diff --git a/pkgs/games/minecraft-servers/update.py b/pkgs/games/minecraft-servers/update.py
index 0e7f10a8c932..f272c8b71a84 100755
--- a/pkgs/games/minecraft-servers/update.py
+++ b/pkgs/games/minecraft-servers/update.py
@@ -117,8 +117,11 @@ def get_latest_major_releases(releases: List[Version]) -> Dict[str, Version]:
     Version object for 1.16.5.
     """
     return {
-        major_release: sorted(releases, key=lambda x: x.id, reverse=True)[0]
-        for major_release, releases in group_major_releases(releases).items()
+        major_release: max(
+            (release for release in releases if get_major_release(release.id) == major_release),
+            key=lambda x: tuple(map(int, x.id.split('.'))),
+        )
+        for major_release in group_major_releases(releases)
     }
 
 
diff --git a/pkgs/games/minecraft-servers/versions.json b/pkgs/games/minecraft-servers/versions.json
index 8c751bf70074..142ef4e51c5d 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/minecraft-servers/versions.json
+++ b/pkgs/games/minecraft-servers/versions.json
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
   "1.20": {
-    "url": "https://piston-data.mojang.com/v1/objects/15c777e2cfe0556eef19aab534b186c0c6f277e1/server.jar",
-    "sha1": "15c777e2cfe0556eef19aab534b186c0c6f277e1",
-    "version": "1.20",
+    "url": "https://piston-data.mojang.com/v1/objects/84194a2f286ef7c14ed7ce0090dba59902951553/server.jar",
+    "sha1": "84194a2f286ef7c14ed7ce0090dba59902951553",
+    "version": "1.20.1",
     "javaVersion": 17
   },
   "1.19": {
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@
     "javaVersion": 8
   },
   "1.7": {
-    "url": "https://launcher.mojang.com/v1/objects/4cec86a928ec171fdc0c6b40de2de102f21601b5/server.jar",
-    "sha1": "4cec86a928ec171fdc0c6b40de2de102f21601b5",
-    "version": "1.7.9",
+    "url": "https://launcher.mojang.com/v1/objects/952438ac4e01b4d115c5fc38f891710c4941df29/server.jar",
+    "sha1": "952438ac4e01b4d115c5fc38f891710c4941df29",
+    "version": "1.7.10",
     "javaVersion": 8
   },
   "1.6": {