diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/instance/McClient.cpp b/launcher/ui/pages/instance/McClient.cpp
index a06c67ad8..90813ac18 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/instance/McClient.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/instance/McClient.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ void McClient::getStatusData() {
 void McClient::sendRequest() {
     QByteArray data;
     writeVarInt(data, 0x00); // packet ID
-    writeVarInt(data, 0x760); // protocol version
+    writeVarInt(data, 763); // hardcoded protocol version (763 = 1.20.1)
     writeVarInt(data, m_domain.size()); // server address length
     writeString(data, m_domain.toStdString()); // server address
     writeFixedInt(data, m_port, 2); // server port