diff --git a/lib/cli.zsh b/lib/cli.zsh
index 6605fe66d..48fa8995b 100644
--- a/lib/cli.zsh
+++ b/lib/cli.zsh
@@ -738,6 +738,9 @@ function _omz::reload {
 
   # Old zsh versions don't have ZSH_ARGZERO
   local zsh="${ZSH_ARGZERO:-${functrace[-1]%:*}}"
+  # ZSH_ARGZERO is how zsh was invoked, not the path to it, so re-resolve
+  # anything that is not absolute (see #13919)
+  [[ "${zsh#-}" != /* ]] && (( $+commands[zsh] )) && zsh="$commands[zsh]"
   # Check whether to run a login shell
   [[ "$zsh" = -* || -o login ]] && exec -l "${zsh#-}" || exec "$zsh"
 }
@@ -919,6 +922,9 @@ function _omz::update {
   if [[ "$(builtin cd -q "$ZSH"; git rev-parse HEAD)" != "$last_commit" ]]; then
     # Old zsh versions don't have ZSH_ARGZERO
     local zsh="${ZSH_ARGZERO:-${functrace[-1]%:*}}"
+    # ZSH_ARGZERO is how zsh was invoked, not the path to it, so re-resolve
+    # anything that is not absolute (see #13919)
+    [[ "${zsh#-}" != /* ]] && (( $+commands[zsh] )) && zsh="$commands[zsh]"
     # Check whether to run a login shell
     [[ "$zsh" = -* || -o login ]] && exec -l "${zsh#-}" || exec "$zsh"
   fi