diff --git a/src/uu/ln/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/ln/Cargo.toml
index 92da57f80..33a300ee1 100644
--- a/src/uu/ln/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/ln/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 path = "src/ln.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-clap = { version = "3.2", features = ["wrap_help", "cargo"] }
+clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["wrap_help", "cargo"] }
 uucore = { version=">=0.0.16", package="uucore", path="../../uucore", features=["fs"] }
 
 [[bin]]
diff --git a/src/uu/ln/src/ln.rs b/src/uu/ln/src/ln.rs
index a227eb68e..6f179f797 100644
--- a/src/uu/ln/src/ln.rs
+++ b/src/uu/ln/src/ln.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate uucore;
 
-use clap::{crate_version, Arg, Command};
+use clap::{crate_version, Arg, ArgAction, Command};
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UError, UResult};
 use uucore::format_usage;
@@ -128,15 +128,14 @@ static ARG_FILES: &str = "files";
 
 #[uucore::main]
 pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
-    let long_usage = long_usage();
+    // clap requires a 'static string
+    let long_usage = format!(
+        "{}\n{}",
+        long_usage(),
+        backup_control::BACKUP_CONTROL_LONG_HELP
+    );
 
-    let matches = uu_app()
-        .after_help(&*format!(
-            "{}\n{}",
-            long_usage,
-            backup_control::BACKUP_CONTROL_LONG_HELP
-        ))
-        .try_get_matches_from(args)?;
+    let matches = uu_app().after_help(long_usage).try_get_matches_from(args)?;
 
     /* the list of files */
 
@@ -146,11 +145,11 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         .map(PathBuf::from)
         .collect();
 
-    let symbolic = matches.contains_id(options::SYMBOLIC);
+    let symbolic = matches.get_flag(options::SYMBOLIC);
 
-    let overwrite_mode = if matches.contains_id(options::FORCE) {
+    let overwrite_mode = if matches.get_flag(options::FORCE) {
         OverwriteMode::Force
-    } else if matches.contains_id(options::INTERACTIVE) {
+    } else if matches.get_flag(options::INTERACTIVE) {
         OverwriteMode::Interactive
     } else {
         OverwriteMode::NoClobber
@@ -160,7 +159,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     let backup_suffix = backup_control::determine_backup_suffix(&matches);
 
     // When we have "-L" or "-L -P", false otherwise
-    let logical = matches.contains_id(options::LOGICAL);
+    let logical = matches.get_flag(options::LOGICAL);
 
     let settings = Settings {
         overwrite: overwrite_mode,
@@ -168,19 +167,19 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         suffix: backup_suffix,
         symbolic,
         logical,
-        relative: matches.contains_id(options::RELATIVE),
+        relative: matches.get_flag(options::RELATIVE),
         target_dir: matches
             .get_one::<String>(options::TARGET_DIRECTORY)
             .map(String::from),
-        no_target_dir: matches.contains_id(options::NO_TARGET_DIRECTORY),
-        no_dereference: matches.contains_id(options::NO_DEREFERENCE),
-        verbose: matches.contains_id(options::VERBOSE),
+        no_target_dir: matches.get_flag(options::NO_TARGET_DIRECTORY),
+        no_dereference: matches.get_flag(options::NO_DEREFERENCE),
+        verbose: matches.get_flag(options::VERBOSE),
     };
 
     exec(&paths[..], &settings)
 }
 
-pub fn uu_app<'a>() -> Command<'a> {
+pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(crate_version!())
         .about(ABOUT)
@@ -198,13 +197,15 @@ pub fn uu_app<'a>() -> Command<'a> {
             Arg::new(options::FORCE)
                 .short('f')
                 .long(options::FORCE)
-                .help("remove existing destination files"),
+                .help("remove existing destination files")
+                .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::INTERACTIVE)
                 .short('i')
                 .long(options::INTERACTIVE)
-                .help("prompt whether to remove existing destination files"),
+                .help("prompt whether to remove existing destination files")
+                .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::NO_DEREFERENCE)
@@ -213,21 +214,24 @@ pub fn uu_app<'a>() -> Command<'a> {
                 .help(
                     "treat LINK_NAME as a normal file if it is a \
                      symbolic link to a directory",
-                ),
+                )
+                .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::LOGICAL)
                 .short('L')
                 .long(options::LOGICAL)
                 .help("dereference TARGETs that are symbolic links")
-                .overrides_with(options::PHYSICAL),
+                .overrides_with(options::PHYSICAL)
+                .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             // Not implemented yet
             Arg::new(options::PHYSICAL)
                 .short('P')
                 .long(options::PHYSICAL)
-                .help("make hard links directly to symbolic links"),
+                .help("make hard links directly to symbolic links")
+                .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::SYMBOLIC)
@@ -235,7 +239,8 @@ pub fn uu_app<'a>() -> Command<'a> {
                 .long(options::SYMBOLIC)
                 .help("make symbolic links instead of hard links")
                 // override added for https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/2359
-                .overrides_with(options::SYMBOLIC),
+                .overrides_with(options::SYMBOLIC)
+                .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(backup_control::arguments::suffix())
         .arg(
@@ -251,28 +256,30 @@ pub fn uu_app<'a>() -> Command<'a> {
             Arg::new(options::NO_TARGET_DIRECTORY)
                 .short('T')
                 .long(options::NO_TARGET_DIRECTORY)
-                .help("treat LINK_NAME as a normal file always"),
+                .help("treat LINK_NAME as a normal file always")
+                .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::RELATIVE)
                 .short('r')
                 .long(options::RELATIVE)
                 .help("create symbolic links relative to link location")
-                .requires(options::SYMBOLIC),
+                .requires(options::SYMBOLIC)
+                .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::VERBOSE)
                 .short('v')
                 .long(options::VERBOSE)
-                .help("print name of each linked file"),
+                .help("print name of each linked file")
+                .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(ARG_FILES)
-                .multiple_occurrences(true)
-                .takes_value(true)
+                .action(ArgAction::Append)
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::AnyPath)
                 .required(true)
-                .min_values(1),
+                .num_args(1..),
         )
 }