diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index ca38fa549..72ad532bd 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="NosCore.Analyzers" Version="2.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="NosCore.Dao" Version="5.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="NosCore.Networking" Version="8.0.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="NosCore.Packets" Version="21.0.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="NosCore.Packets" Version="21.1.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="NosCore.PathFinder" Version="2.1.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="NosCore.Shared" Version="6.0.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL" Version="10.0.3" />
diff --git a/src/NosCore.PacketHandlers/Miniland/MlobjPacketHandler.cs b/src/NosCore.PacketHandlers/Miniland/MlobjPacketHandler.cs
index ab621bea1..56789455a 100644
--- a/src/NosCore.PacketHandlers/Miniland/MlobjPacketHandler.cs
+++ b/src/NosCore.PacketHandlers/Miniland/MlobjPacketHandler.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public override async Task ExecuteAsync(MLEditPacket mlEditPacket, ClientSession
             switch (mlEditPacket.Type)
             {
                 case 1:
-                    await clientSession.SendPacketAsync(new MlintroPacket { Intro = mlEditPacket.MinilandInfo!.Replace(' ', '^') });
+                    await clientSession.SendPacketAsync(new MlintroPacket { Intro = mlEditPacket.MinilandInfo });
                     miniland.MinilandMessage = mlEditPacket.MinilandInfo;
                     await clientSession.SendPacketAsync(new InfoiPacket
                     {
diff --git a/test/NosCore.PacketHandlers.Tests/Miniland/MlEditPacketHandlerTests.cs b/test/NosCore.PacketHandlers.Tests/Miniland/MlEditPacketHandlerTests.cs
index f6151a7a6..524110410 100644
--- a/test/NosCore.PacketHandlers.Tests/Miniland/MlEditPacketHandlerTests.cs
+++ b/test/NosCore.PacketHandlers.Tests/Miniland/MlEditPacketHandlerTests.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 // |_|\__|\__/ |___/ \__/\__/|_|_\___|
 //
 
+using NosCore.Packets;
 using Mapster;
 using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
 using Moq;
@@ -207,7 +208,11 @@ private void MinilandMessageWithSpaceShouldBeChanged()
             var miniland = MinilandProvider.GetMiniland(Session.Character.CharacterId);
             Assert.AreEqual("Test Test", miniland.MinilandMessage);
             var lastpacket2 = (MlintroPacket?)Session.LastPackets.FirstOrDefault(s => s is MlintroPacket);
-            Assert.AreEqual("Test^Test", lastpacket2?.Intro);
+
+            // The packet carries the message as typed; the "^" encoding is the serializer's,
+            // which is why MlintroPacket.Intro declares EscapeSpaces.
+            Assert.AreEqual("Test Test", lastpacket2?.Intro);
+            Assert.AreEqual("mlintro Test^Test", new Serializer(new[] { typeof(MlintroPacket) }).Serialize(lastpacket2!));
         }
 
         private void InfoPacketShouldBeSent()