diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 12fffb7f3..c0e794d20 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -131,21 +131,30 @@ checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "3.1.8"
+version = "3.1.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "71c47df61d9e16dc010b55dba1952a57d8c215dbb533fd13cdd13369aac73b1c"
+checksum = "6aad2534fad53df1cc12519c5cda696dd3e20e6118a027e24054aea14a0bdcbe"
 dependencies = [
  "atty",
  "bitflags",
+ "clap_lex",
  "indexmap",
  "lazy_static",
- "os_str_bytes",
  "strsim",
  "termcolor",
  "terminal_size",
  "textwrap",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_lex"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "189ddd3b5d32a70b35e7686054371742a937b0d99128e76dde6340210e966669"
+dependencies = [
+ "os_str_bytes",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cloud-hypervisor"
 version = "23.0.0"
@@ -605,9 +614,6 @@ name = "os_str_bytes"
 version = "6.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8e22443d1643a904602595ba1cd8f7d896afe56d26712531c5ff73a15b2fbf64"
-dependencies = [
- "memchr",
-]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "parking_lot"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3d8957762..cad7a2eb3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ lto = true
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.56"
 api_client = { path = "api_client" }
-clap = { version = "3.1.8", features = ["wrap_help","cargo"] }
+clap = { version = "3.1.9", features = ["wrap_help","cargo"] }
 epoll = "4.3.1"
 event_monitor = { path = "event_monitor" }
 hypervisor = { path = "hypervisor" }
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ vmm-sys-util = "0.9.0"
 vm-memory = "0.7.0"
 
 [build-dependencies]
-clap = { version = "3.1.8", features = ["cargo"] }
+clap = { version = "3.1.9", features = ["cargo"] }
 
 # List of patched crates
 [patch.crates-io]
diff --git a/performance-metrics/Cargo.toml b/performance-metrics/Cargo.toml
index 854073c52..41babc742 100644
--- a/performance-metrics/Cargo.toml
+++ b/performance-metrics/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 build = "build.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-clap = { version = "3.1.8", features = ["wrap_help","cargo"] }
+clap = { version = "3.1.9", features = ["wrap_help","cargo"] }
 dirs = "4.0.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0.136", features = ["rc"] }
 serde_derive = "1.0.136"
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ thiserror = "1.0.30"
 wait-timeout = "0.2.0"
 
 [build-dependencies]
-clap = { version = "3.1.8", features = ["cargo"] }
+clap = { version = "3.1.9", features = ["cargo"] }
diff --git a/vhost_user_block/Cargo.toml b/vhost_user_block/Cargo.toml
index 7d6033317..df4afbac3 100644
--- a/vhost_user_block/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vhost_user_block/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 block_util = { path = "../block_util" }
-clap = { version = "3.1.8", features = ["wrap_help","cargo"] }
+clap = { version = "3.1.9", features = ["wrap_help","cargo"] }
 env_logger = "0.9.0"
 epoll = "4.3.1"
 libc = "0.2.123"
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ vm-memory = "0.7.0"
 vmm-sys-util = "0.9.0"
 
 [build-dependencies]
-clap = { version = "3.1.8", features = ["cargo"] }
+clap = { version = "3.1.9", features = ["cargo"] }
diff --git a/vhost_user_net/Cargo.toml b/vhost_user_net/Cargo.toml
index 07ac9bbe8..b1e84cf44 100644
--- a/vhost_user_net/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vhost_user_net/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ authors = ["The Cloud Hypervisor Authors"]
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
-clap = { version = "3.1.8", features = ["wrap_help","cargo"] }
+clap = { version = "3.1.9", features = ["wrap_help","cargo"] }
 env_logger = "0.9.0"
 epoll = "4.3.1"
 libc = "0.2.123"
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ vm-memory = "0.7.0"
 vmm-sys-util = "0.9.0"
 
 [build-dependencies]
-clap = { version = "3.1.8", features = ["cargo"] }
+clap = { version = "3.1.9", features = ["cargo"] }
diff --git a/vmm/Cargo.toml b/vmm/Cargo.toml
index 4ba2fc06b..450ec2e4a 100644
--- a/vmm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vmm/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ arc-swap = "1.5.0"
 arch = { path = "../arch" }
 bitflags = "1.3.2"
 block_util = { path = "../block_util" }
-clap = "3.1.8"
+clap = "3.1.9"
 devices = { path = "../devices" }
 epoll = "4.3.1"
 event_monitor = { path = "../event_monitor" }