diff --git a/paper-server/patches/sources/net/minecraft/server/commands/LocateCommand.java.patch b/paper-server/patches/sources/net/minecraft/server/commands/LocateCommand.java.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..455b4cb07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paper-server/patches/sources/net/minecraft/server/commands/LocateCommand.java.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/net/minecraft/server/commands/LocateCommand.java
++++ b/net/minecraft/server/commands/LocateCommand.java
+@@ -202,6 +_,6 @@
+     private static float dist(int x1, int z1, int x2, int z2) {
+         int i = x2 - x1;
+         int i1 = z2 - z1;
+-        return Mth.sqrt(i * i + i1 * i1);
++        return (float) Math.hypot(i, i1); // Paper - Fix MC-177381
+     }
+ }