diff --git a/paper-server/patches/sources/net/minecraft/world/entity/monster/Zombie.java.patch b/paper-server/patches/sources/net/minecraft/world/entity/monster/Zombie.java.patch
index c3460fb7a5..4732375ebf 100644
--- a/paper-server/patches/sources/net/minecraft/world/entity/monster/Zombie.java.patch
+++ b/paper-server/patches/sources/net/minecraft/world/entity/monster/Zombie.java.patch
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
      }
  
      @Override
-@@ -423,12 +_,18 @@
+@@ -423,13 +_,19 @@
          if (compound.contains("DrownedConversionTime", 99) && compound.getInt("DrownedConversionTime") > -1) {
              this.startUnderWaterConversion(compound.getInt("DrownedConversionTime"));
          }
@@ -206,11 +206,13 @@
      public boolean killedEntity(ServerLevel level, LivingEntity entity) {
          boolean flag = super.killedEntity(level, entity);
 -        if ((level.getDifficulty() == Difficulty.NORMAL || level.getDifficulty() == Difficulty.HARD) && entity instanceof Villager villager) {
-+        final double fallbackChance = level.getDifficulty() == Difficulty.HARD ? 100 : level.getDifficulty() == Difficulty.NORMAL ? 50 : 0; // Paper - Configurable chance of villager zombie infection
+-            if (level.getDifficulty() != Difficulty.HARD && this.random.nextBoolean()) {
++        final double fallbackChance = level.getDifficulty() == Difficulty.HARD ? 100 : level.getDifficulty() == Difficulty.NORMAL ? 50 : 0; // Paper - Configurable chance of villager zombie infection - moved up from belows if
 +        if (this.random.nextDouble() * 100 < level.paperConfig().entities.behavior.zombieVillagerInfectionChance.or(fallbackChance) && entity instanceof Villager villager) { // Paper - Configurable chance of villager zombie infection
-             if (level.getDifficulty() != Difficulty.HARD && this.random.nextBoolean()) {
++            if (false && level.getDifficulty() != Difficulty.HARD && this.random.nextBoolean()) { // Paper - Configurable chance of villager zombie infection - moved to "fallbackChance"
                  return flag;
              }
+ 
 @@ -465,7 +_,7 @@
          spawnGroupData = super.finalizeSpawn(level, difficulty, spawnReason, spawnGroupData);
          float specialMultiplier = difficulty.getSpecialMultiplier();