diff --git a/src/uu/nl/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/nl/Cargo.toml
index 887f306bf..5cb5f7bb9 100644
--- a/src/uu/nl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/nl/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 path = "src/nl.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-clap = { version = "3.2", features = ["wrap_help", "cargo"] }
+clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["wrap_help", "cargo"] }
 regex = "1.6.0"
 uucore = { version=">=0.0.16", package="uucore", path="../../uucore" }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/nl/src/nl.rs b/src/uu/nl/src/nl.rs
index f754ca1a3..451f77048 100644
--- a/src/uu/nl/src/nl.rs
+++ b/src/uu/nl/src/nl.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 // spell-checker:ignore (ToDO) corasick memchr
 
-use clap::{crate_version, Arg, Command};
+use clap::{crate_version, Arg, ArgAction, Command};
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{stdin, BufRead, BufReader, Read};
 use std::iter::repeat;
@@ -139,22 +139,24 @@ 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())
         .name(NAME)
         .about(ABOUT)
         .version(crate_version!())
         .override_usage(format_usage(USAGE))
         .infer_long_args(true)
+        .disable_help_flag(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::HELP)
                 .long(options::HELP)
-                .help("Print help information."),
+                .help("Print help information.")
+                .action(ArgAction::Help),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::FILE)
                 .hide(true)
-                .multiple_occurrences(true)
+                .action(ArgAction::Append)
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::FilePath),
         )
         .arg(