diff --git a/ServiceWiring.php b/ServiceWiring.php
index 244ec5e2..7bd4ac3f 100644
--- a/ServiceWiring.php
+++ b/ServiceWiring.php
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ return [
 		): ThanksQueryHelper {
 			return new ThanksQueryHelper(
 				$services->getTitleFactory(),
-				$services->getDBLoadBalancer()
+				$services->getConnectionProvider()
 			);
 	},
 	'ThanksLogStore' => static function ( MediaWikiServices $services ): LogStore {
 		return new LogStore(
-			$services->getDBLoadBalancerFactory(),
+			$services->getConnectionProvider(),
 			$services->getActorNormalization(),
 			new ServiceOptions(
 				LogStore::CONSTRUCTOR_OPTIONS,
diff --git a/includes/EchoCoreThanksPresentationModel.php b/includes/EchoCoreThanksPresentationModel.php
index e0d3e880..26565e6a 100644
--- a/includes/EchoCoreThanksPresentationModel.php
+++ b/includes/EchoCoreThanksPresentationModel.php
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class EchoCoreThanksPresentationModel extends EchoEventPresentationModel {
 		if ( !$logId ) {
 			$this->logEntry = false;
 		} else {
-			$dbr = MediaWikiServices::getInstance()->getDBLoadBalancerFactory()->getReplicaDatabase();
+			$dbr = MediaWikiServices::getInstance()->getConnectionProvider()->getReplicaDatabase();
 			$this->logEntry = DatabaseLogEntry::newFromId( $logId, $dbr ) ?: false;
 		}
 		return $this->logEntry;
diff --git a/includes/ThanksQueryHelper.php b/includes/ThanksQueryHelper.php
index 06a11cc7..c2758088 100644
--- a/includes/ThanksQueryHelper.php
+++ b/includes/ThanksQueryHelper.php
@@ -5,20 +5,18 @@ use DBAccessObjectUtils;
 use IDBAccessObject;
 use MediaWiki\Title\TitleFactory;
 use MediaWiki\User\UserIdentity;
-use Wikimedia\Rdbms\ILoadBalancer;
+use Wikimedia\Rdbms\IConnectionProvider;
 
 /**
  * Query module
  */
 class ThanksQueryHelper {
-	/** @var TitleFactory */
 	private TitleFactory $titleFactory;
-	/** @var ILoadBalancer */
-	private ILoadBalancer $loadBalancer;
+	private IConnectionProvider $dbProvider;
 
-	public function __construct( TitleFactory $titleFactory, ILoadBalancer $loadBalancer ) {
+	public function __construct( TitleFactory $titleFactory, IConnectionProvider $dbProvider ) {
 		$this->titleFactory = $titleFactory;
-		$this->loadBalancer = $loadBalancer;
+		$this->dbProvider = $dbProvider;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -36,9 +34,7 @@ class ThanksQueryHelper {
 		int $limit = 1000,
 		int $flags = IDBAccessObject::READ_NORMAL
 	): int {
-		$loadBalancer = $this->loadBalancer;
-		list( $index, $options ) = DBAccessObjectUtils::getDBOptions( $flags );
-		$db = $loadBalancer->getConnection( $index );
+		$db = DBAccessObjectUtils::getDBFromRecency( $this->dbProvider, $flags );
 		$userPage = $this->titleFactory->newFromText( $userIdentity->getName(), NS_USER );
 		$logTitle = $userPage->getDBkey();
 		return $db->newSelectQueryBuilder()