diff --git a/bootstrap/velocity/build.gradle.kts b/bootstrap/velocity/build.gradle.kts
index a21fb2349..97e9d1f57 100644
--- a/bootstrap/velocity/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/bootstrap/velocity/build.gradle.kts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ dependencies {
 platformRelocate("com.fasterxml.jackson")
 platformRelocate("it.unimi.dsi.fastutil")
 platformRelocate("net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson.legacyimpl")
+platformRelocate("org.yaml")
 
 exclude("com.google.*:*")
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/extension/GeyserExtensionDescription.java b/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/extension/GeyserExtensionDescription.java
index 716b763f5..239ffc450 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/extension/GeyserExtensionDescription.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/extension/GeyserExtensionDescription.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.NonNull;
 import org.geysermc.geyser.api.extension.ExtensionDescription;
 import org.geysermc.geyser.api.extension.exception.InvalidDescriptionException;
 import org.geysermc.geyser.text.GeyserLocale;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.LoaderOptions;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.CustomClassLoaderConstructor;
 
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ public record GeyserExtensionDescription(@NonNull String id,
                                          @NonNull String version,
                                          @NonNull List<String> authors) implements ExtensionDescription {
 
-    private static final Yaml YAML = new Yaml(new CustomClassLoaderConstructor(Source.class.getClassLoader()));
+    private static final Yaml YAML = new Yaml(new CustomClassLoaderConstructor(Source.class.getClassLoader(), new LoaderOptions()));
 
     public static final Pattern ID_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("[a-z][a-z0-9-_]{0,63}");
     public static final Pattern NAME_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("^[A-Za-z_.-]+$");
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 73417f23a..377172346 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ base-api = "1.0.0-SNAPSHOT"
 cumulus = "1.1.2"
 erosion = "1.0-20230406.174837-8"
 events = "1.1-SNAPSHOT"
-jackson = { strictly = "2.14.0" } # Don't let other dependencies override
+jackson = "2.17.0"
 fastutil = "8.5.2"
 netty = "4.1.107.Final"
 guava = "29.0-jre"
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ mixin = "0.8.5"
 
 # plugin versions
 indra = "3.1.3"
-shadow = "7.1.3-SNAPSHOT"
+shadow = "8.1.1"
 architectury-plugin = "3.4-SNAPSHOT"
 architectury-loom = "1.4-SNAPSHOT"
 minotaur = "2.8.7"