diff --git a/bootstrap/velocity/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/platform/velocity/GeyserVelocityPingPassthrough.java b/bootstrap/velocity/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/platform/velocity/GeyserVelocityPingPassthrough.java
index 8944ea134..b2258d3a3 100644
--- a/bootstrap/velocity/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/platform/velocity/GeyserVelocityPingPassthrough.java
+++ b/bootstrap/velocity/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/platform/velocity/GeyserVelocityPingPassthrough.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 package org.geysermc.geyser.platform.velocity;
 
 import com.velocitypowered.api.event.proxy.ProxyPingEvent;
+import com.velocitypowered.api.network.ProtocolState;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.network.ProtocolVersion;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.InboundConnection;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.ProxyServer;
@@ -88,6 +89,11 @@ public class GeyserVelocityPingPassthrough implements IGeyserPingPassthrough {
         public ProtocolVersion getProtocolVersion() {
             return ProtocolVersion.MAXIMUM_VERSION;
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public ProtocolState getProtocolState() {
+            return ProtocolState.STATUS;
+        }
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 24d0d5050..2cca857f3 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ viaversion = "4.9.2"
 adapters = "1.12-SNAPSHOT"
 commodore = "2.2"
 bungeecord = "a7c6ede"
-velocity = "3.1.1"
+velocity = "3.3.0-SNAPSHOT"
 viaproxy = "3.2.1"
 fabric-minecraft = "1.20.5"
 fabric-loader = "0.15.10"