diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 7e14f31465..2491a4d481 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ sponge = "9.0.0"
 velocity = "3.4.0-SNAPSHOT"
 waterdogpe = "1.2.4"
 nukkitX = "1.0-SNAPSHOT"
-minestom = "2025.10.31-1.21.10"
+minestom = "2025.12.20-1.21.11"
 minestomExtensions = "1.2.0"
 spigot = "1.8.8-R0.1-SNAPSHOT"
 bungeecord = "1.21-R0.5-SNAPSHOT"
diff --git a/modules/bridge/impl/src/main/java/eu/cloudnetservice/modules/bridge/impl/platform/minestom/MinestomBridgeExtension.java b/modules/bridge/impl/src/main/java/eu/cloudnetservice/modules/bridge/impl/platform/minestom/MinestomBridgeExtension.java
index c1fcad1c7f..c6ba3f9525 100644
--- a/modules/bridge/impl/src/main/java/eu/cloudnetservice/modules/bridge/impl/platform/minestom/MinestomBridgeExtension.java
+++ b/modules/bridge/impl/src/main/java/eu/cloudnetservice/modules/bridge/impl/platform/minestom/MinestomBridgeExtension.java
@@ -25,12 +25,7 @@
 import jakarta.inject.Inject;
 import jakarta.inject.Singleton;
 import lombok.NonNull;
-import net.kyori.adventure.text.logger.slf4j.ComponentLogger;
-import net.minestom.server.extras.MojangAuth;
-import net.minestom.server.extras.bungee.BungeeCordProxy;
-import net.minestom.server.extras.velocity.VelocityProxy;
 import net.minestom.server.timer.SchedulerManager;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
 @Singleton
 @PlatformPlugin(
@@ -46,7 +41,6 @@
     repository = @Repository(id = "Central", url = "https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/")))
 public final class MinestomBridgeExtension implements PlatformEntrypoint {
 
-  private final Logger logger;
   private final ModuleHelper moduleHelper;
   private final ServiceRegistry serviceRegistry;
   private final SchedulerManager schedulerManager;
@@ -54,14 +48,12 @@ public final class MinestomBridgeExtension implements PlatformEntrypoint {
 
   @Inject
   public MinestomBridgeExtension(
-    @NonNull ComponentLogger logger,
     @NonNull ModuleHelper moduleHelper,
     @NonNull ServiceRegistry serviceRegistry,
     @NonNull SchedulerManager schedulerManager,
     @NonNull MinestomBridgeManagement bridgeManagement,
     @NonNull MinestomPlayerManagementListener playerListener
   ) {
-    this.logger = logger;
     this.moduleHelper = moduleHelper;
     this.serviceRegistry = serviceRegistry;
     this.schedulerManager = schedulerManager;
@@ -74,17 +66,6 @@ public MinestomBridgeExtension(
   public void onLoad() {
     this.bridgeManagement.registerServices(this.serviceRegistry);
     this.schedulerManager.scheduleNextTick(this.bridgeManagement::postInit);
-
-    // force initialize the bungeecord proxy forwarding
-    if (!VelocityProxy.isEnabled()) {
-      BungeeCordProxy.enable();
-    }
-
-    // using bungeecord and mojang auth will not work, we can't do anything about it. Just send a warning
-    if (!VelocityProxy.isEnabled() && MojangAuth.isEnabled()) {
-      this.logger.warn(
-        "Be aware that using BungeeCord player info forwarding in combination with Mojang authentication will not work!");
-    }
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/modules/signs/impl/src/main/java/eu/cloudnetservice/modules/signs/impl/platform/minestom/MinestomPlatformSign.java b/modules/signs/impl/src/main/java/eu/cloudnetservice/modules/signs/impl/platform/minestom/MinestomPlatformSign.java
index e788645d82..3bce5edee3 100644
--- a/modules/signs/impl/src/main/java/eu/cloudnetservice/modules/signs/impl/platform/minestom/MinestomPlatformSign.java
+++ b/modules/signs/impl/src/main/java/eu/cloudnetservice/modules/signs/impl/platform/minestom/MinestomPlatformSign.java
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public void updateSign(@NonNull SignLayout layout) {
       textCompound.put("color", serializedColor);
 
       // set the sign lines - they are provided as legacy text components and need to be converted to JSON
-      var linesCompound = ListBinaryTag.builder();
+      var linesCompound = ListBinaryTag.heterogeneousListBinaryTag();
       this.changeSignLines(layout, (_, line) -> linesCompound.add(line));
       textCompound.put("messages", linesCompound.build());