diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizen/objects/properties/entity/EntityColor.java b/plugin/src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizen/objects/properties/entity/EntityColor.java
index 75fbf49b06..3ddd8a03c6 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizen/objects/properties/entity/EntityColor.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizen/objects/properties/entity/EntityColor.java
@@ -259,6 +259,9 @@ public String getColor(boolean includeDeprecated) {
             case CAT -> {
                 Cat cat = as(Cat.class);
                 // TODO once 1.21 is the minimum supported version, replace with direct registry-based handling
+                if (NMSHandler.getVersion().isAtLeast(NMSVersion.v1_20)) {
+                    yield Utilities.namespacedKeyToString(cat.getCatType().getKey()) + "|" + cat.getCollarColor().name();
+                }
                 yield cat.getCatType() + "|" + cat.getCollarColor().name();
             }
             case PANDA -> {