diff --git a/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/network/translators/bedrock/BedrockBlockPickRequestTranslator.java b/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/network/translators/bedrock/BedrockBlockPickRequestTranslator.java
index 3e40ddd6f4c..f7e3fbd9c3f 100644
--- a/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/network/translators/bedrock/BedrockBlockPickRequestTranslator.java
+++ b/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/network/translators/bedrock/BedrockBlockPickRequestTranslator.java
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ public void translate(BlockPickRequestPacket packet, GeyserSession session) {
             return;
         }
 
-        String targetIdentifier = BlockTranslator.getJavaIdBlockMap().inverse().get(blockToPick).split("\\[")[0];
-        InventoryUtils.findOrCreatePickedBlock(session, targetIdentifier);
+        InventoryUtils.findOrCreateItem(session, BlockTranslator.getPickItem(blockToPick));
     }
 }
diff --git a/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/network/translators/bedrock/BedrockEntityPickRequestTranslator.java b/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/network/translators/bedrock/BedrockEntityPickRequestTranslator.java
index 4aa044ee452..d03aa7b738b 100644
--- a/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/network/translators/bedrock/BedrockEntityPickRequestTranslator.java
+++ b/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/network/translators/bedrock/BedrockEntityPickRequestTranslator.java
@@ -110,6 +110,6 @@ public void translate(EntityPickRequestPacket packet, GeyserSession session) {
         // Verify it is, indeed, an item
         if (entry == null) return;
 
-        InventoryUtils.findOrCreatePickedBlock(session, fullItemName);
+        InventoryUtils.findOrCreateItem(session, fullItemName);
     }
 }
diff --git a/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/network/translators/world/block/BlockTranslator.java b/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/network/translators/world/block/BlockTranslator.java
index 8869199ddd7..8eca822d683 100644
--- a/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/network/translators/world/block/BlockTranslator.java
+++ b/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/network/translators/world/block/BlockTranslator.java
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ public class BlockTranslator {
     // The index of the collision data in collision.json
     public static final Int2IntMap JAVA_RUNTIME_ID_TO_COLLISION_INDEX = new Int2IntOpenHashMap();
 
+    private static final Int2ObjectMap<String> JAVA_RUNTIME_ID_TO_PICK_ITEM = new Int2ObjectOpenHashMap<>();
+
     /**
      * Java numeric ID to java unique identifier, used for block names in the statistics screen
      */
@@ -174,6 +176,11 @@ public class BlockTranslator {
                 JAVA_RUNTIME_ID_TO_COLLISION_INDEX.put(javaRuntimeId, collisionIndexNode.intValue());
             }
 
+            JsonNode pickItemNode = entry.getValue().get("pick_item");
+            if (pickItemNode != null) {
+                JAVA_RUNTIME_ID_TO_PICK_ITEM.put(javaRuntimeId, pickItemNode.textValue());
+            }
+
             JAVA_ID_BLOCK_MAP.put(javaId, javaRuntimeId);
 
             BlockStateValues.storeBlockStateValues(entry, javaRuntimeId);
@@ -362,4 +369,19 @@ public static BiMap<String, Integer> getJavaIdBlockMap() {
     public static int getJavaWaterloggedState(int bedrockId) {
         return BEDROCK_TO_JAVA_BLOCK_MAP.get(1 << 31 | bedrockId);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the item a Java client would receive when pressing
+     * the Pick Block key on a specific Java block state.
+     *
+     * @param javaId The Java runtime id of the block
+     * @return The Java identifier of the item
+     */
+    public static String getPickItem(int javaId) {
+        String itemIdentifier = JAVA_RUNTIME_ID_TO_PICK_ITEM.get(javaId);
+        if (itemIdentifier == null) {
+            return JAVA_ID_BLOCK_MAP.inverse().get(javaId).split("\\[")[0];
+        }
+        return itemIdentifier;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/utils/InventoryUtils.java b/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/utils/InventoryUtils.java
index e9d7f13a60a..75bd7c94ef7 100644
--- a/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/utils/InventoryUtils.java
+++ b/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/utils/InventoryUtils.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 import org.geysermc.connector.network.translators.item.ItemEntry;
 import org.geysermc.connector.network.translators.item.ItemRegistry;
 import org.geysermc.connector.network.translators.item.ItemTranslator;
+import org.geysermc.connector.network.translators.world.block.BlockTranslator;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Objects;
@@ -168,13 +169,17 @@ public static ItemData createUnusableSpaceBlock(String description) {
      * @param session the Bedrock client's session
      * @param itemName the Java identifier of the item to search/select
      */
-    public static void findOrCreatePickedBlock(GeyserSession session, String itemName) {
+    public static void findOrCreateItem(GeyserSession session, String itemName) {
         // Get the inventory to choose a slot to pick
         Inventory inventory = session.getInventoryCache().getOpenInventory();
         if (inventory == null) {
             inventory = session.getInventory();
         }
 
+        if (itemName.equals("minecraft:air")) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         // Check hotbar for item
         for (int i = 36; i < 45; i++) {
             if (inventory.getItem(i) == null) {
diff --git a/connector/src/main/resources/mappings b/connector/src/main/resources/mappings
index 3f4707c0d26..143285afb4b 160000
--- a/connector/src/main/resources/mappings
+++ b/connector/src/main/resources/mappings
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 3f4707c0d26427dfe2ac79eca68e6048732f4412
+Subproject commit 143285afb4bdf4d5ef40ef7a7959477dabf4d34c