diff --git a/patches/api/Fix-Spigot-annotation-mistakes.patch b/patches/api/Fix-Spigot-annotation-mistakes.patch
index 107da2843d..db866cebe4 100644
--- a/patches/api/Fix-Spigot-annotation-mistakes.patch
+++ b/patches/api/Fix-Spigot-annotation-mistakes.patch
@@ -12,6 +12,18 @@ diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Bukkit.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Buk
 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 100644
 --- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Bukkit.java
 +++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Bukkit.java
+@@ -0,0 +0,0 @@ public final class Bukkit {
+      * @param name the name the player to retrieve
+      * @return an offline player
+      * @see #getOfflinePlayer(java.util.UUID)
+-     * @deprecated Persistent storage of users should be by UUID as names are no longer
+-     *             unique past a single session.
+      */
+-    @Deprecated
++    // @Deprecated // Paper
+     @NotNull
+     public static OfflinePlayer getOfflinePlayer(@NotNull String name) {
+         return server.getOfflinePlayer(name);
 @@ -0,0 +0,0 @@ public final class Bukkit {
       *
       * @return the scoreboard manager or null if no worlds are loaded.
@@ -104,6 +116,18 @@ diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Server.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Ser
 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 100644
 --- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Server.java
 +++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Server.java
+@@ -0,0 +0,0 @@ public interface Server extends PluginMessageRecipient, net.kyori.adventure.audi
+      * @param name the name the player to retrieve
+      * @return an offline player
+      * @see #getOfflinePlayer(java.util.UUID)
+-     * @deprecated Persistent storage of users should be by UUID as names are no longer
+-     *             unique past a single session.
+      */
+-    @Deprecated
++    // @Deprecated // Paper
+     @NotNull
+     public OfflinePlayer getOfflinePlayer(@NotNull String name);
+ 
 @@ -0,0 +0,0 @@ public interface Server extends PluginMessageRecipient, net.kyori.adventure.audi
       *
       * @return the scoreboard manager or null if no worlds are loaded.