diff --git a/paper-server/patches/sources/net/minecraft/world/entity/projectile/FireworkRocketEntity.java.patch b/paper-server/patches/sources/net/minecraft/world/entity/projectile/FireworkRocketEntity.java.patch
index 70b0990cf3..91715aeb75 100644
--- a/paper-server/patches/sources/net/minecraft/world/entity/projectile/FireworkRocketEntity.java.patch
+++ b/paper-server/patches/sources/net/minecraft/world/entity/projectile/FireworkRocketEntity.java.patch
@@ -10,7 +10,15 @@
  
  public class FireworkRocketEntity extends Projectile implements ItemSupplier {
  
-@@ -84,7 +87,29 @@
+@@ -42,6 +45,7 @@
+     public int lifetime;
+     @Nullable
+     public LivingEntity attachedToEntity;
++    @Nullable public java.util.UUID spawningEntity; // Paper
+ 
+     public FireworkRocketEntity(EntityType<? extends FireworkRocketEntity> type, Level world) {
+         super(type, world);
+@@ -84,7 +88,29 @@
          this.setOwner(entity);
      }
  
@@ -40,7 +48,7 @@
      protected void defineSynchedData(SynchedEntityData.Builder builder) {
          builder.define(FireworkRocketEntity.DATA_ID_FIREWORKS_ITEM, FireworkRocketEntity.getDefaultItem());
          builder.define(FireworkRocketEntity.DATA_ATTACHED_TO_TARGET, OptionalInt.empty());
-@@ -152,7 +177,7 @@
+@@ -152,7 +178,7 @@
          }
  
          if (!this.noPhysics && this.isAlive() && movingobjectposition.getType() != HitResult.Type.MISS) {
@@ -49,7 +57,7 @@
              this.hasImpulse = true;
          }
  
-@@ -172,7 +197,11 @@
+@@ -172,7 +198,11 @@
              if (world instanceof ServerLevel) {
                  ServerLevel worldserver = (ServerLevel) world;
  
@@ -62,7 +70,7 @@
              }
          }
  
-@@ -182,7 +211,7 @@
+@@ -182,7 +212,7 @@
          world.broadcastEntityEvent(this, (byte) 17);
          this.gameEvent(GameEvent.EXPLODE, this.getOwner());
          this.dealExplosionDamage(world);
@@ -71,7 +79,7 @@
      }
  
      @Override
-@@ -191,7 +220,11 @@
+@@ -191,7 +221,11 @@
          Level world = this.level();
  
          if (world instanceof ServerLevel worldserver) {
@@ -84,7 +92,7 @@
          }
  
      }
-@@ -205,7 +238,11 @@
+@@ -205,7 +239,11 @@
  
          if (world instanceof ServerLevel worldserver) {
              if (this.hasExplosion()) {
@@ -97,3 +105,28 @@
              }
          }
  
+@@ -287,6 +325,11 @@
+         nbt.putInt("LifeTime", this.lifetime);
+         nbt.put("FireworksItem", this.getItem().save(this.registryAccess()));
+         nbt.putBoolean("ShotAtAngle", (Boolean) this.entityData.get(FireworkRocketEntity.DATA_SHOT_AT_ANGLE));
++        // Paper start
++        if (this.spawningEntity != null) {
++            nbt.putUUID("SpawningEntity", this.spawningEntity);
++        }
++        // Paper end
+     }
+ 
+     @Override
+@@ -303,7 +346,11 @@
+         if (nbt.contains("ShotAtAngle")) {
+             this.entityData.set(FireworkRocketEntity.DATA_SHOT_AT_ANGLE, nbt.getBoolean("ShotAtAngle"));
+         }
+-
++        // Paper start
++        if (nbt.hasUUID("SpawningEntity")) {
++            this.spawningEntity = nbt.getUUID("SpawningEntity");
++        }
++        // Paper end
+     }
+ 
+     private List<FireworkExplosion> getExplosions() {
diff --git a/paper-server/patches/sources/net/minecraft/world/item/CrossbowItem.java.patch b/paper-server/patches/sources/net/minecraft/world/item/CrossbowItem.java.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0af1232366
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paper-server/patches/sources/net/minecraft/world/item/CrossbowItem.java.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--- a/net/minecraft/world/item/CrossbowItem.java
++++ b/net/minecraft/world/item/CrossbowItem.java
+@@ -164,7 +164,11 @@
+     @Override
+     protected Projectile createProjectile(Level world, LivingEntity shooter, ItemStack weaponStack, ItemStack projectileStack, boolean critical) {
+         if (projectileStack.is(Items.FIREWORK_ROCKET)) {
+-            return new FireworkRocketEntity(world, projectileStack, shooter, shooter.getX(), shooter.getEyeY() - 0.15F, shooter.getZ(), true);
++            // Paper start
++            FireworkRocketEntity entity =  new FireworkRocketEntity(world, projectileStack, shooter, shooter.getX(), shooter.getEyeY() - 0.15F, shooter.getZ(), true);
++            entity.spawningEntity = shooter.getUUID(); // Paper
++            return entity;
++            // Paper end
+         } else {
+             Projectile projectile = super.createProjectile(world, shooter, weaponStack, projectileStack, critical);
+             if (projectile instanceof AbstractArrow abstractArrow) {
diff --git a/paper-server/patches/sources/net/minecraft/world/item/FireworkRocketItem.java.patch b/paper-server/patches/sources/net/minecraft/world/item/FireworkRocketItem.java.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d36c81e68f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paper-server/patches/sources/net/minecraft/world/item/FireworkRocketItem.java.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- a/net/minecraft/world/item/FireworkRocketItem.java
++++ b/net/minecraft/world/item/FireworkRocketItem.java
+@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
+                     itemStack
+                 ),
+                 serverLevel,
+-                itemStack
++                itemStack, f -> f.spawningEntity = context.getPlayer() == null ? null : context.getPlayer().getUUID()  // Paper - firework api - assign spawning entity uuid
+             );
+             itemStack.shrink(1);
+         }
+@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
+         if (user.isFallFlying()) {
+             ItemStack itemStack = user.getItemInHand(hand);
+             if (world instanceof ServerLevel serverLevel) {
+-                Projectile.spawnProjectile(new FireworkRocketEntity(world, itemStack, user), serverLevel, itemStack);
++                Projectile.spawnProjectile(new FireworkRocketEntity(world, itemStack, user), serverLevel, itemStack, f -> f.spawningEntity = user.getUUID());  // Paper - firework api - assign spawning entity uuid
+                 itemStack.consume(1, user);
+                 user.awardStat(Stats.ITEM_USED.get(this));
+             }
diff --git a/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/entity/CraftFirework.java b/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/entity/CraftFirework.java
index 5ae87c370e..c9e15a9d82 100644
--- a/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/entity/CraftFirework.java
+++ b/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/entity/CraftFirework.java
@@ -129,4 +129,11 @@ public class CraftFirework extends CraftProjectile implements Firework {
     public void setShotAtAngle(boolean shotAtAngle) {
         this.getHandle().getEntityData().set(FireworkRocketEntity.DATA_SHOT_AT_ANGLE, shotAtAngle);
     }
+
+    // Paper start
+    @Override
+    public java.util.UUID getSpawningEntity() {
+        return getHandle().spawningEntity;
+    }
+    // Paper end
 }