diff --git a/patches/server/fix-ItemMeta-removing-CustomModelData.patch b/patches/server/fix-ItemMeta-removing-CustomModelData.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2889221beb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/server/fix-ItemMeta-removing-CustomModelData.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jake Potrebic <jake.m.potrebic@gmail.com>
+Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2024 10:35:46 -0800
+Subject: [PATCH] fix ItemMeta removing CustomModelData
+
+
+diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/CraftMetaItem.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/CraftMetaItem.java
+index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/CraftMetaItem.java
++++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/CraftMetaItem.java
+@@ -0,0 +0,0 @@ class CraftMetaItem implements ItemMeta, Damageable, Repairable, BlockDataMeta {
+             }
+         }
+ 
+-        if (tag.contains(CraftMetaItem.CUSTOM_MODEL_DATA.NBT, CraftMagicNumbers.NBT.TAG_INT)) {
++        if (tag.contains(CraftMetaItem.CUSTOM_MODEL_DATA.NBT, CraftMagicNumbers.NBT.TAG_ANY_NUMBER)) { // Paper - correctly allow any number type
+             this.customModelData = tag.getInt(CraftMetaItem.CUSTOM_MODEL_DATA.NBT);
+         }
+         if (tag.contains(CraftMetaItem.BLOCK_DATA.NBT, CraftMagicNumbers.NBT.TAG_COMPOUND)) {