diff --git a/containerd-shim-slight-v1/Cargo.lock b/containerd-shim-slight-v1/Cargo.lock
index 6e17018b..3cadce67 100644
--- a/containerd-shim-slight-v1/Cargo.lock
+++ b/containerd-shim-slight-v1/Cargo.lock
@@ -1041,8 +1041,8 @@ checksum = "1ed5341b2301a26ab80be5cbdced622e80ed808483c52e45e3310a877d3b37d7"
 dependencies = [
  "atty",
  "bitflags",
- "clap_derive",
- "clap_lex",
+ "clap_derive 3.2.18",
+ "clap_lex 0.2.4",
  "indexmap",
  "once_cell",
  "strsim",
@@ -1050,6 +1050,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "textwrap",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap"
+version = "4.0.26"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2148adefda54e14492fb9bddcc600b4344c5d1a3123bd666dcb939c6f0e0e57e"
+dependencies = [
+ "atty",
+ "bitflags",
+ "clap_derive 4.0.21",
+ "clap_lex 0.3.1",
+ "once_cell",
+ "strsim",
+ "termcolor",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_derive"
 version = "3.2.18"
@@ -1063,6 +1078,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_derive"
+version = "4.0.21"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0177313f9f02afc995627906bbd8967e2be069f5261954222dac78290c2b9014"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck 0.4.0",
+ "proc-macro-error",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_lex"
 version = "0.2.4"
@@ -1072,6 +1100,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "os_str_bytes",
 ]
 
+[[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]]
 name = "cloudevents-sdk"
 version = "0.5.0"
@@ -1184,7 +1221,7 @@ name = "containerd-shim-slight-v1"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
- "clap",
+ "clap 4.0.26",
  "containerd-shim",
  "containerd-shim-wasm",
  "log",
@@ -3963,7 +4000,7 @@ source = "git+https://github.com/deislabs/spiderlightning?rev=01c5c31a7d9c1c885b
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "as-any",
- "clap",
+ "clap 3.2.21",
  "env_logger",
  "flate2",
  "log",
diff --git a/containerd-shim-slight-v1/Cargo.toml b/containerd-shim-slight-v1/Cargo.toml
index c730f674..c074d828 100644
--- a/containerd-shim-slight-v1/Cargo.toml
+++ b/containerd-shim-slight-v1/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 chrono = "~0.4"
-clap = { version = "3.1.15", features = ["derive", "env"] }
+clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 containerd-shim = "~0.3"
 containerd-shim-wasm = { git = "https://github.com/deislabs/runwasi", branch = "main" }
 log = "~0.4"
diff --git a/containerd-shim-slight-v1/src/main.rs b/containerd-shim-slight-v1/src/main.rs
index 57b6854a..43a75155 100644
--- a/containerd-shim-slight-v1/src/main.rs
+++ b/containerd-shim-slight-v1/src/main.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use std::sync::{Condvar, Mutex};
 use std::thread;
 
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
+use clap::Parser;
 use containerd_shim as shim;
 use containerd_shim_wasm::sandbox::error::Error;
 use containerd_shim_wasm::sandbox::instance::EngineGetter;
@@ -18,6 +19,11 @@ use log::info;
 use slight_lib::commands::run::handle_run;
 use tokio::runtime::Runtime;
 
+/// Helper for passing VERSION to opt.
+fn version() -> &'static str {
+    env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")
+}
+
 type ExitCode = Arc<(Mutex<Option<(u32, DateTime<Utc>)>>, Condvar)>;
 pub struct Wasi {
     exit_code: ExitCode,
@@ -197,6 +203,12 @@ impl EngineGetter for Wasi {
     }
 }
 
+/// The slight shim
+#[derive(Parser, Debug)]
+#[command(version = version())]
+struct Args {}
+
 fn main() {
+    Args::parse();
     shim::run::<ShimCli<Wasi, _>>("io.containerd.slight.v1", None);
 }
diff --git a/containerd-shim-spin-v1/Cargo.lock b/containerd-shim-spin-v1/Cargo.lock
index 20ccbb52..b5ef3cc7 100644
--- a/containerd-shim-spin-v1/Cargo.lock
+++ b/containerd-shim-spin-v1/Cargo.lock
@@ -527,8 +527,8 @@ checksum = "71655c45cb9845d3270c9d6df84ebe72b4dad3c2ba3f7023ad47c144e4e473a5"
 dependencies = [
  "atty",
  "bitflags",
- "clap_derive",
- "clap_lex",
+ "clap_derive 3.2.18",
+ "clap_lex 0.2.4",
  "indexmap",
  "once_cell",
  "strsim",
@@ -536,6 +536,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "textwrap",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap"
+version = "4.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f13b9c79b5d1dd500d20ef541215a6423c75829ef43117e1b4d17fd8af0b5d76"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "clap_derive 4.1.0",
+ "clap_lex 0.3.1",
+ "is-terminal 0.4.2",
+ "once_cell",
+ "strsim",
+ "termcolor",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_derive"
 version = "3.2.18"
@@ -549,6 +564,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_derive"
+version = "4.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "684a277d672e91966334af371f1a7b5833f9aa00b07c84e92fbce95e00208ce8"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck 0.4.0",
+ "proc-macro-error",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_lex"
 version = "0.2.4"
@@ -558,6 +586,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "os_str_bytes",
 ]
 
+[[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]]
 name = "clone3"
 version = "0.2.3"
@@ -662,7 +699,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
  "chrono",
- "clap",
+ "clap 4.1.4",
  "containerd-shim",
  "containerd-shim-wasm",
  "log",
@@ -1873,6 +1910,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.36.1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "is-terminal"
+version = "0.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "28dfb6c8100ccc63462345b67d1bbc3679177c75ee4bf59bf29c8b1d110b8189"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi 0.2.6",
+ "io-lifetimes 1.0.3",
+ "rustix 0.36.6",
+ "windows-sys 0.42.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itertools"
 version = "0.10.5"
@@ -3721,7 +3770,7 @@ source = "git+https://github.com/fermyon/spin?tag=v0.7.1#6cf7447036b7c9238cfa638
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
- "clap",
+ "clap 3.2.23",
  "futures",
  "futures-util",
  "http",
@@ -3786,7 +3835,7 @@ source = "git+https://github.com/fermyon/spin?tag=v0.7.1#6cf7447036b7c9238cfa638
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
- "clap",
+ "clap 3.2.23",
  "ctrlc",
  "dirs",
  "futures",
@@ -4454,7 +4503,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "fs-set-times 0.17.1",
  "io-extras 0.15.0",
  "io-lifetimes 0.7.5",
- "is-terminal",
+ "is-terminal 0.3.0",
  "once_cell",
  "rustix 0.35.13",
  "system-interface",
diff --git a/containerd-shim-spin-v1/Cargo.toml b/containerd-shim-spin-v1/Cargo.toml
index bd483836..f537aeb7 100644
--- a/containerd-shim-spin-v1/Cargo.toml
+++ b/containerd-shim-spin-v1/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 chrono = "~0.4"
-clap = { version = "3.1.15", features = ["derive", "env"] }
+clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 containerd-shim = "~0.3"
 containerd-shim-wasm = { git = "https://github.com/deislabs/runwasi", branch = "main" }
 log = "~0.4"
diff --git a/containerd-shim-spin-v1/src/main.rs b/containerd-shim-spin-v1/src/main.rs
index 2eef5f22..f3c5277b 100644
--- a/containerd-shim-spin-v1/src/main.rs
+++ b/containerd-shim-spin-v1/src/main.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use std::thread;
 
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
+use clap::Parser;
 use containerd_shim as shim;
 use containerd_shim_wasm::sandbox::{
     error::Error,
@@ -31,6 +32,11 @@ mod podio;
 const SPIN_ADDR: &str = "0.0.0.0:80";
 const RUNTIME_CONFIG_FILE_PATH: &str = "runtime_config.toml";
 
+/// Helper for passing VERSION to opt.
+fn version() -> &'static str {
+    env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")
+}
+
 type ExitCode = Arc<(Mutex<Option<(u32, DateTime<Utc>)>>, Condvar)>;
 
 pub struct Wasi {
@@ -288,7 +294,13 @@ impl EngineGetter for Wasi {
     }
 }
 
+/// The spin shim
+#[derive(Parser, Debug)]
+#[command(version = version())]
+struct Args {}
+
 fn main() {
+    Args::parse();
     shim::run::<ShimCli<Wasi, _>>("io.containerd.spin.v1", None);
 }