diff --git a/sponge/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/sponge/LPSpongeBootstrap.java b/sponge/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/sponge/LPSpongeBootstrap.java
index e48271856..e7fa9be24 100644
--- a/sponge/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/sponge/LPSpongeBootstrap.java
+++ b/sponge/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/sponge/LPSpongeBootstrap.java
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ import org.spongepowered.plugin.metadata.PluginMetadata;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -197,6 +199,15 @@ public class LPSpongeBootstrap implements LuckPermsBootstrap, LoaderBootstrap, B
     }
 
     public void registerListeners(Object obj) {
+        // Check if we are running Sponge API 9+
+        try {
+            final Method method = org.spongepowered.api.event.EventManager.class.getDeclaredMethod("registerListeners", PluginContainer.class, Object.class, MethodHandles.Lookup.class);
+            method.invoke(this.game.eventManager(), this.pluginContainer, obj, MethodHandles.lookup());
+            return;
+        } catch (Throwable t) {
+            // ignore
+        }
+        // Fallback to Sponge API 8
         this.game.eventManager().registerListeners(this.pluginContainer, obj);
     }