diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bed506860..d52ebfeec 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "3.0.14"
+version = "3.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b63edc3f163b3c71ec8aa23f9bd6070f77edbf3d1d198b164afa90ff00e4ec62"
+checksum = "e5f1fea81f183005ced9e59cdb01737ef2423956dac5a6d731b06b2ecfaa3467"
 dependencies = [
  "atty",
  "bitflags",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c596baeac..1c97002d3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ lto = true
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.53"
 api_client = { path = "api_client" }
-clap = { version = "3.0.14", features = ["wrap_help","cargo"] }
+clap = { version = "3.1.0", features = ["wrap_help","cargo"] }
 epoll = "4.3.1"
 event_monitor = { path = "event_monitor" }
 hypervisor = { path = "hypervisor" }
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ vmm-sys-util = "0.9.0"
 vm-memory = "0.7.0"
 
 [build-dependencies]
-clap = { version = "3.0.14", features = ["wrap_help"] }
+clap = { version = "3.1.0", features = ["wrap_help"] }
 
 # List of patched crates
 [patch.crates-io]
diff --git a/vhost_user_block/Cargo.toml b/vhost_user_block/Cargo.toml
index ec496979f..f8efc9357 100644
--- a/vhost_user_block/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vhost_user_block/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
 block_util = { path = "../block_util" }
-clap = { version = "3.0.14", features = ["wrap_help"] }
+clap = { version = "3.1.0", features = ["wrap_help"] }
 env_logger = "0.9.0"
 epoll = "4.3.1"
 libc = "0.2.118"
diff --git a/vhost_user_net/Cargo.toml b/vhost_user_net/Cargo.toml
index c7350179f..6b3ed8c9d 100644
--- a/vhost_user_net/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vhost_user_net/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ authors = ["The Cloud Hypervisor Authors"]
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
-clap = { version = "3.0.14", features = ["wrap_help"] }
+clap = { version = "3.1.0", features = ["wrap_help"] }
 env_logger = "0.9.0"
 epoll = "4.3.1"
 libc = "0.2.118"
diff --git a/vmm/Cargo.toml b/vmm/Cargo.toml
index 4692628b9..d240b3523 100644
--- a/vmm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vmm/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ arc-swap = "1.5.0"
 arch = { path = "../arch" }
 bitflags = "1.3.2"
 block_util = { path = "../block_util" }
-clap = "3.0.14"
+clap = "3.1.0"
 devices = { path = "../devices" }
 epoll = "4.3.1"
 event_monitor = { path = "../event_monitor" }