diff --git a/ql/Cargo.lock b/ql/Cargo.lock
index 35c143d85a97..8dc1b0b0b2df 100644
--- a/ql/Cargo.lock
+++ b/ql/Cargo.lock
@@ -63,17 +63,24 @@ checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "2.34.0"
+version = "4.0.26"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a0610544180c38b88101fecf2dd634b174a62eef6946f84dfc6a7127512b381c"
+checksum = "2148adefda54e14492fb9bddcc600b4344c5d1a3123bd666dcb939c6f0e0e57e"
 dependencies = [
- "ansi_term",
  "atty",
  "bitflags",
+ "clap_lex",
  "strsim",
- "textwrap",
- "unicode-width",
- "vec_map",
+ "termcolor",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_lex"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "783fe232adfca04f90f56201b26d79682d4cd2625e0bc7290b95123afe558ade"
+dependencies = [
+ "os_str_bytes",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -239,6 +246,12 @@ version = "1.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "18a6dbe30758c9f83eb00cbea4ac95966305f5a7772f3f42ebfc7fc7eddbd8e1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "os_str_bytes"
+version = "6.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9b7820b9daea5457c9f21c69448905d723fbd21136ccf521748f23fd49e723ee"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project-lite"
 version = "0.2.9"
@@ -408,9 +421,9 @@ checksum = "2fd0db749597d91ff862fd1d55ea87f7855a744a8425a64695b6fca237d1dad1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8ea5119cdb4c55b55d432abb513a0429384878c15dde60cc77b1c99de1a95a6a"
+checksum = "73473c0e59e6d5812c5dfe2a064a6444949f089e20eec9a2e5506596494e4623"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
@@ -424,12 +437,12 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "textwrap"
-version = "0.11.0"
+name = "termcolor"
+version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d326610f408c7a4eb6f51c37c330e496b08506c9457c9d34287ecc38809fb060"
+checksum = "be55cf8942feac5c765c2c993422806843c9a9a45d4d5c407ad6dd2ea95eb9b6"
 dependencies = [
- "unicode-width",
+ "winapi-util",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -546,24 +559,12 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "15c61ba63f9235225a22310255a29b806b907c9b8c964bcbd0a2c70f3f2deea7"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "unicode-width"
-version = "0.1.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3ed742d4ea2bd1176e236172c8429aaf54486e7ac098db29ffe6529e0ce50973"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "valuable"
 version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "830b7e5d4d90034032940e4ace0d9a9a057e7a45cd94e6c007832e39edb82f6d"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "vec_map"
-version = "0.8.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f1bddf1187be692e79c5ffeab891132dfb0f236ed36a43c7ed39f1165ee20191"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -580,6 +581,15 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-util"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "70ec6ce85bb158151cae5e5c87f95a8e97d2c0c4b001223f33a334e3ce5de178"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
 version = "0.4.0"
diff --git a/ql/extractor/Cargo.toml b/ql/extractor/Cargo.toml
index f73fe0124432..6547ce047918 100644
--- a/ql/extractor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ql/extractor/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ tree-sitter = ">= 0.20, < 0.21"
 tree-sitter-ql = { git = "https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-ql.git", rev = "d08db734f8dc52f6bc04db53a966603122bc6985"}
 tree-sitter-ql-dbscheme = { git = "https://github.com/erik-krogh/tree-sitter-ql-dbscheme.git", rev = "63e1344353f63931e88bfbc2faa2e78e1421b213"}
 tree-sitter-ql-yaml = {git = "https://github.com/erik-krogh/tree-sitter-ql.git", rev = "cf704bf3671e1ae148e173464fb65a4d2bbf5f99"}
-clap = "2.33"
+clap = "4.0"
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
 rayon = "1.5.0"
diff --git a/ql/generator/Cargo.toml b/ql/generator/Cargo.toml
index c0531a8f1e5f..aec1bd74ccec 100644
--- a/ql/generator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ql/generator/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-clap = "2.33"
+clap = "4.0"
 node-types = { path = "../node-types" }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.3", features = ["env-filter"] }