diff --git a/paper-api/pom.xml b/paper-api/pom.xml
index 4d5a7cfb5c..853fab12ad 100644
--- a/paper-api/pom.xml
+++ b/paper-api/pom.xml
@@ -114,6 +114,26 @@
                     </dependency>
                 </dependencies>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.13</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>process-classes</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>check</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <signature>
+                        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo.signature</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>java16</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.1</version>
+                    </signature>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>