diff --git a/item-nbt-api/src/main/java/de/tr7zw/changeme/nbtapi/NBTReflectionUtil.java b/item-nbt-api/src/main/java/de/tr7zw/changeme/nbtapi/NBTReflectionUtil.java
index a7300bd2d..5c50ac154 100644
--- a/item-nbt-api/src/main/java/de/tr7zw/changeme/nbtapi/NBTReflectionUtil.java
+++ b/item-nbt-api/src/main/java/de/tr7zw/changeme/nbtapi/NBTReflectionUtil.java
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Deque;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
@@ -19,8 +18,6 @@
 import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
 import org.bukkit.inventory.meta.ItemMeta;
 
-import com.mojang.datafixers.DataFixerUpper;
-
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.DataFixerUtil;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.GsonWrapper;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.MinecraftVersion;
@@ -217,7 +214,7 @@ public static Object convertNBTCompoundtoNMSItem(NBTCompound nbtcompound) {
             Object nmsComp = getToCompount(nbtcompound.getCompound(), nbtcompound);
             if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4)) {
                 if(nbtcompound.hasTag("tag")) {
-                    nmsComp = DataFixerUtil.fixUpRawItemData(nmsComp, DataFixerUtil.VERSION1_20_4, DataFixerUtil.VERSION1_20_5);
+                    nmsComp = DataFixerUtil.fixUpRawItemData(nmsComp, DataFixerUtil.VERSION1_20_4, DataFixerUtil.getCurrentVersion());
                 }
                 return ReflectionMethod.NMSITEM_LOAD.run(null, registry_access, nmsComp);
             } else if (MinecraftVersion.getVersion().getVersionId() >= MinecraftVersion.MC1_11_R1.getVersionId()) {
diff --git a/item-nbt-api/src/main/java/de/tr7zw/changeme/nbtapi/utils/DataFixerUtil.java b/item-nbt-api/src/main/java/de/tr7zw/changeme/nbtapi/utils/DataFixerUtil.java
index d2b0f69b5..7c94e1395 100644
--- a/item-nbt-api/src/main/java/de/tr7zw/changeme/nbtapi/utils/DataFixerUtil.java
+++ b/item-nbt-api/src/main/java/de/tr7zw/changeme/nbtapi/utils/DataFixerUtil.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTCompound;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTContainer;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTReflectionUtil;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadWriteNBT;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings.ClassWrapper;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings.MojangToMapping;
@@ -35,13 +36,49 @@ public static Object fixUpRawItemData(Object nbt, int fromVersion, int toVersion
                 .get(null);
         DynamicOps<Object> nbtOps = (DynamicOps<Object>) ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTOPS.getClazz()
                 .getField(MojangToMapping.getMapping().get("net.minecraft.nbt.NbtOps#INSTANCE")).get(null);
-        Dynamic<Object> fixed = dataFixer.update(itemStackReference, new Dynamic<Object>(nbtOps, nbt), fromVersion, toVersion);
+        Dynamic<Object> fixed = dataFixer.update(itemStackReference, new Dynamic<Object>(nbtOps, nbt), fromVersion,
+                toVersion);
         return fixed.getValue();
     }
-    
+
     public static ReadWriteNBT fixUpItemData(ReadWriteNBT nbt, int fromVersion, int toVersion)
             throws NoSuchFieldException, SecurityException, IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException {
-        return new NBTContainer(fixUpRawItemData(NBTReflectionUtil.getToCompount(((NBTCompound) nbt).getCompound(), ((NBTCompound) nbt)), fromVersion, toVersion));
+        return new NBTContainer(fixUpRawItemData(
+                NBTReflectionUtil.getToCompount(((NBTCompound) nbt).getCompound(), ((NBTCompound) nbt)), fromVersion,
+                toVersion));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method will return the closest or exact version number of the current
+     * server. Only contains versions people will reasonably use and will fail with
+     * an exception, when the target version is before 1.12.2. (Assuming no one will
+     * update 1.8 items to 1.11, if so, provide the version numbers to the converter
+     * method directly)
+     * 
+     * @return
+     */
+    public static int getCurrentVersion() {
+        if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4)) {
+            return VERSION1_20_5;
+        } else if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R3)) {
+            return VERSION1_20_4;
+        } else if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R1)) {
+            return VERSION1_20_1;
+        } else if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_19_R3)) {
+            return VERSION1_19_4;
+        } else if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_19_R1)) {
+            return VERSION1_19_2;
+        } else if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1)) {
+            return VERSION1_18_2;
+        } else if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_17_R1)) {
+            return VERSION1_17_1;
+        } else if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R1)) {
+            return VERSION1_16_5;
+        } else if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_12_R1)) {
+            return VERSION1_12_2;
+        }
+        throw new NbtApiException(
+                "Trying to update data *to* a version before 1.12.2? Something is probably going wrong, contact the plugin author.");
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/item-nbt-plugin/src/main/java/de/tr7zw/nbtapi/plugin/tests/items/LegacyItemTest.java b/item-nbt-plugin/src/main/java/de/tr7zw/nbtapi/plugin/tests/items/LegacyItemTest.java
index 81a275909..d7227747c 100644
--- a/item-nbt-plugin/src/main/java/de/tr7zw/nbtapi/plugin/tests/items/LegacyItemTest.java
+++ b/item-nbt-plugin/src/main/java/de/tr7zw/nbtapi/plugin/tests/items/LegacyItemTest.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public void test() throws Exception {
         }
         ReadWriteNBT nbt = NBT
                 .parseNBT("{id:cobblestone,Count:42,tag:{display:{Name:\"test\"},ench:[{lvl:3,id:34}]}}");
-        nbt = DataFixerUtil.fixUpItemData(nbt, DataFixerUtil.VERSION1_12_2, DataFixerUtil.VERSION1_20_5);
+        nbt = DataFixerUtil.fixUpItemData(nbt, DataFixerUtil.VERSION1_12_2, DataFixerUtil.getCurrentVersion());
         item = NBT.itemStackFromNBT(nbt);
         if (item.getType() != Material.COBBLESTONE || item.getAmount() != 42
                 || item.getEnchantmentLevel(Enchantment.DURABILITY) != 3