diff --git a/src/uu/false/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/false/Cargo.toml
index 706769af6..1bc1f848e 100644
--- a/src/uu/false/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/false/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 path = "src/false.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-clap = { version = "3.2", features = ["wrap_help", "cargo"] }
+clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["wrap_help", "cargo"] }
 uucore = { version=">=0.0.16", package="uucore", path="../../uucore" }
 
 [[bin]]
diff --git a/src/uu/false/src/false.rs b/src/uu/false/src/false.rs
index 4b8ef36e2..3a74142e0 100644
--- a/src/uu/false/src/false.rs
+++ b/src/uu/false/src/false.rs
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 
     if let Err(e) = command.try_get_matches_from_mut(args) {
         let error = match e.kind() {
-            clap::ErrorKind::DisplayHelp => command.print_help(),
-            clap::ErrorKind::DisplayVersion => {
+            clap::error::ErrorKind::DisplayHelp => command.print_help(),
+            clap::error::ErrorKind::DisplayVersion => {
                 writeln!(std::io::stdout(), "{}", command.render_version())
             }
             _ => Ok(()),
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-pub fn uu_app<'a>() -> Command<'a> {
+pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(clap::crate_version!())
         .about(ABOUT)