diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 066b4eb6..33926018 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Setup java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
           java-version: '21'
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
         run: ./gradlew build shadowJar --no-daemon
 
       - name: Upload plugin file
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: ProtocolLib
           path: build/libs/ProtocolLib.jar
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 12ca758b..6f97dc2d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -20,17 +20,17 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Setup java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
           java-version: '21'
           cache: 'gradle'
 
       - name: Initialize CodeQL
-        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
+        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
         with:
           languages: 'java'
 
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@ jobs:
         run: ./gradlew build -x test --no-daemon
 
       - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/comphenix/protocol/BukkitInitialization.java b/src/test/java/com/comphenix/protocol/BukkitInitialization.java
index 0fdb5de2..490a7d1c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/comphenix/protocol/BukkitInitialization.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/comphenix/protocol/BukkitInitialization.java
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 package com.comphenix.protocol;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;
 
 import com.comphenix.protocol.reflect.accessors.Accessors;
 import com.comphenix.protocol.reflect.accessors.FieldAccessor;
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@ import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.Keyed;
 import org.bukkit.NamespacedKey;
+import org.bukkit.Registry;
 import org.bukkit.World;
 import org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_21_R1.CraftLootTable;
 import org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_21_R1.CraftRegistry;
@@ -162,7 +166,14 @@ public class BukkitInitialization {
             });
             when(mockedServer.getRegistry(any())).thenAnswer(invocation -> {
                 Class<Keyed> registryType = invocation.getArgument(0);
-                return CraftRegistry.createRegistry(registryType, registryCustom);
+                Object registry = CraftRegistry.createRegistry(registryType, registryCustom);
+                
+                // this is very temporary fix to the version mismatch between spigot-api (spigot-repo) and spigot (dmulloy2-repo)
+                // if you remove this fix please also remove the DummyRegistry class down below
+                if (registry == null)
+                	return new DummyRegistry<>();
+                
+                return registry;
             });
 
             when(mockedServer.getTag(any(), any(), any())).then(mock -> {
@@ -250,4 +261,23 @@ public class BukkitInitialization {
             MinecraftReflectionTestUtil.init();
         }
     }
+
+    class DummyRegistry<T extends Keyed> implements Registry<T> {
+
+		@Override
+		public Iterator<T> iterator() {
+			return Collections.emptyIterator();
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public T get(NamespacedKey key) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public Stream<T> stream() {
+			List<T> emtpy = Collections.emptyList();
+			return emtpy.stream();
+		}
+    }
 }