diff --git a/minecraft-server/Dockerfile b/minecraft-server/Dockerfile
index 594a6f73..5aa881bd 100644
--- a/minecraft-server/Dockerfile
+++ b/minecraft-server/Dockerfile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache -U \
   nano \
   python python-dev py2-pip
 
-RUN pip install mcstatus
+RUN pip install mcstatus yq
 
 HEALTHCHECK CMD mcstatus localhost:$SERVER_PORT ping
 
diff --git a/minecraft-server/start-deployFabric b/minecraft-server/start-deployFabric
index 96afa681..76ff0e66 100644
--- a/minecraft-server/start-deployFabric
+++ b/minecraft-server/start-deployFabric
@@ -10,20 +10,8 @@ if [[ -z $FABRIC_INSTALLER && -z $FABRIC_INSTALLER_URL ]]; then
   echo "Checking Fabric version information."
   case $FABRICVERSION in
     LATEST)
-      FABRIC_VERSION=$(python - << 'EOF'
-import sys
-import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
-from contextlib import closing
-from urllib2 import urlopen
-
-with closing(urlopen('https://maven.fabricmc.net/net/fabricmc/fabric-installer/maven-metadata.xml')) as resp:
-  xml = resp.read()
-
-root = ET.fromstring(xml)
-version = root.find('*/release').text
-print version
-EOF
-)
+      curl -fsSL https://maven.fabricmc.net/net/fabricmc/fabric-installer/maven-metadata.xml | xq -c . > /tmp/fabric.json
+      FABRIC_VERSION=$(< /tmp/fabric.json jq -r ".metadata.versioning.release")
       ;;
 
     *)