diff --git a/src/uu/hostid/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/hostid/Cargo.toml
index 34a39e800..0938a1bec 100644
--- a/src/uu/hostid/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/hostid/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 path = "src/hostid.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-clap = { version = "3.2", features = ["wrap_help", "cargo"] }
+clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["wrap_help", "cargo"] }
 libc = "0.2.135"
 uucore = { version=">=0.0.16", package="uucore", path="../../uucore" }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/hostid/src/hostid.rs b/src/uu/hostid/src/hostid.rs
index d555a068f..293a9cacd 100644
--- a/src/uu/hostid/src/hostid.rs
+++ b/src/uu/hostid/src/hostid.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-pub fn uu_app<'a>() -> Command<'a> {
+pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(crate_version!())
         .about(ABOUT)