diff --git a/Changelog.tmp b/Changelog.tmp
index 44e623635..9917aa485 100644
--- a/Changelog.tmp
+++ b/Changelog.tmp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 - [FilterS] Renamed rals_conns to apiers_conns
 - [FilterS] Updated *destination filter to get ReverseDestination form API
 - [SessionS] Added check for missing CGRevent
-- [SessionS] Add *cost flag for SessionSv1.ProcessEvent to calculate the rater cost
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+- [SessionS] Add *cost flag for SessionSv1.ProcessEvent to calculate the rater cost
+- [ConnManager] Added ApierSv2 as internal connection channel instead of ApierSv1
diff --git a/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine.go b/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine.go
index 150a3b9ba..813ce9f24 100644
--- a/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine.go
+++ b/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine.go
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ func main() {
 	// because we need to pass the connection to it
 	connManager := engine.NewConnManager(cfg, map[string]chan rpcclient.ClientConnector{
 		utils.ConcatenatedKey(utils.MetaInternal, utils.MetaAnalyzer):       internalAnalyzerSChan,
-		utils.ConcatenatedKey(utils.MetaInternal, utils.MetaApier):          internalAPIerSv1Chan,
+		utils.ConcatenatedKey(utils.MetaInternal, utils.MetaApier):          internalAPIerSv2Chan,
 		utils.ConcatenatedKey(utils.MetaInternal, utils.MetaAttributes):     internalAttributeSChan,
 		utils.ConcatenatedKey(utils.MetaInternal, utils.MetaCaches):         internalCacheSChan,
 		utils.ConcatenatedKey(utils.MetaInternal, utils.MetaCDRs):           internalCDRServerChan,
diff --git a/engine/filters.go b/engine/filters.go
index 487158e6a..3eced14df 100644
--- a/engine/filters.go
+++ b/engine/filters.go
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ func (fS *FilterS) getFieldNameDataProvider(initialDP config.DataProvider,
 		if len(splitFldName) != 3 {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid fieldname <%s>", fieldName)
 		}
-		var account *Account
+		var account Account
 		if err = fS.connMgr.Call(fS.cfg.FilterSCfg().ApierSConns, nil, utils.APIerSv2GetAccount,
 			&utils.AttrGetAccount{Tenant: tenant, Account: splitFldName[1]}, &account); err != nil {
 			return