diff --git a/paper-server/patches/sources/net/minecraft/world/item/enchantment/EnchantmentHelper.java.patch b/paper-server/patches/sources/net/minecraft/world/item/enchantment/EnchantmentHelper.java.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..beb8db3ee9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paper-server/patches/sources/net/minecraft/world/item/enchantment/EnchantmentHelper.java.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--- a/net/minecraft/world/item/enchantment/EnchantmentHelper.java
++++ b/net/minecraft/world/item/enchantment/EnchantmentHelper.java
+@@ -52,8 +_,14 @@
+     }
+ 
+     public static ItemEnchantments updateEnchantments(ItemStack stack, Consumer<ItemEnchantments.Mutable> updater) {
++    // Paper start - allowing updating enchantments on items without component
++        return updateEnchantments(stack, updater, false);
++    }
++
++    public static ItemEnchantments updateEnchantments(ItemStack stack, Consumer<ItemEnchantments.Mutable> updater, final boolean createComponentIfMissing) {
++    // Paper end - allowing updating enchantments on items without component
+         DataComponentType<ItemEnchantments> componentType = getComponentType(stack);
+-        ItemEnchantments itemEnchantments = stack.get(componentType);
++        ItemEnchantments itemEnchantments = createComponentIfMissing ? stack.getOrDefault(componentType, ItemEnchantments.EMPTY) : stack.get(componentType); // Paper - allowing updating enchantments on items without component
+         if (itemEnchantments == null) {
+             return ItemEnchantments.EMPTY;
+         } else {
diff --git a/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/CraftItemStack.java b/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/CraftItemStack.java
index 1aa17423f4..02109a3ca5 100644
--- a/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/CraftItemStack.java
+++ b/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/CraftItemStack.java
@@ -268,15 +268,13 @@ public final class CraftItemStack extends ItemStack {
     public void addUnsafeEnchantment(Enchantment enchant, int level) {
         Preconditions.checkArgument(enchant != null, "Enchantment cannot be null");
 
-        // Paper start
         if (this.handle == null) {
             return;
         }
 
         EnchantmentHelper.updateEnchantments(this.handle, mutable -> { // data component api doesn't really support mutable things once already set yet
             mutable.set(CraftEnchantment.bukkitToMinecraftHolder(enchant), level);
-        });
-        // Paper end
+        }, true);
     }
 
     @Override