diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index ffa3047d..e8f5c457 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ jobs:
             os: ubuntu-24.04-arm
           - pyver: "3.12"
             os: ubuntu-24.04-arm
-          # - pyver: "3.14"
-          #   os: ubuntu-24.04
+          - pyver: "3.14"
+            os: ubuntu-24.04
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
diff --git a/test/test_wordcloud_cli.py b/test/test_wordcloud_cli.py
index 9a583b8f..00684eb0 100644
--- a/test/test_wordcloud_cli.py
+++ b/test/test_wordcloud_cli.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ def test_cli_regexp_invalid(tmp_text_file, capsys):
 @pytest.mark.no_cover
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("command,expected_output, expected_exit_code", [
     ("wordcloud_cli --help", "usage: wordcloud_cli", 0),
-    ("%s -m wordcloud --help" % sys.executable, "usage: __main__", 0),
+    ("%s -m wordcloud --help" % sys.executable, "A simple command line", 0),
     ("%s %s/../wordcloud/wordcloud_cli.py --help" % (sys.executable, os.path.dirname(__file__)), "To execute the CLI", 1),
 ])
 def test_cli_as_executable(command, expected_output, expected_exit_code, tmpdir, capfd):
diff --git a/wordcloud/wordcloud_cli.py b/wordcloud/wordcloud_cli.py
index 4ddd3db4..4b8e2e37 100644
--- a/wordcloud/wordcloud_cli.py
+++ b/wordcloud/wordcloud_cli.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 """
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
+import pathlib
 import sys
 import textwrap
 
@@ -116,10 +117,10 @@ def make_parser():
         '--fontfile', metavar='path', dest='font_path',
         help='path to font file you wish to use (default: DroidSansMono)')
     parser.add_argument(
-        '--mask', metavar='file', type=argparse.FileType('rb'),
+        '--mask', metavar='file', type=pathlib.Path,
         help='mask to use for the image form')
     parser.add_argument(
-        '--colormask', metavar='file', type=argparse.FileType('rb'),
+        '--colormask', metavar='file', type=pathlib.Path,
         help='color mask to use for image coloring')
     parser.add_argument(
         '--contour_width', metavar='width', default=0, type=float,