diff --git a/src/uu/pr/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/pr/Cargo.toml
index 9a8f6de8b..e06702809 100644
--- a/src/uu/pr/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/pr/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 path = "src/pr.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-clap = { version = "2.33", features = ["wrap_help"] }
+clap = { version = "3.0", features = ["wrap_help", "cargo"] }
 uucore = { version=">=0.0.7", package="uucore", path="../../uucore", features=["entries"] }
 uucore_procs = { version=">=0.0.7", package="uucore_procs", path="../../uucore_procs" }
 getopts = "0.2.21"
diff --git a/src/uu/pr/src/pr.rs b/src/uu/pr/src/pr.rs
index ea6fb86a8..e985492db 100644
--- a/src/uu/pr/src/pr.rs
+++ b/src/uu/pr/src/pr.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ extern crate quick_error;
 
 use chrono::offset::Local;
 use chrono::DateTime;
+use clap::App;
 use getopts::Matches;
 use getopts::{HasArg, Occur};
 use itertools::Itertools;
@@ -170,9 +171,8 @@ quick_error! {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn uu_app() -> clap::App<'static, 'static> {
-    // TODO: migrate to clap to get more shell completions
-    clap::App::new(uucore::util_name())
+pub fn uu_app<'a>() -> App<'a> {
+    App::new(uucore::util_name())
 }
 
 #[uucore_procs::gen_uumain]