diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 32ba863..c8b17aa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.spigotmc</groupId>
             <artifactId>spigot-api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.20-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.21.4-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
          <groupId>me.clip</groupId>
           <artifactId>placeholderapi</artifactId>
-          <version>2.11.3</version>
+          <version>2.11.6</version>
          <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/extendedclip/papi/expansion/player/PlayerUtil.java b/src/main/java/com/extendedclip/papi/expansion/player/PlayerUtil.java
index cd37449..4b988bb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/extendedclip/papi/expansion/player/PlayerUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/extendedclip/papi/expansion/player/PlayerUtil.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package com.extendedclip.papi.expansion.player;
 
-import me.clip.placeholderapi.PlaceholderAPI;
 import me.clip.placeholderapi.PlaceholderAPIPlugin;
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.Material;
@@ -8,6 +7,7 @@
 import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
 import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
 import org.bukkit.inventory.PlayerInventory;
+import org.bukkit.inventory.meta.Damageable;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
@@ -199,7 +199,23 @@ public static ItemStack itemInHand(Player p) {
     }
 
     public static int durability(ItemStack item) {
-        return item != null ? item.getType().getMaxDurability() - item.getDurability() : 0;
+        if (item == null) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        if (!VersionHelper.IS_1_21_OR_NEWER) {
+            return item.getType().getMaxDurability() - item.getDurability();
+        }
+
+        final Damageable meta = (Damageable) item.getItemMeta();
+        if (meta == null) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        if (meta.hasMaxDamage()) {
+            return meta.getMaxDamage() - meta.getDamage();
+        }
+        return item.getType().getMaxDurability() - meta.getDamage();
     }
 
     public static int getEmptySlots(Player p) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/extendedclip/papi/expansion/player/VersionHelper.java b/src/main/java/com/extendedclip/papi/expansion/player/VersionHelper.java
index 11a218b..69b5a7b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/extendedclip/papi/expansion/player/VersionHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/extendedclip/papi/expansion/player/VersionHelper.java
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ public final class VersionHelper {
      */
     public static final boolean IS_1_20_4_OR_NEWER = VERSION >= 1_20_4;
 
+    /**
+     * @see org.bukkit.inventory.meta.Damageable#getMaxDamage()
+     */
+    public static final boolean IS_1_21_OR_NEWER = VERSION >= 1_21_0;
+
     private VersionHelper() { }
 
     /**