diff --git a/Common/src/main/java/com/hypherionmc/craterlib/utils/ChatUtils.java b/Common/src/main/java/com/hypherionmc/craterlib/utils/ChatUtils.java
index c09982c..a68e6f7 100644
--- a/Common/src/main/java/com/hypherionmc/craterlib/utils/ChatUtils.java
+++ b/Common/src/main/java/com/hypherionmc/craterlib/utils/ChatUtils.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import com.hypherionmc.craterlib.nojang.resources.ResourceIdentifier;
 import me.hypherionmc.mcdiscordformatter.discord.DiscordSerializer;
 import me.hypherionmc.mcdiscordformatter.minecraft.MinecraftSerializer;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.NamedTextColor;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.MiniMessage;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson.GsonComponentSerializer;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONOptions;
 import net.minecraft.ChatFormatting;
@@ -23,6 +24,8 @@ public class ChatUtils {
             JSONOptions.byDataVersion().at(SharedConstants.getCurrentVersion().getDataVersion().getVersion())
     ).build();
 
+    private static final MiniMessage miniMessage = MiniMessage.miniMessage();
+
     public static Component adventureToMojang(net.kyori.adventure.text.Component inComponent) {
         final String serialised = adventureSerializer.serialize(inComponent);
         return Component.Serializer.fromJson(serialised, getRegistryLookup());
@@ -109,7 +112,8 @@ public class ChatUtils {
     }
 
     public static net.kyori.adventure.text.Component format(String value) {
-        return net.kyori.adventure.text.Component.translatable(convertFormattingCodes(value));
+        value = convertFormattingCodes(value);
+        return miniMessage.deserializeOr(value, net.kyori.adventure.text.Component.translatable(value));
     }
 
     private static String convertFormattingCodes(String input) {
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 861a660..af450e6 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ subprojects {
         shade "me.hypherionmc.sdlink:mcdiscordformatter-1.20.3:${discord_formatter}"
         shade "net.kyori:adventure-api:${adventure}"
         shade "net.kyori:adventure-text-serializer-gson:${adventure}"
+        shade "net.kyori:adventure-text-minimessage:${adventure}"
 
         compileOnly 'net.luckperms:api:5.4'
         compileOnly("org.projectlombok:lombok:${lombok}")
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 04225d9..eb43285 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ neoforge_version=0.0-beta
 # Dependencies
 moon_config=1.0.9
 lombok=1.18.32
-adventure=4.16.0
+adventure=4.17.0
 rpc_sdk=1.0
 discord_formatter=2.0.0