diff --git a/paper-server/pom.xml b/paper-server/pom.xml
index b4626c76e7..755be31246 100644
--- a/paper-server/pom.xml
+++ b/paper-server/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <api.version>unknown</api.version>
         <minecraft.version>1.16.4</minecraft.version>
-        <minecraft_version>1_16_R2</minecraft_version>
+        <minecraft_version>1_16_R3</minecraft_version>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>