diff --git a/src/bin/ch-remote.rs b/src/bin/ch-remote.rs
index 8b9c7003b..00cccafd5 100644
--- a/src/bin/ch-remote.rs
+++ b/src/bin/ch-remote.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ extern crate clap;
 use api_client::simple_api_command;
 use api_client::simple_api_command_with_fds;
 use api_client::Error as ApiClientError;
-use clap::{App, AppSettings, Arg, ArgMatches};
+use clap::{Arg, ArgMatches, Command};
 use option_parser::{ByteSized, ByteSizedParseError};
 use std::fmt;
 use std::os::unix::net::UnixStream;
@@ -426,9 +426,9 @@ fn do_command(matches: &ArgMatches) -> Result<(), Error> {
 }
 
 fn main() {
-    let app = App::new("ch-remote")
+    let app = Command::new("ch-remote")
         .author(crate_authors!())
-        .setting(AppSettings::SubcommandRequired)
+        .subcommand_required(true)
         .about("Remotely control a cloud-hypervisor VMM.")
         .arg(
             Arg::new("api-socket")
@@ -439,21 +439,21 @@ fn main() {
                 .required(true),
         )
         .subcommand(
-            App::new("add-device").about("Add VFIO device").arg(
+            Command::new("add-device").about("Add VFIO device").arg(
                 Arg::new("device_config")
                     .index(1)
                     .help(vmm::config::DeviceConfig::SYNTAX),
             ),
         )
         .subcommand(
-            App::new("add-disk").about("Add block device").arg(
+            Command::new("add-disk").about("Add block device").arg(
                 Arg::new("disk_config")
                     .index(1)
                     .help(vmm::config::DiskConfig::SYNTAX),
             ),
         )
         .subcommand(
-            App::new("add-fs")
+            Command::new("add-fs")
                 .about("Add virtio-fs backed fs device")
                 .arg(
                     Arg::new("fs_config")
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ fn main() {
                 ),
         )
         .subcommand(
-            App::new("add-pmem")
+            Command::new("add-pmem")
                 .about("Add persistent memory device")
                 .arg(
                     Arg::new("pmem_config")
@@ -471,14 +471,14 @@ fn main() {
                 ),
         )
         .subcommand(
-            App::new("add-net").about("Add network device").arg(
+            Command::new("add-net").about("Add network device").arg(
                 Arg::new("net_config")
                     .index(1)
                     .help(vmm::config::NetConfig::SYNTAX),
             ),
         )
         .subcommand(
-            App::new("add-user-device")
+            Command::new("add-user-device")
                 .about("Add userspace device")
                 .arg(
                     Arg::new("device_config")
@@ -487,24 +487,24 @@ fn main() {
                 ),
         )
         .subcommand(
-            App::new("add-vsock").about("Add vsock device").arg(
+            Command::new("add-vsock").about("Add vsock device").arg(
                 Arg::new("vsock_config")
                     .index(1)
                     .help(vmm::config::VsockConfig::SYNTAX),
             ),
         )
         .subcommand(
-            App::new("remove-device")
+            Command::new("remove-device")
                 .about("Remove VFIO device")
                 .arg(Arg::new("id").index(1).help("<device_id>")),
         )
-        .subcommand(App::new("info").about("Info on the VM"))
-        .subcommand(App::new("counters").about("Counters from the VM"))
-        .subcommand(App::new("pause").about("Pause the VM"))
-        .subcommand(App::new("reboot").about("Reboot the VM"))
-        .subcommand(App::new("power-button").about("Trigger a power button in the VM"))
+        .subcommand(Command::new("info").about("Info on the VM"))
+        .subcommand(Command::new("counters").about("Counters from the VM"))
+        .subcommand(Command::new("pause").about("Pause the VM"))
+        .subcommand(Command::new("reboot").about("Reboot the VM"))
+        .subcommand(Command::new("power-button").about("Trigger a power button in the VM"))
         .subcommand(
-            App::new("resize")
+            Command::new("resize")
                 .about("Resize the VM")
                 .arg(
                     Arg::new("cpus")
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ fn main() {
                 ),
         )
         .subcommand(
-            App::new("resize-zone")
+            Command::new("resize-zone")
                 .about("Resize a memory zone")
                 .arg(
                     Arg::new("id")
@@ -546,24 +546,28 @@ fn main() {
                         .number_of_values(1),
                 ),
         )
-        .subcommand(App::new("resume").about("Resume the VM"))
-        .subcommand(App::new("shutdown").about("Shutdown the VM"))
+        .subcommand(Command::new("resume").about("Resume the VM"))
+        .subcommand(Command::new("shutdown").about("Shutdown the VM"))
         .subcommand(
-            App::new("snapshot").about("Create a snapshot from VM").arg(
-                Arg::new("snapshot_config")
-                    .index(1)
-                    .help("<destination_url>"),
-            ),
+            Command::new("snapshot")
+                .about("Create a snapshot from VM")
+                .arg(
+                    Arg::new("snapshot_config")
+                        .index(1)
+                        .help("<destination_url>"),
+                ),
         )
         .subcommand(
-            App::new("restore").about("Restore VM from a snapshot").arg(
-                Arg::new("restore_config")
-                    .index(1)
-                    .help(vmm::config::RestoreConfig::SYNTAX),
-            ),
+            Command::new("restore")
+                .about("Restore VM from a snapshot")
+                .arg(
+                    Arg::new("restore_config")
+                        .index(1)
+                        .help(vmm::config::RestoreConfig::SYNTAX),
+                ),
         )
         .subcommand(
-            App::new("send-migration")
+            Command::new("send-migration")
                 .about("Initiate a VM migration")
                 .arg(
                     Arg::new("send_migration_config")
@@ -577,7 +581,7 @@ fn main() {
                 ),
         )
         .subcommand(
-            App::new("receive-migration")
+            Command::new("receive-migration")
                 .about("Receive a VM migration")
                 .arg(
                     Arg::new("receive_migration_config")
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 1571d1fb7..d98cf39f3 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ extern crate clap;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate event_monitor;
 
-use clap::{App, Arg, ArgGroup, ArgMatches};
+use clap::{Arg, ArgGroup, ArgMatches, Command};
 use libc::EFD_NONBLOCK;
 use log::LevelFilter;
 use option_parser::OptionParser;
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ fn create_app<'a>(
     default_vcpus: &'a str,
     default_memory: &'a str,
     default_rng: &'a str,
-) -> App<'a> {
-    let app = App::new("cloud-hypervisor")
+) -> Command<'a> {
+    let app = Command::new("cloud-hypervisor")
         // 'BUILT_VERSION' is set by the build script 'build.rs' at
         // compile time
         .version(env!("BUILT_VERSION"))
diff --git a/vhost_user_block/src/main.rs b/vhost_user_block/src/main.rs
index 08ba9b48f..b5c77757b 100644
--- a/vhost_user_block/src/main.rs
+++ b/vhost_user_block/src/main.rs
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@
 extern crate clap;
 extern crate vhost_user_block;
 
-use clap::{App, Arg};
+use clap::{Arg, Command};
 use vhost_user_block::start_block_backend;
 
 fn main() {
     env_logger::init();
 
-    let cmd_arguments = App::new("vhost-user-blk backend")
+    let cmd_arguments = Command::new("vhost-user-blk backend")
         .version(crate_version!())
         .author(crate_authors!())
         .about("Launch a vhost-user-blk backend.")
diff --git a/vhost_user_net/src/main.rs b/vhost_user_net/src/main.rs
index 5a0b5c7b4..d524e3c84 100644
--- a/vhost_user_net/src/main.rs
+++ b/vhost_user_net/src/main.rs
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
 #[macro_use(crate_version, crate_authors)]
 extern crate clap;
 
-use clap::{App, Arg};
+use clap::{Arg, Command};
 use vhost_user_net::start_net_backend;
 
 fn main() {
     env_logger::init();
 
-    let cmd_arguments = App::new("vhost-user-net backend")
+    let cmd_arguments = Command::new("vhost-user-net backend")
         .version(crate_version!())
         .author(crate_authors!())
         .about("Launch a vhost-user-net backend.")