diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 118a1cf..f150c3d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [6.0.1-beta.1] 2026-01-16
+## Fixed
+- Explicitly use Python 3.13 when calling subprocesses
+
 ## [6.0.0-beta.20] 2026-01-14
 ## Fixed
 - Write cache file after wiping
diff --git a/dzgui.sh b/dzgui.sh
index 292c9d8..e084137 100755
--- a/dzgui.sh
+++ b/dzgui.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ set -o pipefail
 
 src_path="$(readlink -e "$0")"
 
-version=6.0.0.beta-20
+version=6.0.1.beta-1
 
 #CONSTANTS
 aid=221100
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ fetch_helpers_by_sum(){
     [[ -f "$config_file" ]] && source "$config_file"
     declare -A sums
     sums=(
-        ["funcs"]="1441bb0654b398c68daa22d86275c3ce"
+        ["funcs"]="2a71d60974f5a869ff170366fd80676f"
         ["query_v2.py"]="55d339ba02512ac69de288eb3be41067"
         ["servers.py"]="ed442c3aecf33f777d59dcf53650d263"
         ["ui.py"]="3d67e5e8e85a23dde1fd0e85a9be62a9"
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ file_picker(){
 }
 find_library_folder(){
     local search_path="$1"
-    readarray -t paths < <(python3 "$helpers_path/vdf2json.py" -i "$1/steamapps/libraryfolders.vdf" \
+    readarray -t paths < <(python3.13 "$helpers_path/vdf2json.py" -i "$1/steamapps/libraryfolders.vdf" \
         | jq -r '.libraryfolders[]|select(.apps|has("221100")).path')
     if [[ ! $? -eq 0 ]]; then
         logger WARN "Failed to parse Steam path using '$search_path'"
diff --git a/helpers/funcs b/helpers/funcs
index f8c602c..431d5ec 100755
--- a/helpers/funcs
+++ b/helpers/funcs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -o pipefail
-version="6.0.0-beta.20"
+version="6.0.1-beta.1"
 
 #CONSTANTS
 aid=221100
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ a2s(){
     local mode="$3"
     logger INFO "Querying '$ip:$qport' with mode '$mode'"
     local res
-    res=$(python3 "$query_helper" "$ip" "$qport" "$mode")
+    res=$(python3.13 "$query_helper" "$ip" "$qport" "$mode")
     if [[ $? -eq 1 ]]; then
         res=$(try_fallback "$ip" "$qport" "$mode")
         if [[ $? -eq 1 ]]; then
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ is_in_favs(){
 find_id(){
     local file="$default_steam_path/config/loginusers.vdf"
     [[ ! -f $file ]] && return 1
-    local res=$(python3 "$helpers_path/vdf2json.py" \
+    local res=$(python3.13 "$helpers_path/vdf2json.py" \
     -i "$file" \
     | jq -r '.users
         |to_entries[]
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ list_mods(){
             name=$(awk -F\" '/name/ {print $2}' "${dir}/meta.cpp")
             base_dir=$(basename $(readlink -f $game_dir/$symlink))
             size=$(du -s "$(readlink -f "$game_dir/$symlink")" | awk '{print $1}')
-            size=$(python3 -c "n=($size/1024) +.005; print(round(n,4))")
+            size=$(python3.13 -c "n=($size/1024) +.005; print(round(n,4))")
             LC_NUMERIC=C printf "%s$sep%s$sep%s$sep%3.3f\n" "$name" "$symlink" "$base_dir" "$size"
         done | sort -k1)
         # user may have manually pruned mods out-of-band