diff --git a/src/uu/true/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/true/Cargo.toml
index 369bbb51f..deb9defb3 100644
--- a/src/uu/true/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/true/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 path = "src/true.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" }
 uucore_procs = { version=">=0.0.7", package="uucore_procs", path="../../uucore_procs" }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/true/src/true.rs b/src/uu/true/src/true.rs
index b5fbf7c9d..3c1eba32f 100644
--- a/src/uu/true/src/true.rs
+++ b/src/uu/true/src/true.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-pub fn uu_app() -> App<'static, 'static> {
+pub fn uu_app<'a>() -> App<'a> {
     App::new(uucore::util_name())
 }