diff --git a/src/uucore/Cargo.toml b/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
index 3712e15d6..af78e3f94 100644
--- a/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ path="src/lib/lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 uucore_procs = { version=">=0.0.16", path="../uucore_procs" }
-clap = "3.2"
+clap = "4.0"
 dns-lookup = { version="1.0.5", optional=true }
 dunce = "1.0.3"
 wild = "2.0"
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ walkdir = { version="2.3.2", optional=true }
 nix = { version = "0.25", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["fs", "uio", "zerocopy"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-clap = "3.2"
+clap = "4.0"
 once_cell = "1.13"
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "windows")'.dependencies]
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/perms.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/perms.rs
index bd6ef2ca9..07203a318 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/perms.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/perms.rs
@@ -421,10 +421,10 @@ type GidUidFilterParser = fn(&ArgMatches) -> UResult<(Option<u32>, Option<u32>,
 /// `parse_gid_uid_and_filter` will be called to obtain the target gid and uid, and the filter,
 /// from `ArgMatches`.
 /// `groups_only` determines whether verbose output will only mention the group.
-pub fn chown_base<'a>(
-    mut command: Command<'a>,
+pub fn chown_base(
+    mut command: Command,
     args: impl crate::Args,
-    add_arg_if_not_reference: &'a str,
+    add_arg_if_not_reference: &'static str,
     parse_gid_uid_and_filter: GidUidFilterParser,
     groups_only: bool,
 ) -> UResult<()> {
@@ -449,19 +449,16 @@ pub fn chown_base<'a>(
         command = command.arg(
             Arg::new(add_arg_if_not_reference)
                 .value_name(add_arg_if_not_reference)
-                .required(true)
-                .takes_value(true)
-                .multiple_occurrences(false),
+                .required(true),
         );
     }
     command = command.arg(
         Arg::new(options::ARG_FILES)
             .value_name(options::ARG_FILES)
             .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::FilePath)
-            .multiple_occurrences(true)
-            .takes_value(true)
+            .action(clap::ArgAction::Append)
             .required(true)
-            .min_values(1),
+            .num_args(1..),
     );
     let matches = command.try_get_matches_from(args)?;
 
@@ -470,25 +467,25 @@ pub fn chown_base<'a>(
         .map(|v| v.map(ToString::to_string).collect())
         .unwrap_or_default();
 
-    let preserve_root = matches.contains_id(options::preserve_root::PRESERVE);
+    let preserve_root = matches.get_flag(options::preserve_root::PRESERVE);
 
-    let mut dereference = if matches.contains_id(options::dereference::DEREFERENCE) {
+    let mut dereference = if matches.get_flag(options::dereference::DEREFERENCE) {
         Some(true)
-    } else if matches.contains_id(options::dereference::NO_DEREFERENCE) {
+    } else if matches.get_flag(options::dereference::NO_DEREFERENCE) {
         Some(false)
     } else {
         None
     };
 
-    let mut traverse_symlinks = if matches.contains_id(options::traverse::TRAVERSE) {
+    let mut traverse_symlinks = if matches.get_flag(options::traverse::TRAVERSE) {
         TraverseSymlinks::First
-    } else if matches.contains_id(options::traverse::EVERY) {
+    } else if matches.get_flag(options::traverse::EVERY) {
         TraverseSymlinks::All
     } else {
         TraverseSymlinks::None
     };
 
-    let recursive = matches.contains_id(options::RECURSIVE);
+    let recursive = matches.get_flag(options::RECURSIVE);
     if recursive {
         if traverse_symlinks == TraverseSymlinks::None {
             if dereference == Some(true) {
@@ -500,13 +497,13 @@ pub fn chown_base<'a>(
         traverse_symlinks = TraverseSymlinks::None;
     }
 
-    let verbosity_level = if matches.contains_id(options::verbosity::CHANGES) {
+    let verbosity_level = if matches.get_flag(options::verbosity::CHANGES) {
         VerbosityLevel::Changes
-    } else if matches.contains_id(options::verbosity::SILENT)
-        || matches.contains_id(options::verbosity::QUIET)
+    } else if matches.get_flag(options::verbosity::SILENT)
+        || matches.get_flag(options::verbosity::QUIET)
     {
         VerbosityLevel::Silent
-    } else if matches.contains_id(options::verbosity::VERBOSE) {
+    } else if matches.get_flag(options::verbosity::VERBOSE) {
         VerbosityLevel::Verbose
     } else {
         VerbosityLevel::Normal
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/mods/backup_control.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/mods/backup_control.rs
index a06cd1939..2a30cc86d 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/mods/backup_control.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/mods/backup_control.rs
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
 //!         .arg(backup_control::arguments::backup())
 //!         .arg(backup_control::arguments::backup_no_args())
 //!         .arg(backup_control::arguments::suffix())
-//!         .override_usage(&usage[..])
-//!         .after_help(&*format!(
+//!         .override_usage(usage)
+//!         .after_help(format!(
 //!             "{}\n{}",
 //!             long_usage,
 //!             backup_control::BACKUP_CONTROL_LONG_HELP
@@ -205,30 +205,30 @@ pub mod arguments {
     pub static OPT_SUFFIX: &str = "backupopt_suffix";
 
     /// '--backup' argument
-    pub fn backup<'a>() -> clap::Arg<'a> {
+    pub fn backup() -> clap::Arg {
         clap::Arg::new(OPT_BACKUP)
             .long("backup")
             .help("make a backup of each existing destination file")
-            .takes_value(true)
+            .action(clap::ArgAction::Set)
             .require_equals(true)
-            .min_values(0)
+            .num_args(0..=1)
             .value_name("CONTROL")
     }
 
     /// '-b' argument
-    pub fn backup_no_args<'a>() -> clap::Arg<'a> {
+    pub fn backup_no_args() -> clap::Arg {
         clap::Arg::new(OPT_BACKUP_NO_ARG)
             .short('b')
             .help("like --backup but does not accept an argument")
     }
 
     /// '-S, --suffix' argument
-    pub fn suffix<'a>() -> clap::Arg<'a> {
+    pub fn suffix() -> clap::Arg {
         clap::Arg::new(OPT_SUFFIX)
             .short('S')
             .long("suffix")
             .help("override the usual backup suffix")
-            .takes_value(true)
+            .action(clap::ArgAction::Set)
             .value_name("SUFFIX")
             .allow_hyphen_values(true)
     }
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ mod tests {
     // Environment variable for "VERSION_CONTROL"
     static ENV_VERSION_CONTROL: &str = "VERSION_CONTROL";
 
-    fn make_app() -> clap::Command<'static> {
+    fn make_app() -> clap::Command {
         Command::new("command")
             .arg(arguments::backup())
             .arg(arguments::backup_no_args())
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/mods/error.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/mods/error.rs
index bec760871..4cc0b1519 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/mods/error.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/mods/error.rs
@@ -674,7 +674,9 @@ impl UError for ClapErrorWrapper {
         // If the error is a DisplayHelp or DisplayVersion variant,
         // we don't want to apply the custom error code, but leave
         // it 0.
-        if let clap::ErrorKind::DisplayHelp | clap::ErrorKind::DisplayVersion = self.error.kind() {
+        if let clap::error::ErrorKind::DisplayHelp | clap::error::ErrorKind::DisplayVersion =
+            self.error.kind()
+        {
             0
         } else {
             self.code