# Changes in Version 2.9.6
### New features / Improvements:
- Added support for Minecraft 1.21.8 (v1_21_R5).
- Fixed skull texture fetching by replacing the discontinued Minetools API with a new system.
- Fixed placeholder expansion exceptions not being correctly caught and handled.
- Updated `item-nbt-api` to `2.15.2-SNAPSHOT`.
### API Changes:
- Added the following events: `HologramRegisterEvent`, `HologramUnregisterEvent`, `HologramEnableEvent` and `HologramDisableEvent`. (Thanks Andre601)
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Developer information
Projects on Modrinth are automatically available through a Maven repository for use with JVM build tools such as Gradle.
maven { name = "Modrinth"; url = "https://api.modrinth.com/maven" }
