diff --git a/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java b/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java
index 1629f8e432..d6ad1f93e5 100644
--- a/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java
+++ b/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 import com.earth2me.essentials.updatecheck.UpdateChecker;
 import com.earth2me.essentials.userstorage.ModernUserMap;
 import com.earth2me.essentials.utils.FormatUtil;
+import com.earth2me.essentials.utils.ModernPaperEnvironment;
 import com.earth2me.essentials.utils.PasteUtil;
 import com.earth2me.essentials.utils.VersionUtil;
 import io.papermc.lib.PaperLib;
@@ -261,6 +262,10 @@ public void onEnable() {
                 getLogger().severe(getAdventureFacet().miniToLegacy(tlLiteral("serverSnapshot")));
             }
 
+            if (PaperLib.isPaper() && !PaperLib.isVersion(13) && VersionUtil.getServerBukkitVersion().isHigherThanOrEqualTo(VersionUtil.v1_13_0_R01)) {
+                PaperLib.setCustomEnvironment(new ModernPaperEnvironment());
+            }
+
             final PluginManager pm = getServer().getPluginManager();
             for (final Plugin plugin : pm.getPlugins()) {
                 if (plugin.getDescription().getName().startsWith("Essentials") && !plugin.getDescription().getVersion().equals(this.getDescription().getVersion()) && !plugin.getDescription().getName().equals("EssentialsAntiCheat")) {
diff --git a/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/utils/ModernPaperEnvironment.java b/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/utils/ModernPaperEnvironment.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1311f223d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/utils/ModernPaperEnvironment.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package com.earth2me.essentials.utils;
+
+import io.papermc.lib.environments.PaperEnvironment;
+import io.papermc.lib.features.asyncchunks.AsyncChunksPaper_15;
+import io.papermc.lib.features.asyncteleport.AsyncTeleportPaper_13;
+import io.papermc.lib.features.bedspawnlocation.BedSpawnLocationPaper;
+import io.papermc.lib.features.chunkisgenerated.ChunkIsGeneratedApiExists;
+
+/**
+ * A PaperLib environment for Paper servers whose version PaperLib cannot read.
+ * <p>
+ * PaperLib 1.0.6 expects a single digit major version in {@code Bukkit#getVersion()}, so it reads 26.x as version 0 and
+ * selects its synchronous fallbacks for chunk loading, teleporting and bed lookups. All of those exist on every Paper
+ * version that reports a year based version.
+ */
+public class ModernPaperEnvironment extends PaperEnvironment {
+    public ModernPaperEnvironment() {
+        asyncChunksHandler = new AsyncChunksPaper_15();
+        asyncTeleportHandler = new AsyncTeleportPaper_13();
+        isGeneratedHandler = new ChunkIsGeneratedApiExists();
+        bedSpawnLocationHandler = new BedSpawnLocationPaper();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Essentials/src/test/java/com/earth2me/essentials/utils/ModernPaperEnvironmentTest.java b/Essentials/src/test/java/com/earth2me/essentials/utils/ModernPaperEnvironmentTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7bb08cfb76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Essentials/src/test/java/com/earth2me/essentials/utils/ModernPaperEnvironmentTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package com.earth2me.essentials.utils;
+
+import io.papermc.lib.environments.PaperEnvironment;
+import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
+import org.bukkit.Location;
+import org.bukkit.World;
+import org.bukkit.entity.Entity;
+import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerTeleportEvent.TeleportCause;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.mockito.MockedStatic;
+
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
+
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mockStatic;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+
+public class ModernPaperEnvironmentTest {
+    private static final String YEAR_VERSION = "26.3-140-main@a1b2c3d (2026-09-30T10:00:00Z) (MC: 26.3)";
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPaperLibFallsBackToSynchronousTeleportOnYearVersions() {
+        // Documents why ModernPaperEnvironment exists: PaperLib itself picks the synchronous handlers here.
+        withVersion(YEAR_VERSION, PaperEnvironment::new, env -> {
+            final Entity entity = mock(Entity.class);
+            final Location location = new Location(mock(World.class), 0, 64, 0);
+            env.teleport(entity, location, TeleportCause.PLUGIN);
+            verify(entity).teleport(location, TeleportCause.PLUGIN);
+            verify(entity, never()).teleportAsync(any(Location.class), any(TeleportCause.class));
+        });
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testTeleportsAsynchronouslyOnYearVersions() {
+        withVersion(YEAR_VERSION, ModernPaperEnvironment::new, env -> {
+            final Entity entity = mock(Entity.class);
+            final Location location = new Location(mock(World.class), 0, 64, 0);
+            env.teleport(entity, location, TeleportCause.PLUGIN);
+            verify(entity).teleportAsync(location, TeleportCause.PLUGIN);
+            verify(entity, never()).teleport(any(Location.class), any(TeleportCause.class));
+        });
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testLoadsChunksAsynchronouslyOnYearVersions() {
+        withVersion(YEAR_VERSION, ModernPaperEnvironment::new, env -> {
+            final World world = mock(World.class);
+            env.getChunkAtAsync(world, 1, 2, true);
+            verify(world).getChunkAtAsync(1, 2, true, false);
+        });
+    }
+
+    private static <E extends PaperEnvironment> void withVersion(final String version, final Supplier<E> create, final Consumer<E> test) {
+        try (MockedStatic<Bukkit> bukkit = mockStatic(Bukkit.class)) {
+            bukkit.when(Bukkit::getVersion).thenReturn(version);
+            test.accept(create.get());
+        }
+    }
+}