diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8782a9c97..83e8f0c82 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ For more information, see the wiki article on [Why LuckPerms?](https://luckperms
 LuckPerms uses Gradle to handle dependencies & building.
 
 #### Requirements
-* Java 8 JDK or newer
+* Java 17 JDK or newer
 * Git
 
 #### Compiling from source
diff --git a/standalone/app/build.gradle b/standalone/app/build.gradle
index ee7edfdb9..708f45f97 100644
--- a/standalone/app/build.gradle
+++ b/standalone/app/build.gradle
@@ -18,21 +18,21 @@ dependencies {
     api 'com.google.guava:guava:31.1-jre'
     api 'io.netty:netty-all:4.1.93.Final'
 
-    api('net.kyori:adventure-api:4.11.0') {
+    api('net.kyori:adventure-api:4.14.0') {
         exclude(module: 'adventure-bom')
         exclude(module: 'checker-qual')
         exclude(module: 'annotations')
     }
-    api('net.kyori:adventure-text-serializer-gson:4.11.0') {
+    api('net.kyori:adventure-text-serializer-gson:4.14.0') {
         exclude(module: 'adventure-bom')
         exclude(module: 'adventure-api')
         exclude(module: 'gson')
     }
-    api('net.kyori:adventure-text-serializer-legacy:4.11.0') {
+    api('net.kyori:adventure-text-serializer-legacy:4.14.0') {
         exclude(module: 'adventure-bom')
         exclude(module: 'adventure-api')
     }
-    api('net.kyori:adventure-text-serializer-plain:4.11.0') {
+    api('net.kyori:adventure-text-serializer-plain:4.14.0') {
         exclude(module: 'adventure-bom')
         exclude(module: 'adventure-api')
     }
@@ -40,7 +40,14 @@ dependencies {
         exclude(module: 'adventure-bom')
         exclude(module: 'adventure-api')
     }
-    api('net.kyori:ansi:1.0.1')
+    api('net.kyori:adventure-text-serializer-ansi:4.14.0') {
+        exclude(module: 'adventure-bom')
+        exclude(module: 'adventure-api')
+        exclude(module: 'annotations')
+    }
+    api('net.kyori:ansi:1.0.3') {
+        exclude(module: 'annotations')
+    }
 }
 
 blossom {
diff --git a/standalone/app/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/standalone/app/integration/SingletonPlayer.java b/standalone/app/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/standalone/app/integration/SingletonPlayer.java
index 8d2453f74..0df81372b 100644
--- a/standalone/app/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/standalone/app/integration/SingletonPlayer.java
+++ b/standalone/app/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/standalone/app/integration/SingletonPlayer.java
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@
 package me.lucko.luckperms.standalone.app.integration;
 
 import me.lucko.luckperms.standalone.app.LuckPermsApplication;
-import me.lucko.luckperms.standalone.app.utils.AnsiUtils;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.ansi.ANSIComponentSerializer;
+import net.kyori.ansi.ColorLevel;
 
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.UUID;
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ public class SingletonPlayer {
     private static final UUID UUID = new UUID(0, 0);
 
     /** A message sink that prints the component to stdout */
-    private static final Consumer<Component> PRINT_TO_STDOUT = component -> LuckPermsApplication.LOGGER.info(AnsiUtils.format(component));
+    private static final Consumer<Component> PRINT_TO_STDOUT = component -> LuckPermsApplication.LOGGER.info(ANSIComponentSerializer.ansi().serialize(component));
 
     /** Singleton instance */
     public static final SingletonPlayer INSTANCE = new SingletonPlayer();
diff --git a/standalone/app/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/standalone/app/utils/AnsiUtils.java b/standalone/app/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/standalone/app/utils/AnsiUtils.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 048831e32..000000000
--- a/standalone/app/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/standalone/app/utils/AnsiUtils.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,130 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This file is part of LuckPerms, licensed under the MIT License.
- *
- *  Copyright (c) lucko (Luck) <luck@lucko.me>
- *  Copyright (c) contributors
- *
- *  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
- *  of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
- *  in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
- *  to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
- *  copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
- *  furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- *
- *  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
- *  copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- *
- *  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- *  IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
- *  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
- *  AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
- *  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
- *  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
- *  SOFTWARE.
- */
-
-package me.lucko.luckperms.standalone.app.utils;
-
-import net.kyori.adventure.key.Key;
-import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
-import net.kyori.adventure.text.flattener.ComponentFlattener;
-import net.kyori.adventure.text.flattener.FlattenerListener;
-import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.Style;
-import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.TextColor;
-import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.TextDecoration;
-import net.kyori.ansi.ANSIComponentRenderer;
-import net.kyori.ansi.StyleOps;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.Range;
-
-/**
- * Utility to format a {@link Component} as an ANSI string.
- */
-public final class AnsiUtils {
-    private AnsiUtils() {}
-
-    public static String format(Component component) {
-        ANSIComponentRenderer.ToString<Style> formatter = ANSIComponentRenderer.toString(AdventureStyleOps.INSTANCE);
-        ComponentFlattener.basic().flatten(component, new AnsiFlattenerListener(formatter));
-        return formatter.asString();
-    }
-
-    private static final class AnsiFlattenerListener implements FlattenerListener {
-        private final ANSIComponentRenderer.ToString<Style> formatter;
-
-        AnsiFlattenerListener(ANSIComponentRenderer.ToString<Style> formatter) {
-            this.formatter = formatter;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public void pushStyle(@NotNull Style style) {
-            this.formatter.pushStyle(style);
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public void component(@NotNull String text) {
-            this.formatter.text(text);
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public void popStyle(@NotNull Style style) {
-            this.formatter.popStyle(style);
-        }
-    }
-
-    private static final class AdventureStyleOps implements StyleOps<Style> {
-        private static final AdventureStyleOps INSTANCE = new AdventureStyleOps();
-
-        @Override
-        public State bold(@NotNull Style style) {
-            return state(style.decoration(TextDecoration.BOLD));
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public State italics(@NotNull Style style) {
-            return state(style.decoration(TextDecoration.ITALIC));
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public State underlined(@NotNull Style style) {
-            return state(style.decoration(TextDecoration.UNDERLINED));
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public State strikethrough(@NotNull Style style) {
-            return state(style.decoration(TextDecoration.STRIKETHROUGH));
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public State obfuscated(@NotNull Style style) {
-            return state(style.decoration(TextDecoration.OBFUSCATED));
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public @Range(from = -1L, to = 16777215L) int color(@NotNull Style style) {
-            TextColor color = style.color();
-            return color == null ? StyleOps.COLOR_UNSET : color.value();
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public @Nullable String font(@NotNull Style style) {
-            Key font = style.font();
-            return font == null ? null : font.asString();
-        }
-
-        private static State state(TextDecoration.State state) {
-            switch (state) {
-                case TRUE:
-                    return State.TRUE;
-                case FALSE:
-                    return State.FALSE;
-                case NOT_SET:
-                    return State.UNSET;
-                default:
-                    throw new AssertionError();
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/standalone/build.gradle b/standalone/build.gradle
index 7bd759f5d..9b5b606f3 100644
--- a/standalone/build.gradle
+++ b/standalone/build.gradle
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ test {
             excludeTags 'docker'
         }
     }
+    systemProperty('net.kyori.ansi.colorLevel', 'indexed16')
 }
 
 jacocoTestReport {
diff --git a/standalone/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/standalone/LPStandaloneBootstrap.java b/standalone/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/standalone/LPStandaloneBootstrap.java
index d43ba7614..af78fa012 100644
--- a/standalone/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/standalone/LPStandaloneBootstrap.java
+++ b/standalone/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/standalone/LPStandaloneBootstrap.java
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import me.lucko.luckperms.common.plugin.logging.Log4jPluginLogger;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.plugin.logging.PluginLogger;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.standalone.app.LuckPermsApplication;
 import net.luckperms.api.platform.Platform;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ public class LPStandaloneBootstrap implements LuckPermsBootstrap, LoaderBootstra
         this.plugin = new LPStandalonePlugin(this);
     }
 
-    @VisibleForTesting
+    // visible for testing
     protected LPStandaloneBootstrap(LuckPermsApplication loader, ClassPathAppender classPathAppender) {
         this.loader = loader;
 
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ public class LPStandaloneBootstrap implements LuckPermsBootstrap, LoaderBootstra
         this.plugin = createTestPlugin();
     }
 
-    @VisibleForTesting
+    // visible for testing
     protected LPStandalonePlugin createTestPlugin() {
         return new LPStandalonePlugin(this);
     }