diff --git a/src/uu/yes/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/yes/Cargo.toml
index 208e7956b..677d60a5f 100644
--- a/src/uu/yes/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/yes/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 path = "src/yes.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-clap = { version = "3.2", features = ["wrap_help", "cargo"] }
+clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["wrap_help", "cargo"] }
 libc = "0.2.135"
 uucore = { version=">=0.0.16", package="uucore", path="../../uucore", features=["pipes"] }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/yes/src/yes.rs b/src/uu/yes/src/yes.rs
index 0dfa77195..cc04d26bc 100644
--- a/src/uu/yes/src/yes.rs
+++ b/src/uu/yes/src/yes.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::io::{self, Result, Write};
 
-use clap::{Arg, Command};
+use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
 use uucore::error::{UResult, USimpleError};
 use uucore::format_usage;
 
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn uu_app<'a>() -> Command<'a> {
+pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .about(ABOUT)
         .override_usage(format_usage(USAGE))
-        .arg(Arg::new("STRING").index(1).multiple_occurrences(true))
+        .arg(Arg::new("STRING").action(ArgAction::Append))
         .infer_long_args(true)
 }