diff --git a/bootstrap/spigot/build.gradle.kts b/bootstrap/spigot/build.gradle.kts
index 1f637d8f8..e4161164e 100644
--- a/bootstrap/spigot/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/bootstrap/spigot/build.gradle.kts
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ dependencies {
 
     compileOnlyApi(libs.viaversion)
 
-    implementation(libs.gson.record.factory) // For 1.16.5/1.17.1
+    // For 1.16.5/1.17.1
+    implementation(libs.gson.record.factory) {
+        isTransitive = false
+    }
 }
 
 platformRelocate("it.unimi.dsi.fastutil")
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/configuration/GeyserCustomSkullConfiguration.java b/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/configuration/GeyserCustomSkullConfiguration.java
index 1af3578a3..46bbb2db1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/configuration/GeyserCustomSkullConfiguration.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/configuration/GeyserCustomSkullConfiguration.java
@@ -25,26 +25,21 @@
 
 package org.geysermc.geyser.configuration;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import org.spongepowered.configurate.objectmapping.ConfigSerializable;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
+@ConfigSerializable
 @SuppressWarnings("FieldMayBeFinal") // Jackson requires that the fields are not final
 public class GeyserCustomSkullConfiguration {
-    @JsonProperty("player-usernames")
     private List<String> playerUsernames;
 
-    @JsonProperty("player-uuids")
     private List<String> playerUUIDs;
 
-    @JsonProperty("player-profiles")
     private List<String> playerProfiles;
 
-    @JsonProperty("skin-hashes")
     private List<String> skinHashes;
 
     public List<String> getPlayerUsernames() {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/registry/populator/CustomSkullRegistryPopulator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/registry/populator/CustomSkullRegistryPopulator.java
index ec7243396..840834690 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/registry/populator/CustomSkullRegistryPopulator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/registry/populator/CustomSkullRegistryPopulator.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class CustomSkullRegistryPopulator {
             GeyserBootstrap bootstrap = GeyserImpl.getInstance().getBootstrap();
             Path skullConfigPath = bootstrap.getConfigFolder().resolve("custom-skulls.yml");
             File skullConfigFile = FileUtils.fileOrCopiedFromResource(skullConfigPath.toFile(), "custom-skulls.yml", Function.identity(), bootstrap);
-            skullConfig = FileUtils.loadConfig(skullConfigFile, GeyserCustomSkullConfiguration.class);
+            skullConfig = FileUtils.loadConfigNew(skullConfigFile, GeyserCustomSkullConfiguration.class);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             GeyserImpl.getInstance().getLogger().severe(GeyserLocale.getLocaleStringLog("geyser.config.failed"), e);
             return;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/util/FileUtils.java b/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/util/FileUtils.java
index 9933a713c..0bf389d3f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/util/FileUtils.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/util/FileUtils.java
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.YAMLFactory;
 import org.geysermc.geyser.GeyserBootstrap;
 import org.geysermc.geyser.GeyserImpl;
+import org.spongepowered.configurate.ConfigurationNode;
+import org.spongepowered.configurate.yaml.YamlConfigurationLoader;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
@@ -68,6 +70,14 @@ public class FileUtils {
         return objectMapper.readValue(src, valueType);
     }
 
+    public static <T> T loadConfigNew(File src, Class<T> valueType) throws IOException {
+        YamlConfigurationLoader loader = YamlConfigurationLoader.builder()
+            .file(src)
+            .build();
+        ConfigurationNode node = loader.load();
+        return node.get(valueType);
+    }
+
     public static <T> T loadJson(InputStream src, Class<T> valueType) {
         // Read specifically with UTF-8 to allow any non-UTF-encoded JSON to read
         return GeyserImpl.GSON.fromJson(new InputStreamReader(src, StandardCharsets.UTF_8), valueType);