diff --git a/src/uu/yes/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/yes/Cargo.toml
index 7c2b43329..b5eaa0ad6 100644
--- a/src/uu/yes/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/yes/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 path = "src/yes.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-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=["pipes"] }
 uucore_procs = { version=">=0.0.7", package="uucore_procs", path="../../uucore_procs" }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/yes/src/yes.rs b/src/uu/yes/src/yes.rs
index bbedc0af1..51701214a 100644
--- a/src/uu/yes/src/yes.rs
+++ b/src/uu/yes/src/yes.rs
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn uu_app() -> App<'static, 'static> {
-    app_from_crate!().arg(Arg::with_name("STRING").index(1).multiple(true))
+pub fn uu_app<'a>() -> App<'a> {
+    app_from_crate!().arg(Arg::new("STRING").index(1).multiple_occurrences(true))
 }
 
 fn prepare_buffer<'a>(input: &'a str, buffer: &'a mut [u8; BUF_SIZE]) -> &'a [u8] {