diff --git a/apps/emqx/src/emqx_rpc.erl b/apps/emqx/src/emqx_rpc.erl
index 91e796725..0cdc09b22 100644
--- a/apps/emqx/src/emqx_rpc.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx/src/emqx_rpc.erl
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
              , cast_result/0
              , multicall_result/0
              , erpc/1
-             , erpc_multicast/1
+             , erpc_multicall/1
              ]).
 
 -compile({inline,
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
                  | {error, {exception, _Reason, _Stack :: list()}}
                  | {error, {erpc, _Reason}}.
 
--type erpc_multicast(Ret) :: [erpc(Ret)].
+-type erpc_multicall(Ret) :: [erpc(Ret)].
 
 -spec call(node(), module(), atom(), list()) -> call_result().
 call(Node, Mod, Fun, Args) ->
diff --git a/apps/emqx_bridge/src/emqx_bridge_api.erl b/apps/emqx_bridge/src/emqx_bridge_api.erl
index 847495cbc..d78cbf5f2 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_bridge/src/emqx_bridge_api.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_bridge/src/emqx_bridge_api.erl
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@
 -export(['/bridges'/2, '/bridges/:id'/2,
          '/bridges/:id/operation/:operation'/2]).
 
--export([ list_local_bridges/1
-        , lookup_from_local_node/2
+-export([ lookup_from_local_node/2
         ]).
 
 -define(TYPES, [mqtt, http]).
@@ -288,12 +287,8 @@ schema("/bridges/:id/operation/:operation") ->
             end
     end;
 '/bridges'(get, _Params) ->
-    {200, zip_bridges([list_local_bridges(Node) || Node <- mria_mnesia:running_nodes()])}.
-
-list_local_bridges(Node) when Node =:= node() ->
-    [format_resp(Data) || Data <- emqx_bridge:list()];
-list_local_bridges(Node) ->
-    rpc_call(Node, list_local_bridges, [Node]).
+    {200, zip_bridges([[format_resp(Data) || Data <- emqx_bridge_proto_v1:list_bridges(Node)]
+                       || Node <- mria_mnesia:running_nodes()])}.
 
 '/bridges/:id'(get, #{bindings := #{id := Id}}) ->
     ?TRY_PARSE_ID(Id, lookup_from_all_nodes(BridgeType, BridgeName, 200));
@@ -321,7 +316,8 @@ list_local_bridges(Node) ->
         end).
 
 lookup_from_all_nodes(BridgeType, BridgeName, SuccCode) ->
-    case rpc_multicall(lookup_from_local_node, [BridgeType, BridgeName]) of
+    Nodes = mria_mnesia:running_nodes(),
+    case is_ok(emqx_bridge_proto_v1:lookup_from_all_nodes(Nodes, BridgeType, BridgeName)) of
         {ok, [{ok, _} | _] = Results} ->
             {SuccCode, format_bridge_info([R || {ok, R} <- Results])};
         {ok, [{error, not_found} | _]} ->
@@ -433,9 +429,8 @@ format_metrics(#{
         } }) ->
     ?METRICS(Match, Succ, Failed + Ex, Rate, Rate5m, RateMax).
 
-rpc_multicall(Func, Args) ->
-    Nodes = mria_mnesia:running_nodes(),
-    ResL = erpc:multicall(Nodes, ?MODULE, Func, Args, 15000),
+
+is_ok(ResL) ->
     case lists:filter(fun({ok, _}) -> false; (_) -> true end, ResL) of
         [] -> {ok, [Res || {ok, Res} <- ResL]};
         ErrL -> {error, ErrL}
@@ -446,21 +441,6 @@ filter_out_request_body(Conf) ->
         <<"node_metrics">>, <<"metrics">>, <<"node">>],
     maps:without(ExtraConfs, Conf).
 
-rpc_call(Node, Fun, Args) ->
-    rpc_call(Node, ?MODULE, Fun, Args).
-
-rpc_call(Node, Mod, Fun, Args) when Node =:= node() ->
-    apply(Mod, Fun, Args);
-rpc_call(Node, Mod, Fun, Args) ->
-    case rpc:call(Node, Mod, Fun, Args) of
-        {badrpc, Reason} -> {error, Reason};
-        Res -> Res
-    end.
-
-wrap_rpc({badrpc, Reason}) -> {error, Reason};
-wrap_rpc(Ret)              -> Ret.
-
-
 error_msg(Code, Msg) when is_binary(Msg) ->
     #{code => Code, message => Msg};
 error_msg(Code, Msg) ->
diff --git a/apps/emqx_bridge/src/proto/emqx_bridge_proto_v1.erl b/apps/emqx_bridge/src/proto/emqx_bridge_proto_v1.erl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..71ea1d2dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/emqx_bridge/src/proto/emqx_bridge_proto_v1.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
+%% Copyright (c) 2022 EMQ Technologies Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
+%%
+%% Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+%% you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+%% You may obtain a copy of the License at
+%%
+%%     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+%%
+%% Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+%% distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+%% WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+%% See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+%% limitations under the License.
+%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-module(emqx_bridge_proto_v1).
+
+-behaviour(emqx_bpapi).
+
+-export([ introduced_in/0
+
+        , list_bridges/1
+        , lookup_from_all_nodes/3
+        ]).
+
+-include_lib("emqx/include/bpapi.hrl").
+
+-define(TIMEOUT, 15000).
+
+introduced_in() ->
+    "5.0.0".
+
+-spec list_bridges(node()) -> list() | emqx_rpc:badrpc().
+list_bridges(Node) ->
+    rpc:call(Node, emqx_bridge, list, [], ?TIMEOUT).
+
+-type key() :: atom() | binary() | [byte()].
+
+-spec lookup_from_all_nodes([node()], key(), key()) ->
+          emqx_rpc:erpc_multicall().
+lookup_from_all_nodes(Nodes, BridgeType, BridgeName) ->
+    erpc:multicall(Nodes, emqx_bridge_api, lookup_from_local_node, [BridgeType, BridgeName], ?TIMEOUT).