diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d91c363..e96e413 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
 
     <groupId>me.youhavetrouble</groupId>
     <artifactId>PreventStabby</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0-pre-3</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-pre-4</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>PreventStabby</name>
 
     <description>Stop people from getting stabbed!</description>
     <properties>
-        <java.version>17</java.version>
+        <java.version>21</java.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.0</version>
+                <version>3.6.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <phase>package</phase>
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.papermc.paper</groupId>
             <artifactId>paper-api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.20.4-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.21-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/plugin.yml b/src/main/resources/plugin.yml
index fefa1e6..c88d2ae 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/plugin.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/plugin.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: PreventStabby
 version: ${project.version}
 main: me.youhavetrouble.preventstabby.PreventStabby
 authors: [YouHaveTrouble]
-api-version: 1.20
+api-version: 1.21
 folia-supported: true
 description: Stop people from getting stabbed!
 soft-depend: