diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6df77d5..eca6e32 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>me.victorgamer15</groupId>
     <artifactId>BrandBlocker</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6</version>
+    <version>1.7</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>BrandBlocker</name>
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.spigotmc</groupId>
             <artifactId>spigot-api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.14.3-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.20.4-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/victorgamer15/brandblocker/BrandBlocker.java b/src/main/java/me/victorgamer15/brandblocker/BrandBlocker.java
index 2079d41..b037496 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/victorgamer15/brandblocker/BrandBlocker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/victorgamer15/brandblocker/BrandBlocker.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerQuitEvent;
 import org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin;
 import org.bukkit.plugin.messaging.PluginMessageListener;
+import org.bukkit.scheduler.BukkitRunnable;
 
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -102,7 +103,11 @@ public void onPluginMessageReceived(String channel, Player p, byte[] msg) {
                     if (str.equalsIgnoreCase(brand)) {
                         if(p.hasPermission("brandblocker.bypass")) return;
                         String kickMsg = getConfig().getString("kick-message");
-                        p.kickPlayer(ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', kickMsg));
+                        Bukkit.getScheduler().scheduleSyncDelayedTask(this, new Runnable() {
+                            public void run() {
+                                p.kickPlayer(ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', kickMsg));
+                            }
+                        }, 5L);
                         getLogger().info(getConfig().getString("console-log").replace("%player%", p.getName()).replace("%brand%", brand));
                         return;
                     }
@@ -116,7 +121,11 @@ public void onPluginMessageReceived(String channel, Player p, byte[] msg) {
                 }
                 if(p.hasPermission("brandblocker.bypass")) return;
                 String kickMsg = getConfig().getString("kick-message");
-                p.kickPlayer(ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', kickMsg));
+                Bukkit.getScheduler().scheduleSyncDelayedTask(this, new Runnable() {
+                    public void run() {
+                        p.kickPlayer(ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', kickMsg));
+                    }
+                }, 5L);
                 getLogger().info(getConfig().getString("console-log").replace("%player%", p.getName()).replace("%brand%", brand));
                 break;
         }