diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 108da68..a45f4e3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -56,15 +56,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ansi_term"
-version = "0.12.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d52a9bb7ec0cf484c551830a7ce27bd20d67eac647e1befb56b0be4ee39a55d2"
-dependencies = [
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "anstream"
 version = "0.6.11"
@@ -235,19 +226,31 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "2.34.0"
+version = "4.4.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a0610544180c38b88101fecf2dd634b174a62eef6946f84dfc6a7127512b381c"
+checksum = "1e578d6ec4194633722ccf9544794b71b1385c3c027efe0c55db226fc880865c"
 dependencies = [
- "ansi_term",
- "atty",
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "strsim 0.8.0",
- "textwrap",
- "unicode-width",
- "vec_map",
+ "clap_builder",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_builder"
+version = "4.4.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4df4df40ec50c46000231c914968278b1eb05098cf8f1b3a518a95030e71d1c7"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstream",
+ "anstyle",
+ "clap_lex",
+ "strsim",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_lex"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "702fc72eb24e5a1e48ce58027a675bc24edd52096d5397d4aea7c6dd9eca0bd1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "colorchoice"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -290,7 +293,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ident_case",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "strsim 0.10.0",
+ "strsim",
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
@@ -1576,12 +1579,6 @@ version = "0.9.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6980e8d7511241f8acf4aebddbb1ff938df5eebe98691418c4468d0b72a96a67"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "strsim"
-version = "0.8.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8ea5119cdb4c55b55d432abb513a0429384878c15dde60cc77b1c99de1a95a6a"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.10.0"
@@ -1670,15 +1667,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "textwrap"
-version = "0.11.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d326610f408c7a4eb6f51c37c330e496b08506c9457c9d34287ecc38809fb060"
-dependencies = [
- "unicode-width",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
 version = "1.0.57"
@@ -1911,12 +1899,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tinyvec",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "unicode-width"
-version = "0.1.11"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e51733f11c9c4f72aa0c160008246859e340b00807569a0da0e7a1079b27ba85"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-xid"
 version = "0.2.4"
@@ -2000,12 +1982,6 @@ version = "0.2.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "vec_map"
-version = "0.8.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f1bddf1187be692e79c5ffeab891132dfb0f236ed36a43c7ed39f1165ee20191"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "walkdir"
 version = "2.4.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7cc38e8..c32e10d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
-clap = "2"
+clap = { version = "=4.4", features = ["cargo"] } # We force 4.4 so we don't have to use rustc 1.74
 serde = "1"
 serde_derive = "1"
 serde_json = "1"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 8a2c236..539772b 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ extern crate lazy_static;
 
 extern crate clap;
 
+use clap::{arg, command};
+
 use std::{process, thread};
 
 use std::sync::mpsc;
@@ -44,25 +46,33 @@ fn main() {
     env_logger::init();
     log::init(APP_NAME.to_string()).unwrap();
 
-    let args = clap::App::new("faythe")
-         .arg(clap::Arg::with_name("config-check")
-             .long("config-check")
-             .help("Parses Faythe config file and exits")
-             .takes_value(false)
-             .required(false))
-         .arg(clap::Arg::with_name("config")
-            .value_name("config-file")
-            .help("Path to Faythe config file (JSON)")
-            .takes_value(true)
-            .required(true));
+    let args = command!()
+        .arg(
+            arg!(configcheck: "Parses Faythe config file and exits")
+                .long("config-check")
+                .action(clap::ArgAction::SetTrue),
+        )
+        .arg(
+            arg!(config: "Path to Faythe config file (JSON)")
+                .help("Path to Faythe config file (JSON)")
+                .required(true),
+        );
 
     let m = args.get_matches();
-    let config_check = m.is_present("config-check");
-    let config_file = m.value_of("config").unwrap().to_owned();
+
+    let config_check = m.get_one::<bool>("configcheck").unwrap();
+    let config_file = m.get_one::<String>("config").unwrap().to_owned();
     let config = config::parse_config_file(&config_file);
     match config {
-        Ok(c) => if !config_check { run(&c); },
-        Err(e) => { eprintln!("config-file parse error: {}", &e); process::exit(1); }
+        Ok(c) => {
+            if !config_check {
+                run(&c);
+            }
+        }
+        Err(e) => {
+            eprintln!("config-file parse error: {}", &e);
+            process::exit(1);
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -71,12 +81,12 @@ fn run(config: &FaytheConfig) {
 
     let mut threads = Vec::new();
     for c in &config.kube_monitor_configs {
-        let container = ConfigContainer{
+        let container = ConfigContainer {
             faythe_config: config.clone(),
-            monitor_config: MonitorConfig::Kube(c.to_owned())
+            monitor_config: MonitorConfig::Kube(c.to_owned()),
         };
         let tx_ = tx.clone();
-        threads.push(thread::spawn(move || { monitor::monitor_k8s(container,tx_) }));
+        threads.push(thread::spawn(move || monitor::monitor_k8s(container, tx_)));
     }
     for c in &config.file_monitor_configs {
         let container = ConfigContainer {
@@ -99,10 +109,12 @@ fn run(config: &FaytheConfig) {
         }));
     }
     let config_ = config.clone();
-    threads.push(thread::spawn(move || { issuer::process(config_, rx) }));
+    threads.push(thread::spawn(move || issuer::process(config_, rx)));
 
     if threads.len() < 2 {
-        panic!("No monitors started! Did you forget to add monitor configuration to the config file?")
+        panic!(
+            "No monitors started! Did you forget to add monitor configuration to the config file?"
+        )
     }
 
     let metrics_port = config.metrics_port;