diff --git a/modules/npcs/impl/src/main/java/eu/cloudnetservice/modules/npc/impl/platform/bukkit/BukkitPlatformNPCManagement.java b/modules/npcs/impl/src/main/java/eu/cloudnetservice/modules/npc/impl/platform/bukkit/BukkitPlatformNPCManagement.java
index 4242c05740..3571077b97 100644
--- a/modules/npcs/impl/src/main/java/eu/cloudnetservice/modules/npc/impl/platform/bukkit/BukkitPlatformNPCManagement.java
+++ b/modules/npcs/impl/src/main/java/eu/cloudnetservice/modules/npc/impl/platform/bukkit/BukkitPlatformNPCManagement.java
@@ -21,10 +21,7 @@
 import com.github.juliarn.npclib.api.protocol.PlatformPacketAdapter;
 import com.github.juliarn.npclib.bukkit.BukkitPlatform;
 import com.github.juliarn.npclib.bukkit.BukkitWorldAccessor;
-import com.github.juliarn.npclib.bukkit.protocol.BukkitProtocolAdapter;
 import com.github.juliarn.npclib.ext.labymod.LabyModExtension;
-import com.github.retrooper.packetevents.manager.server.ServerVersion;
-import com.github.retrooper.packetevents.util.PEVersion;
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import eu.cloudnetservice.driver.ComponentInfo;
 import eu.cloudnetservice.driver.event.EventManager;
@@ -44,6 +41,7 @@
 import eu.cloudnetservice.modules.npc.impl.platform.PlatformNPCManagement;
 import eu.cloudnetservice.modules.npc.impl.platform.bukkit.entity.EntityBukkitPlatformSelectorEntity;
 import eu.cloudnetservice.modules.npc.impl.platform.bukkit.entity.NPCBukkitPlatformSelector;
+import eu.cloudnetservice.modules.npc.impl.platform.bukkit.util.BukkitPacketAdapterUtil;
 import eu.cloudnetservice.modules.npc.platform.PlatformSelectorEntity;
 import eu.cloudnetservice.wrapper.configuration.WrapperConfiguration;
 import jakarta.inject.Inject;
@@ -290,15 +288,6 @@ protected void startEmoteTask(boolean force) {
   }
 
   protected @NonNull PlatformPacketAdapter<World, Player, ItemStack, Plugin> resolvePacketAdapter() {
-    var bukkitVersion = this.server.getBukkitVersion();
-    var parsedVersion = PEVersion.fromString(bukkitVersion.substring(0, bukkitVersion.indexOf("-")));
-    var latestPEVersion = PEVersion.fromString(ServerVersion.getLatest().getReleaseName());
-    if (parsedVersion.isNewerThan(latestPEVersion)) {
-      this.plugin.getLogger().info("NPCs using ProtocolLib for version " + bukkitVersion);
-      return BukkitProtocolAdapter.protocolLib();
-    }
-
-    this.plugin.getLogger().info("NPCs using PacketEvents for version " + bukkitVersion);
-    return BukkitProtocolAdapter.packetEvents();
+    return BukkitPacketAdapterUtil.resolve();
   }
 }
diff --git a/modules/npcs/impl/src/main/java/eu/cloudnetservice/modules/npc/impl/platform/bukkit/util/BukkitPacketAdapterUtil.java b/modules/npcs/impl/src/main/java/eu/cloudnetservice/modules/npc/impl/platform/bukkit/util/BukkitPacketAdapterUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..29ec22a831
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/npcs/impl/src/main/java/eu/cloudnetservice/modules/npc/impl/platform/bukkit/util/BukkitPacketAdapterUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2019-present CloudNetService team & contributors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package eu.cloudnetservice.modules.npc.impl.platform.bukkit.util;
+
+import com.github.juliarn.npclib.api.protocol.PlatformPacketAdapter;
+import com.github.juliarn.npclib.bukkit.protocol.BukkitProtocolAdapter;
+import com.github.retrooper.packetevents.manager.server.ServerVersion;
+import com.github.retrooper.packetevents.util.PEVersion;
+import eu.cloudnetservice.utils.base.StringUtil;
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle;
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodType;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
+import lombok.NonNull;
+import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
+import org.bukkit.Server;
+import org.bukkit.World;
+import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
+import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
+import org.bukkit.plugin.Plugin;
+
+public final class BukkitPacketAdapterUtil {
+
+  private static final String NPC_PACKET_ADAPTER = System.getProperty("cloudnet.npcs.packet-adapter");
+
+  private static final MethodHandle SERVER_GET_BUKKIT_VERSION;
+
+  static {
+    MethodHandle handle = null;
+    try {
+      handle = MethodHandles.publicLookup().findVirtual(Server.class, "getBukkitVersion", MethodType.methodType(String.class));
+    } catch (Throwable _) {
+    }
+    SERVER_GET_BUKKIT_VERSION = handle;
+  }
+
+  private static final Supplier<PlatformPacketAdapter<World, Player, ItemStack, Plugin>> RESOLVED = StableValue.supplier(
+    BukkitPacketAdapterUtil::resolveAdapter);
+
+  private BukkitPacketAdapterUtil() {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+  }
+
+  public static @NonNull PlatformPacketAdapter<World, Player, ItemStack, Plugin> resolve() {
+    return RESOLVED.get();
+  }
+
+  private static @NonNull PlatformPacketAdapter<World, Player, ItemStack, Plugin> resolveAdapter() {
+    if (NPC_PACKET_ADAPTER == null) {
+      return evaluateAdapter();
+    }
+
+    return switch (StringUtil.toLower(NPC_PACKET_ADAPTER)) {
+      case "protocollib" -> BukkitProtocolAdapter.protocolLib();
+      case "packetevents" -> BukkitProtocolAdapter.packetEvents();
+      default -> evaluateAdapter();
+    };
+  }
+
+  private static @NonNull PlatformPacketAdapter<World, Player, ItemStack, Plugin> evaluateAdapter() {
+    try {
+      var bukkitVersion = resolveMinecraftVersion();
+      var versionStart = bukkitVersion.indexOf('-');
+      var parsedVersion = PEVersion.fromString(versionStart >= 0 ? bukkitVersion.substring(0, versionStart) : bukkitVersion);
+      var latestPEVersion = PEVersion.fromString(ServerVersion.getLatest().getReleaseName());
+      if (parsedVersion.isNewerThan(latestPEVersion)) {
+        return BukkitProtocolAdapter.protocolLib();
+      }
+
+      return BukkitProtocolAdapter.packetEvents();
+    } catch (Throwable _) {
+      return BukkitProtocolAdapter.protocolLib();
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static @NonNull String resolveMinecraftVersion() {
+    try {
+      if (SERVER_GET_BUKKIT_VERSION != null) {
+        return (String) SERVER_GET_BUKKIT_VERSION.invoke(Bukkit.getServer());
+      }
+    } catch (Throwable _) {
+    }
+    return Bukkit.getBukkitVersion();
+  }
+}
+
+