diff --git a/patches/server/Configurable-projectile-relative-velocity.patch b/patches/server/Configurable-projectile-relative-velocity.patch
index a6e85dc382..63ce2091f6 100644
--- a/patches/server/Configurable-projectile-relative-velocity.patch
+++ b/patches/server/Configurable-projectile-relative-velocity.patch
@@ -29,11 +29,18 @@ index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..00000000000000000000000000000000
 --- a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/world/entity/projectile/Projectile.java
 +++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/world/entity/projectile/Projectile.java
 @@ -0,0 +0,0 @@ public abstract class Projectile extends Entity implements TraceableEntity {
+ 
          this.shoot((double) f5, (double) f6, (double) f7, speed, divergence);
          Vec3 vec3d = shooter.getKnownMovement();
- 
--        this.setDeltaMovement(this.getDeltaMovement().add(vec3d.x, shooter.onGround() ? 0.0D : vec3d.y, vec3d.z));
-+        if (!shooter.level().paperConfig().misc.disableRelativeProjectileVelocity) this.setDeltaMovement(this.getDeltaMovement().add(vec3d.x, shooter.onGround() ? 0.0D : vec3d.y, vec3d.z)); // Paper - allow disabling relative velocity
+-
++        // Paper start - allow disabling relative velocity
++        if (vec3d.lengthSqr() > 4D * 4D) {
++            vec3d = vec3d.normalize().scale(2D);
++        }
++        if (!shooter.level().paperConfig().misc.disableRelativeProjectileVelocity) {
+         this.setDeltaMovement(this.getDeltaMovement().add(vec3d.x, shooter.onGround() ? 0.0D : vec3d.y, vec3d.z));
++        }
++        // Paper end - allow disabling relative velocity
      }
  
      // CraftBukkit start - call projectile hit event