diff --git a/archinstall/lib/models/mirrors.py b/archinstall/lib/models/mirrors.py
index 4cff8ee52d..327a319349 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/models/mirrors.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/models/mirrors.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import datetime
 import http.client
-import json
 import time
 import urllib.error
 import urllib.parse
@@ -200,7 +199,7 @@ def get_status_by_region(self, region: str, speed_sort: bool) -> list[MirrorStat
 		return sorted(region_list, key=lambda mirror: (mirror.score, mirror.speed))
 
 	def _parse_remote_mirror_list(self, mirrorlist: str) -> dict[str, list[MirrorStatusEntryV3]] | None:
-		mirror_status = MirrorStatusListV3(**json.loads(mirrorlist))
+		mirror_status = MirrorStatusListV3.model_validate_json(mirrorlist)
 
 		sorting_placeholder: dict[str, list[MirrorStatusEntryV3]] = {}