Piglins in older world with updated snapshots don't run after gold ingots

The only way to trade with piglins is to right click with them, they don't run towards gold ingots thrown on the ground. I tried a test world and it works, but in my current world that i made at the initial 1.17 launch, it doesn't work. I've made a lot of progress in the world and it's frustrating that I can't easily trade without constant right clicking.