Older versions of packetevents' update checker will break. We never followed version semantics till now.

build.gradle

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 group = 'io.github.retrooper'
-version = '1.8.0'
+version = '1.8.1'
 description = 'packetevents'
 java.sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
 

src/main/java/io/github/retrooper/packetevents/PacketEvents.java

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 public final class PacketEvents implements Listener, EventManager {
     private static PacketEvents instance;
     private static Plugin plugin;
-    private final PEVersion version = new PEVersion(1, 8, 0);
+    private final PEVersion version = new PEVersion(1, 8, 1);
     private final EventManager eventManager = new PEEventManager();
     private final PlayerUtils playerUtils = new PlayerUtils();
     private final ServerUtils serverUtils = new ServerUtils();

src/main/java/io/github/retrooper/packetevents/updatechecker/LowLevelUpdateCheckerLegacy.java

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class LowLevelUpdateCheckerLegacy implements LowLevelUpdateChecker {
         JsonObject jsonObject = parser.parse(jsonResponse).getAsJsonObject();
         String versionName = null;
         if (jsonObject != null) {
-            versionName = jsonObject.get("tag_name").getAsString();
+            versionName = jsonObject.get("name").getAsString();
         }
         return versionName;
     }

src/main/java/io/github/retrooper/packetevents/updatechecker/LowLevelUpdateCheckerModern.java

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class LowLevelUpdateCheckerModern implements LowLevelUpdateChecker {
         JsonObject jsonObject = parser.parse(jsonResponse).getAsJsonObject();
         String versionName = null;
         if (jsonObject != null) {
-            versionName = jsonObject.get("tag_name").getAsString();
+            versionName = jsonObject.get("name").getAsString();
         }
         return versionName;
     }

src/main/resources/plugin.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: packetevents
-version: 1.8.0
+version: 1.8.1
 main: io.github.retrooper.packetevents.PacketEventsPlugin
 author: retrooper
 softdepend: