diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/VelocityConstants.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/VelocityConstants.java
index 819a521e5..90e390c22 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/VelocityConstants.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/VelocityConstants.java
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ public class VelocityConstants {
     }
 
     public static final String VELOCITY_IP_FORWARDING_CHANNEL = "velocity:player_info";
-
+    public static final int FORWARDING_VERSION = 1;
 }
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/backend/LoginSessionHandler.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/backend/LoginSessionHandler.java
index 6e4cefe40..d8e05f3b3 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/backend/LoginSessionHandler.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/backend/LoginSessionHandler.java
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ public class LoginSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
         ByteBuf dataToForward = Unpooled.buffer();
         ByteBuf finalData = Unpooled.buffer();
         try {
+            ProtocolUtils.writeVarInt(dataToForward, VelocityConstants.FORWARDING_VERSION);
             ProtocolUtils.writeString(dataToForward, address);
             ProtocolUtils.writeUuid(dataToForward, profile.idAsUuid());
             ProtocolUtils.writeString(dataToForward, profile.getName());