Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.5 Pre-Release 2 changelog

We're shipping some crash fixes in today's pre-release.

Technical Changes

• The Data Pack version is now 71 since this was missed in Pre-Release 1

Fixed bugs in 1.21.5 Pre-Release 2

• MC-280482 - Main menu is totally broken when using Mesa 25.0
• MC-296644 - Game crashes while rendering section / java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot read field "b" because "$$3" is null
• Additional crash fixes

Get the Pre-Release

Pre-Releases are available for Minecraft: Java Edition. To install the Pre-Release, open up the Minecraft Launcher and enable snapshots in the "Installations" tab.

Testing versions can corrupt your world, so please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds.

Cross-platform server jar:

• Minecraft server jar

Report bugs here:

• Minecraft issue tracker!

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