diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 52ccecf4..4108c067 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #Tue Sep 24 15:14:52 CEST 2019
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.6.2-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.5-all.zip
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/eventbus/EventBus.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/eventbus/EventBus.java
index 2b6a0f02..5dd51561 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/eventbus/EventBus.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/eventbus/EventBus.java
@@ -149,19 +149,18 @@ public <T extends Event> void addListener(final Consumer<T> consumer) {
 		addListener(EventPriority.NORMAL, consumer);
 	}
 
-	@Override
 	public <T extends Event> void addListener(final EventPriority priority, final Consumer<T> consumer) {
 		addListener(priority, false, consumer);
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public <T extends Event> void addListener(final EventPriority priority, final boolean receiveCancelled, final Consumer<T> consumer) {
-		addListener(priority, passCancelled(receiveCancelled), consumer);
+		addListenerWithTypetools(priority, passCancelled(receiveCancelled), consumer);
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public <T extends Event> void addListener(final EventPriority priority, final boolean receiveCancelled, final Class<T> eventType, final Consumer<T> consumer) {
-		addListener(priority, passCancelled(receiveCancelled), eventType, consumer);
+		addListenerWithExplicitClass(priority, passCancelled(receiveCancelled), eventType, consumer);
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -176,16 +175,16 @@ public <T extends GenericEvent<? extends F>, F> void addGenericListener(final Cl
 
 	@Override
 	public <T extends GenericEvent<? extends F>, F> void addGenericListener(final Class<F> genericClassFilter, final EventPriority priority, final boolean receiveCancelled, final Consumer<T> consumer) {
-		addListener(priority, passGenericFilter(genericClassFilter).and(passCancelled(receiveCancelled)), consumer);
+		addListenerWithTypetools(priority, passGenericFilter(genericClassFilter).and(passCancelled(receiveCancelled)), consumer);
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public <T extends GenericEvent<? extends F>, F> void addGenericListener(final Class<F> genericClassFilter, final EventPriority priority, final boolean receiveCancelled, final Class<T> eventType, final Consumer<T> consumer) {
-		addListener(priority, passGenericFilter(genericClassFilter).and(passCancelled(receiveCancelled)), eventType, consumer);
+		addListenerWithExplicitClass(priority, passGenericFilter(genericClassFilter).and(passCancelled(receiveCancelled)), eventType, consumer);
 	}
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-	private <T extends Event> void addListener(final EventPriority priority, final Predicate<? super T> filter, final Consumer<T> consumer) {
+	private <T extends Event> void addListenerWithTypetools(final EventPriority priority, final Predicate<? super T> filter, final Consumer<T> consumer) {
 		final Class<T> eventClass = (Class<T>) TypeResolver.resolveRawArgument(Consumer.class, consumer.getClass());
 
 		if ((Class<?>) eventClass == TypeResolver.Unknown.class) {
@@ -199,14 +198,14 @@ private <T extends Event> void addListener(final EventPriority priority, final P
 					+ "the generic type information is erased and cannot be recovered at runtime.");
 		}
 
-		addListener(priority, filter, eventClass, consumer);
+		addListenerWithExplicitClass(priority, filter, eventClass, consumer);
 	}
 
-	private <T extends Event> void addListener(final EventPriority priority, final Predicate<? super T> filter, final Class<T> eventClass, final Consumer<T> consumer) {
-		addListener(priority, filter, eventClass, consumer, consumer);
+	private <T extends Event> void addListenerWithExplicitClass(final EventPriority priority, final Predicate<? super T> filter, final Class<T> eventClass, final Consumer<T> consumer) {
+		addListenerWithExplicitClass(priority, filter, eventClass, consumer, consumer);
 	}
 
-	private <T extends Event> void addListener(final EventPriority priority, final Predicate<? super T> filter, final Class<T> eventClass, final Consumer<T> consumer, final Object context) {
+	private <T extends Event> void addListenerWithExplicitClass(final EventPriority priority, final Predicate<? super T> filter, final Class<T> eventClass, final Consumer<T> consumer, final Object context) {
 		IEventListener listener = event -> doCastFilter(filter, consumer, event);
 
 		ListenerList listenerList = EventListenerHelper.getListenerList(eventClass);
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/eventbus/api/IEventBus.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/eventbus/api/IEventBus.java
index 12a3af1d..2790f977 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/eventbus/api/IEventBus.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/eventbus/api/IEventBus.java
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ public interface IEventBus {
 	 */
 	<T extends Event> void addListener(Consumer<T> consumer);
 
+	default <T extends Event> void addExplicitListener(Consumer<T> consumer, Class<T> eventClass) {
+		addListener(EventPriority.NORMAL, false, eventClass, consumer);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Add a consumer listener with the specified {@link EventPriority} and not receiving cancelled events.
 	 *
@@ -45,6 +49,10 @@ public interface IEventBus {
 	 */
 	<T extends Event> void addListener(EventPriority priority, Consumer<T> consumer);
 
+	default <T extends Event> void addExplicitListener(EventPriority priority, Consumer<T> consumer, Class<T> eventClass) {
+		addListener(priority, false, eventClass, consumer);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Add a consumer listener with the specified {@link EventPriority} and potentially cancelled events.
 	 *
@@ -68,7 +76,6 @@ public interface IEventBus {
 	 * @param <T>              The {@link Event} subclass to listen for
 	 */
 	<T extends Event> void addListener(EventPriority priority, boolean receiveCancelled, Class<T> eventType, Consumer<T> consumer);
-
 	/**
 	 * Add a consumer listener for a {@link GenericEvent} subclass, filtered to only be called for the specified
 	 * filter {@link Class}.