diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 4b646a6e..f5b0eda9 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ viabackwards_version=4.7.0-23w14a-SNAPSHOT
 snake_yml_version=2.0
 
 # raphimc libs
-vialegacy_version=2.2.12-SNAPSHOT
+vialegacy_version=2.2.15
 viaaprilfools_version=2.0.6
 viabedrock_version=0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
 minecraftauth_version=2.0.1
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/florianmichael/viafabricplus/injection/mixin/fixes/viaversion/protocol1_12to1_11_1/MixinChatItemRewriter.java b/src/main/java/de/florianmichael/viafabricplus/injection/mixin/fixes/viaversion/protocol1_12to1_11_1/MixinChatItemRewriter.java
index 50d79cb0..daeb3823 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/florianmichael/viafabricplus/injection/mixin/fixes/viaversion/protocol1_12to1_11_1/MixinChatItemRewriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/florianmichael/viafabricplus/injection/mixin/fixes/viaversion/protocol1_12to1_11_1/MixinChatItemRewriter.java
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@
 package de.florianmichael.viafabricplus.injection.mixin.fixes.viaversion.protocol1_12to1_11_1;
 
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.Via;
-import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.minecraft.nbt.BinaryTagIO;
-import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.opennbt.tag.builtin.CompoundTag;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_12to1_11_1.ChatItemRewriter;
-import net.raphimc.vialegacy.util.ViaStringTagReader1_11_2;
+import net.lenni0451.mcstructs.snbt.SNbtSerializer;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Redirect;
@@ -36,8 +34,7 @@ public abstract class MixinChatItemRewriter {
     @Redirect(method = "toClient", at = @At(value = "INVOKE", target = "Ljava/util/regex/Pattern;matcher(Ljava/lang/CharSequence;)Ljava/util/regex/Matcher;"))
     private static Matcher rewriteShowItem(Pattern pattern, CharSequence input) {
         try {
-            final CompoundTag tag = ViaStringTagReader1_11_2.getTagFromJson(input.toString());
-            input = BinaryTagIO.writeString(tag);
+            input = SNbtSerializer.V1_12.serialize(SNbtSerializer.V1_8.deserialize(input.toString()));
         } catch (Throwable e) {
             Via.getPlatform().getLogger().log(Level.WARNING, "Error converting 1.11.2 nbt to 1.12.2 nbt: '" + input + "'", e);
         }