Disable item switch animation

Hello, I'm updating an item that the player is holding every few ticks, but that causes it to look like the player is constantly picking up an item. Is there any way to prevent this?

I came across this thread which sadly didn't seem to come to a conclusion.
https://bukkit.org/threads/rename-items-while-in-hand.356022/

I also found a thread on Spigot Forums but they didn't find a solution either. Someone is that forum said it was possible with ProtocolLib but the OP of that post didn't want to use so it was never explained how to do it using ProtocolLib. I'm however ready to use it, so if anyone knows any way to do this, please tell.

Thanks.
- Tim_M