diff --git a/.github/workflows/cli_setup.yml b/.github/workflows/cli_setup.yml
index 145ae82..500e508 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cli_setup.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cli_setup.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [macos-latest, ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14']
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v6
diff --git a/qmk_cli/script_qmk.py b/qmk_cli/script_qmk.py
index 420f29e..85d990a 100644
--- a/qmk_cli/script_qmk.py
+++ b/qmk_cli/script_qmk.py
@@ -17,9 +17,21 @@
 from . import __version__
 from .helpers import find_qmk_firmware, is_qmk_firmware, find_qmk_userspace, is_qmk_userspace
 
+
+def _get_default_distrib_path():
+    if 'windows' in platform().lower():
+        try:
+            result = milc.cli.run(['cygpath', '-w', '/opt/qmk'])
+            if result.returncode == 0:
+                return result.stdout.strip()
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+    return platformdirs.user_data_dir('qmk')
+
+
 # Ensure the QMK distribution is on the `$PATH` if present. This must be kept in sync with qmk/qmk_firmware.
-_default_distrib_path = milc.cli.run(['cygpath', '-w', '/opt/qmk']).stdout.strip() if 'windows' in platform().lower() else platformdirs.user_data_dir('qmk')  # this must be kept in sync with the default values inside `util/env-bootstrap.sh`!
-QMK_DISTRIB_DIR = Path(os.environ.get('QMK_DISTRIB_DIR', _default_distrib_path))
+QMK_DISTRIB_DIR = Path(os.environ.get('QMK_DISTRIB_DIR', _get_default_distrib_path()))
 if QMK_DISTRIB_DIR.exists():
     os.environ['PATH'] = str(QMK_DISTRIB_DIR / 'bin') + os.pathsep + os.environ['PATH']