diff --git a/src/uu/uptime/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/uptime/Cargo.toml
index 785955afc..60b176c37 100644
--- a/src/uu/uptime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/uptime/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ path = "src/uptime.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 chrono = "0.4"
-clap = { version = "2.33", features = ["wrap_help"] }
+clap = { version = "3.0", features = ["wrap_help", "cargo"] }
 uucore = { version=">=0.0.10", package="uucore", path="../../uucore", features=["libc", "utmpx"] }
 uucore_procs = { version=">=0.0.7", package="uucore_procs", path="../../uucore_procs" }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/uptime/src/uptime.rs b/src/uu/uptime/src/uptime.rs
index eabcd1abf..4b52a68a7 100644
--- a/src/uu/uptime/src/uptime.rs
+++ b/src/uu/uptime/src/uptime.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ fn usage() -> String {
 #[uucore_procs::gen_uumain]
 pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     let usage = usage();
-    let matches = uu_app().usage(&usage[..]).get_matches_from(args);
+    let matches = uu_app().override_usage(&usage[..]).get_matches_from(args);
 
     let (boot_time, user_count) = process_utmpx();
     let uptime = get_uptime(boot_time);
@@ -62,13 +62,13 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn uu_app() -> App<'static, 'static> {
+pub fn uu_app<'a>() -> App<'a> {
     App::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(crate_version!())
         .about(ABOUT)
         .arg(
-            Arg::with_name(options::SINCE)
-                .short("s")
+            Arg::new(options::SINCE)
+                .short('s')
                 .long(options::SINCE)
                 .help("system up since"),
         )