diff --git a/worldguard-bukkit/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/listener/EventAbstractionListener.java b/worldguard-bukkit/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/listener/EventAbstractionListener.java
index 7bc7957e8..9dac240e9 100644
--- a/worldguard-bukkit/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/listener/EventAbstractionListener.java
+++ b/worldguard-bukkit/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/listener/EventAbstractionListener.java
@@ -668,8 +668,13 @@ public void onPlayerBucketEmpty(PlayerBucketEmptyEvent event) {
         Player player = event.getPlayer();
         Block blockClicked = event.getBlockClicked();
         Block blockAffected;
-
-        if (blockClicked.getBlockData() instanceof Waterlogged) {
+        boolean canPlaceInside = false;
+        // Can be placed inside blocks only when not sneaking
+        if (!player.isSneaking()) {
+            canPlaceInside = (event.getBucket() != Material.LAVA_BUCKET && blockClicked.getBlockData() instanceof Waterlogged)
+                    || (Materials.isCauldron(blockClicked.getType()) && Materials.isCauldronBucketType(event.getBucket()));
+        }
+        if (canPlaceInside) {
             blockAffected = blockClicked;
         } else {
             blockAffected = blockClicked.getRelative(event.getBlockFace());
diff --git a/worldguard-bukkit/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/util/Materials.java b/worldguard-bukkit/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/util/Materials.java
index 15ad891a2..6bbcf6c7d 100644
--- a/worldguard-bukkit/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/util/Materials.java
+++ b/worldguard-bukkit/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/util/Materials.java
@@ -1057,6 +1057,7 @@ public static Material getBucketBlockMaterial(Material type) {
         return switch (type) {
             case LAVA_BUCKET -> Material.LAVA;
             case WATER_BUCKET -> Material.WATER;
+            case POWDER_SNOW_BUCKET -> Material.POWDER_SNOW;
             default -> Material.WATER;
         };
     }
@@ -1583,4 +1584,19 @@ public static boolean isAmethystGrowth(Material mat) {
     public static boolean isSculkGrowth(Material mat) {
         return mat == Material.SCULK || mat == Material.SCULK_VEIN;
     }
+
+    public static boolean isCauldron(Material mat) {
+        return switch (mat) {
+            case CAULDRON, LAVA_CAULDRON, POWDER_SNOW_CAULDRON, WATER_CAULDRON -> true;
+            default -> false;
+        };
+    }
+
+    // Other buckets containing mobs cannot be placed inside cauldrons
+    public static boolean isCauldronBucketType(Material mat) {
+        return switch (mat) {
+            case WATER_BUCKET, LAVA_BUCKET, POWDER_SNOW_BUCKET -> true;
+            default -> false;
+        };
+    }
 }