Although the code seems right, for some reason in the game the sprite doesnt visibly rotate towards the cursor, it doesnt rotate at all

Texture playerTexture;
Sprite playerSprite;
Vector3 playerPos = new Vector3();

public void create () {
    batch = new SpriteBatch();
    playerTexture = new Texture("playerAiming.png");
    playerSprite = new Sprite(playerTexture);
    playerSprite.setOrigin(playerSprite.getWidth() / 2, playerSprite.getHeight() / 2);
}

public void render () {
    
    float speed = playerSpeed * Gdx.graphics.getDeltaTime();
    float mouseX = Gdx.input.getX();
    float mouseY = Gdx.input.getY();
    float playerX = playerPos.x + playerSprite.getWidth() / 2;
    float playerY = playerPos.y + playerSprite.getHeight() / 2;
    float angle = MathUtils.atan2(mouseY - playerY, mouseX - playerX) * MathUtils.radiansToDegrees;

    playerSprite.setRotation(angle); //Doesnt work for some reason
    ScreenUtils.clear(1, 0, 0, 1);
    batch.begin();
    batch.draw(playerSprite, playerPos.x, playerPos.y);
    batch.end();
    //Movement codes and others...
}

The variables are working just fine(i sysod them), i tried using straight up Texture and also wouldnt work