diff --git a/platforms/bukkit/common/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/bukkit/handles/BukkitWorldHandle.java b/platforms/bukkit/common/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/bukkit/handles/BukkitWorldHandle.java
index d28798518..700819232 100644
--- a/platforms/bukkit/common/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/bukkit/handles/BukkitWorldHandle.java
+++ b/platforms/bukkit/common/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/bukkit/handles/BukkitWorldHandle.java
@@ -29,16 +29,28 @@ import com.dfsek.terra.api.handle.WorldHandle;
 import com.dfsek.terra.bukkit.world.block.data.BukkitBlockState;
 import com.dfsek.terra.bukkit.world.entity.BukkitEntityType;
 
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
 
 public class BukkitWorldHandle implements WorldHandle {
     private final BlockState air;
 
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(BukkitWorldHandle.class);
+
     public BukkitWorldHandle() {
         this.air = BukkitBlockState.newInstance(Material.AIR.createBlockData());
     }
 
     @Override
     public synchronized @NotNull BlockState createBlockState(@NotNull String data) {
+        if(data.equals("minecraft:grass")) { //TODO: remove in 7.0
+            data = "minecraft:short_grass";
+            logger.warn(
+                "Translating minecraft:grass to minecraft:short_grass. In 1.20.3 minecraft:grass was renamed to minecraft:short_grass" +
+                ". You are advised to preform this rename in your config backs as this translation will be removed in the next major " +
+                "version of Terra.");
+        }
         org.bukkit.block.data.BlockData bukkitData = Bukkit.createBlockData(
             data); // somehow bukkit managed to make this not thread safe! :)
         return BukkitBlockState.newInstance(bukkitData);
diff --git a/platforms/bukkit/common/src/main/resources/plugin.yml b/platforms/bukkit/common/src/main/resources/plugin.yml
index d4bfd5534..4db59a81e 100644
--- a/platforms/bukkit/common/src/main/resources/plugin.yml
+++ b/platforms/bukkit/common/src/main/resources/plugin.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ version: "@VERSION@"
 load: "STARTUP"
 author: dfsek
 website: "@WIKI@"
-api-version: "1.13"
+api-version: "1.20.3"
 description: "@DESCRIPTION@"
 folia-supported: true