuilder;
+import org.ehcache.config.builders.ResourcePoolsBuilder;
+
 /**
  * Local cache storage based on ehcache.
  */
 public class LocalCacheManager {
 
   private Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
-
-  protected Cache cache;
+  private Cache<String, Object> cache;
   protected String name;
 
-  public LocalCacheManager(String name) {
+  public LocalCacheManager(String name, int max, int exptime) {
     this.name = name;
-    // create a undecorated Cache object.
-    this.cache = CacheManager.getInstance().getCache(name);
-  }
-
-  public LocalCacheManager(String name, int max, int exptime, boolean copyOnRead,
-                           boolean copyOnWrite) {
-    this.cache = CacheManager.getInstance().getCache(name);
-    if (cache == null) {
-      CacheConfiguration config =
-              new CacheConfiguration(name, max)
-                      .copyOnRead(copyOnRead)
-                      .copyOnWrite(copyOnWrite)
-                      .memoryStoreEvictionPolicy(MemoryStoreEvictionPolicy.LRU)
-                      .eternal(false)
-                      .timeToLiveSeconds(exptime)
-                      .timeToIdleSeconds(exptime)
-                      .diskExpiryThreadIntervalSeconds(60)
-                      .persistence(new PersistenceConfiguration().strategy(
-                          PersistenceConfiguration.Strategy.NONE));
-      this.cache = new Cache(config, null, null);
-      CacheManager.getInstance().addCache(cache);
-
-      logger.info("Arcus k/v local cache is enabled : %s", cache.toString());
-    }
+    CacheManager cacheManager = CacheManagerBuilder.newCacheManagerBuilder()
+            .build(true);
+    CacheConfiguration<String, Object> config =
+            CacheConfigurationBuilder.newCacheConfigurationBuilder(String.class, Object.class,
+                            ResourcePoolsBuilder.heap(max))
+                    .withExpiry(ExpiryPolicyBuilder
+                            .timeToLiveExpiration(Duration.ofSeconds(exptime)))
+                    .build();
+    this.cache = cacheManager.createCache(name, config);
+
+    logger.info("Arcus k/v local cache is enabled : %s", cache.toString());
   }
 
   public <T> T get(String key) {
@@ -78,10 +66,10 @@ public <T> T get(String key) {
     }
 
     try {
-      Element element = cache.get(key);
-      if (null != element) {
+      Object value = cache.get(key);
+      if (null != value) {
         logger.debug("ArcusFrontCache: local cache hit for %s", key);
-        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") T ret = (T) element.getObjectValue();
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") T ret = (T) value;
         return ret;
       }
     } catch (Exception e) {
@@ -101,21 +89,13 @@ public T call() throws Exception {
     return task;
   }
 
-  public Element getElement(String key) {
-    Element element = cache.get(key);
-    if (null != element) {
-      logger.debug("ArcusFrontCache: local cache hit for %s", key);
-    }
-    return element;
-  }
-
   public <T> boolean put(String k, T v) {
     if (v == null) {
       return false;
     }
 
     try {
-      cache.put(new Element(k, v));
+      cache.put(k, v);
       return true;
     } catch (Exception e) {
       logger.info("failed to put to the local cache : %s", e.getMessage());