diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/mc1arke/sonarqube/plugin/scanner/CommunityProjectPullRequestsLoader.java b/src/main/java/com/github/mc1arke/sonarqube/plugin/scanner/CommunityProjectPullRequestsLoader.java
index 6849ac51d..ffca30fb8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/mc1arke/sonarqube/plugin/scanner/CommunityProjectPullRequestsLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/mc1arke/sonarqube/plugin/scanner/CommunityProjectPullRequestsLoader.java
@@ -19,9 +19,13 @@
 package com.github.mc1arke.sonarqube.plugin.scanner;
 
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializer;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
 import org.sonar.api.utils.MessageException;
+import org.sonar.api.utils.log.Logger;
+import org.sonar.api.utils.log.Loggers;
 import org.sonar.scanner.bootstrap.ScannerWsClient;
-import org.sonar.scanner.protocol.GsonHelper;
 import org.sonar.scanner.scan.branch.ProjectPullRequests;
 import org.sonar.scanner.scan.branch.ProjectPullRequestsLoader;
 import org.sonar.scanner.scan.branch.PullRequestInfo;
@@ -32,6 +36,8 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Reader;
+import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -42,6 +48,7 @@
  */
 public class CommunityProjectPullRequestsLoader implements ProjectPullRequestsLoader {
 
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = Loggers.get(CommunityProjectPullRequestsLoader.class);
     private static final String PROJECT_PULL_REQUESTS_URL = "/api/project_pull_requests/list?project=";
 
     private final ScannerWsClient scannerWsClient;
@@ -50,7 +57,24 @@ public class CommunityProjectPullRequestsLoader implements ProjectPullRequestsLo
     public CommunityProjectPullRequestsLoader(ScannerWsClient scannerWsClient) {
         super();
         this.scannerWsClient = scannerWsClient;
-        this.gson = GsonHelper.create();
+        this.gson =
+                new GsonBuilder().registerTypeAdapter(PullRequestInfo.class, createPullRequestInfoJsonDeserialiser())
+                        .create();
+    }
+
+    private static JsonDeserializer<PullRequestInfo> createPullRequestInfoJsonDeserialiser() {
+        return (jsonElement, type, jsonDeserializationContext) -> {
+            JsonObject jsonObject = jsonElement.getAsJsonObject();
+            long parsedDate = 0;
+            try {
+                parsedDate = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ")
+                        .parse(jsonObject.get("analysisDate").getAsString()).getTime();
+            } catch (ParseException e) {
+                LOGGER.warn("Could not parse date from Pull Requests API response. Will use '0' date", e);
+            }
+            return new PullRequestInfo(jsonObject.get("key").getAsString(), jsonObject.get("branch").getAsString(),
+                                       jsonObject.get("base").getAsString(), parsedDate);
+        };
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/mc1arke/sonarqube/plugin/scanner/CommunityProjectPullRequestsLoaderTest.java b/src/test/java/com/github/mc1arke/sonarqube/plugin/scanner/CommunityProjectPullRequestsLoaderTest.java
index b8deed8df..e166cf1c0 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/mc1arke/sonarqube/plugin/scanner/CommunityProjectPullRequestsLoaderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/mc1arke/sonarqube/plugin/scanner/CommunityProjectPullRequestsLoaderTest.java
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Reader;
 import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ public ExpectedException expectedException() {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testEmptyBranchesOnEmptyServerResponse() {
+    public void testEmptyPullRequestsOnEmptyServerResponse() {
         WsResponse mockResponse = mock(WsResponse.class);
         when(scannerWsClient.call(any())).thenReturn(mockResponse);
 
@@ -73,30 +74,46 @@ public void testEmptyBranchesOnEmptyServerResponse() {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testAllBranchesFromNonEmptyServerResponse() {
+    public void testAllPullRequestsFromNonEmptyServerResponse() throws ParseException {
         WsResponse mockResponse = mock(WsResponse.class);
         when(scannerWsClient.call(any())).thenReturn(mockResponse);
 
-        List<PullRequestInfo> infos = new ArrayList<>();
-        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
-            infos.add(new PullRequestInfo("key" + i, "branch" + i, "base" + i, i));
-        }
+        StringReader stringReader = new StringReader(
+                "{\"pullRequests\":[{\"key\":\"101\",\"title\":\"dummybranch\",\"branch\":\"dummybranch\",\"base\":\"master\",\"status\":{\"qualityGateStatus\":\"OK\",\"bugs\":0,\"vulnerabilities\":0,\"codeSmells\":0},\"analysisDate\":\"2019-04-04T19:44:27+0100\"}]}");
+        when(mockResponse.contentReader()).thenReturn(stringReader);
+
+        CommunityProjectPullRequestsLoader testCase = new CommunityProjectPullRequestsLoader(scannerWsClient);
+        ProjectPullRequests response = testCase.load("key");
+        assertFalse(response.isEmpty());
+
+        PullRequestInfo responseInfo = response.get("dummybranch");
+        assertNotNull(responseInfo);
+        assertEquals(new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ").parse("2019-04-04T19:44:27+0100").getTime(),
+                     responseInfo.getAnalysisDate());
+        assertEquals("master", responseInfo.getBase());
+        assertEquals("dummybranch", responseInfo.getBranch());
+        assertEquals("101", responseInfo.getKey());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAllPullRequestsFromNonEmptyServerResponseWithInvalidDate() {
+        WsResponse mockResponse = mock(WsResponse.class);
+        when(scannerWsClient.call(any())).thenReturn(mockResponse);
 
         StringReader stringReader = new StringReader(
-                GsonHelper.create().toJson(new CommunityProjectPullRequestsLoader.PullRequestsResponse(infos)));
+                "{\"pullRequests\":[{\"key\":\"101\",\"title\":\"dummybranch\",\"branch\":\"dummybranch\",\"base\":\"master\",\"status\":{\"qualityGateStatus\":\"OK\",\"bugs\":0,\"vulnerabilities\":0,\"codeSmells\":0},\"analysisDate\":\"\"}]}");
         when(mockResponse.contentReader()).thenReturn(stringReader);
 
         CommunityProjectPullRequestsLoader testCase = new CommunityProjectPullRequestsLoader(scannerWsClient);
         ProjectPullRequests response = testCase.load("key");
         assertFalse(response.isEmpty());
-        for (PullRequestInfo info : infos) {
-            PullRequestInfo responseInfo = response.get(info.getBranch());
-            assertNotNull(responseInfo);
-            assertEquals(info.getAnalysisDate(), responseInfo.getAnalysisDate());
-            assertEquals(info.getBase(), responseInfo.getBase());
-            assertEquals(info.getBranch(), responseInfo.getBranch());
-            assertEquals(info.getKey(), responseInfo.getKey());
-        }
+
+        PullRequestInfo responseInfo = response.get("dummybranch");
+        assertNotNull(responseInfo);
+        assertEquals(0, responseInfo.getAnalysisDate());
+        assertEquals("master", responseInfo.getBase());
+        assertEquals("dummybranch", responseInfo.getBranch());
+        assertEquals("101", responseInfo.getKey());
     }
 
     @Test