At the World Championships Schäfer only competed on balance beam and floor exercise during qualifications. She finished twenty-second on floor exercise but third on balance beam and therefore qualified to the event final alongside compatriot Alt. During qualifications Schäfer was the only gymnast to receive an execution score higher than 8 on the balance beam. During the event final Schäfer was once again the only gymnast to receive an execution score higher than 8 and she ended up winning the gold medal on the apparatus ahead of Hurd and Alt. This was Germany's first women's gold medal at a World Championships since German reunification. Schäfer ended the season competing at the Cottbus World Cup where she placed second on balance beam behind Wang Cenyu and third on floor exercise behind Lilia Akhaimova and Maria Kharenkova.