diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2550509..458edcb 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -267,36 +267,34 @@ checksum = "8628d1f5b9a7b1196ce1aa660e3ba7e2559d350649cbe94993519c127df667f2"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "3.2.20"
+version = "4.0.0-rc.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "23b71c3ce99b7611011217b366d923f1d0a7e07a92bb2dbf1e84508c673ca3bd"
+checksum = "9b01032b244c348ae40c5d99113438c95ee7343cd303bb361fc06dcb4c1d93e8"
 dependencies = [
  "atty",
  "bitflags",
  "clap_derive",
  "clap_lex",
- "indexmap",
  "once_cell",
  "strsim",
  "termcolor",
- "terminal_size",
- "textwrap 0.15.0",
+ "terminal_size 0.2.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_complete"
-version = "3.2.4"
+version = "4.0.0-rc.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e4179da71abd56c26b54dd0c248cc081c1f43b0a1a7e8448e28e57a29baa993d"
+checksum = "f00c7ed9ef8826baf070d8f477714b0d9219f8d15744d1b5267cc8a89a1f0286"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_complete_fig"
-version = "3.2.4"
+version = "4.0.0-rc.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ed37b4c0c1214673eba6ad8ea31666626bf72be98ffb323067d973c48b4964b9"
+checksum = "f4b69e49c3d0f340f0e83db62e1d79953418bf3b2af0a8e71f131a5b72ebe246"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "clap_complete",
@@ -304,9 +302,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_derive"
-version = "3.2.18"
+version = "4.0.0-rc.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ea0c8bce528c4be4da13ea6fead8965e95b6073585a2f05204bd8f4119f82a65"
+checksum = "51eef4d62724bf369e9ca7458cfde0c55263708b4552020058fba384864e8c23"
 dependencies = [
  "heck",
  "proc-macro-error",
@@ -317,9 +315,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_lex"
-version = "0.2.4"
+version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2850f2f5a82cbf437dd5af4d49848fbdfc27c157c3d010345776f952765261c5"
+checksum = "0d4198f73e42b4936b35b5bb248d81d2b595ecb170da0bac7655c54eedfa8da8"
 dependencies = [
  "os_str_bytes",
 ]
@@ -391,7 +389,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "encode_unicode",
  "libc",
  "once_cell",
- "terminal_size",
+ "terminal_size 0.1.17",
  "unicode-width",
  "winapi",
 ]
@@ -568,6 +566,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "errno"
+version = "0.2.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f639046355ee4f37944e44f60642c6f3a7efa3cf6b78c78a0d989a8ce6c396a1"
+dependencies = [
+ "errno-dragonfly",
+ "libc",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "errno-dragonfly"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "aa68f1b12764fab894d2755d2518754e71b4fd80ecfb822714a1206c2aab39bf"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "eyre"
 version = "0.6.8"
@@ -1067,6 +1086,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "unic-langid",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "io-lifetimes"
+version = "0.7.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1ea37f355c05dde75b84bba2d767906ad522e97cd9e2eef2be7a4ab7fb442c06"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ipnet"
 version = "2.5.0"
@@ -1140,6 +1165,12 @@ version = "0.5.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0717cef1bc8b636c6e1c1bbdefc09e6322da8a9321966e8928ef80d20f7f770f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "linux-raw-sys"
+version = "0.0.46"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d4d2456c373231a208ad294c33dc5bff30051eafd954cd4caae83a712b12854d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "locale_config"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -1800,6 +1831,20 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "08d43f7aa6b08d49f382cde6a7982047c3426db949b1424bc4b7ec9ae12c6ce2"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustix"
+version = "0.35.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "72c825b8aa8010eb9ee99b75f05e10180b9278d161583034d7574c9d617aeada"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "errno",
+ "io-lifetimes",
+ "libc",
+ "linux-raw-sys",
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ryu"
 version = "1.0.11"
@@ -2046,6 +2091,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "terminal_size"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8440c860cf79def6164e4a0a983bcc2305d82419177a0e0c71930d049e3ac5a1"
+dependencies = [
+ "rustix",
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "textwrap"
 version = "0.13.4"
@@ -2062,7 +2117,6 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b1141d4d61095b28419e22cb0bbf02755f5e54e0526f97f1e3d1d160e60885fb"
 dependencies = [
  "smawk",
- "terminal_size",
  "unicode-linebreak",
  "unicode-width",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a284c81..b6129ee 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ alpm-utils = "2.0.0"
 pacmanconf = "2.0.0"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.22", default-features = false, features = [ "clock", "std", "wasmbind" ] }
 trigram = "0.4.4"
-clap = { version = "3.2.17", features = [ "derive", "wrap_help" ] }
+clap = { version = "4.0.0-rc.1", features = [ "derive", "wrap_help" ] }
 regex = { version = "1.6.0", default-features = false, features = [ "std", "unicode-perl" ] }
 colored = "2.0.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0.144", default-features = false, features = [ "derive", "serde_derive" ] }
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.15", features = ["env-filter"] }
 textwrap = "0.15.0"
 crossterm = "0.25.0"
 toml = "0.5.9"
-clap_complete = "3.2.4"
-clap_complete_fig = "3.2.4"
+clap_complete = "4.0.0-rc.1"
+clap_complete_fig = "4.0.0-rc.1"
 color-eyre = { version = "0.6.2", features = ["issue-url", "url"] }
 indicatif = { version = "0.17.0", features = ["tokio"] }
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
diff --git a/i18n/en/Amethyst.ftl b/i18n/en/Amethyst.ftl
index 4ef2a06..f590e7e 100644
--- a/i18n/en/Amethyst.ftl
+++ b/i18n/en/Amethyst.ftl
@@ -149,3 +149,30 @@ quit = quit
 search = search
 next-result = next result
 previous-result = previous result
+
+# --help
+verbose = Sets the level of verbosity
+no-confirm = Complete operation without prompting user
+quiet = Make some commands have less output (only clean, upgrade, and install are supported)
+sudoloop = Loops sudo in the background to ensure it doesn't time out during long builds
+cachedir = Sets a custom AUR clone and build directory for the specified operation
+install = Installs or searches for a package in either the AUR or the Pacman-defined repositories
+remove = Removes a previously installed package
+search = Searches for packages matching a provided pattern in the AUR/repos [aliases: -Ss]
+query = Queries installed packages
+upgrade = Upgrades locally installed packages to their latest versions (Default)
+gencomp = Generates shell completions for supported shells (bash, fish, elvish, pwsh)
+clean = Removes all orphaned packages
+diff = Runs pacdiff
+install-packages = The name of the package(s) to install or search for
+install-aur = Operate only on AUR packages
+install-repo = Operate only on repo packages
+install-search = Search packages for a given pattern instead of installing
+install-by = Searches by a specific field
+remove-packages = The name of the package(s) to remove
+query-aur = Lists AUR/foreign packages [-Qa, -Qm]
+query-repo = Lists repo/native packages [-Qr, -Qn]
+query-info = Get information about a specific package
+upgrade-repo = Upgrades only repo/native packages
+upgrade-aur = Upgrades only from the AUR
+gencomp-shell = The shell to generate completions for (bash, fish, elvish, pwsh, fig)
diff --git a/src/args.rs b/src/args.rs
index 25adce3..162f691 100644
--- a/src/args.rs
+++ b/src/args.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #![allow(clippy::module_name_repetitions)]
 
-use crate::operations::SearchBy;
-use clap::{Parser, Subcommand, ValueHint};
+use crate::{fl, operations::SearchBy};
+use clap::{ArgAction, Parser, Subcommand, ValueHint};
 
 static VERSION: &str = concat!(
     env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"),
@@ -13,67 +13,54 @@ static VERSION: &str = concat!(
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Parser)]
 #[clap(bin_name = "ame", name = "Amethyst", version = VERSION, about = env ! ("CARGO_PKG_DESCRIPTION"), infer_subcommands = true)]
 pub struct Args {
-    #[clap(subcommand)]
+    #[command(subcommand)]
     pub subcommand: Option<Operation>,
 
-    /// Sets the level of verbosity
-    #[clap(long, short, parse(from_occurrences), global = true)]
-    pub verbose: usize,
+    #[arg(long, short, action = ArgAction::Count, global = true, help = fl!("verbose"))]
+    pub verbose: u8,
 
-    /// Complete operation without prompting user
-    #[clap(long = "noconfirm", global = true)]
+    #[arg(long = "noconfirm", global = true, help = fl!("no-confirm"))]
     pub no_confirm: bool,
 
-    /// Make some commands have less output (only clean, upgrade, and install are supported)
-    #[clap(long, short, global = true)]
     // not gonna lie the only reason this option is here is because
     // i was trying to figure out if paccache had a --noconfirm option.
     // so basically, it doesn't, but hey, we might as well have it here
     // anyways as some pacman commands can have a --quiet flag passed
     // to them.
+    #[arg(long, short, global = true, help = fl!("quiet"))]
     pub quiet: bool,
 
-    /// Loops sudo in the background to ensure it doesn't time out during long builds
-    #[clap(long = "sudoloop", global = true)]
+    #[arg(long = "sudoloop", global = true, help = fl!("sudoloop"))]
     pub sudoloop: bool,
 
-    /// Sets a custom AUR clone and build directory for the specified operation
-    #[clap(long, short, global = true, value_hint = ValueHint::DirPath)]
+    #[arg(long, short, global = true, value_hint = ValueHint::DirPath, help = fl!("cachedir"))]
     pub cachedir: Option<String>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Subcommand)]
 pub enum Operation {
-    /// Installs or searches for a package in either the AUR or the Pacman-defined repositories
-    #[clap(bin_name = "ame", name = "sync", aliases = & [ "-S" ], visible_aliases = & ["install", "i"], short_flag = 'S')]
+    #[command(bin_name = "ame", name = "sync", aliases = & [ "-S" ], visible_aliases = & ["install", "i"], short_flag = 'S', about = fl!("install"))]
     Install(InstallArgs),
 
-    /// Removes a previously installed package
-    #[clap(bin_name = "ame", name = "remove", visible_aliases = & ["rm"], short_flag = 'R')]
+    #[command(bin_name = "ame", name = "remove", visible_aliases = & ["rm"], short_flag = 'R', about = fl!("remove"))]
     Remove(RemoveArgs),
 
-    /// Searches for packages matching a provided pattern in the AUR/repos [aliases: -Ss]
-    #[clap(bin_name = "ame", name = "search")]
+    #[command(bin_name = "ame", name = "search", about = fl!("search"))]
     Search(InstallArgs),
 
-    /// Queries installed packages
-    #[clap(bin_name = "ame", name = "query", short_flag = 'Q')]
+    #[command(bin_name = "ame", name = "query", short_flag = 'Q', about = fl!("query"))]
     Query(QueryArgs),
 
-    /// Upgrades locally installed packages to their latest versions (Default)
-    #[clap(bin_name = "ame", name = "upgrade", visible_aliases = & ["-Syu"])]
+    #[command(bin_name = "ame", name = "upgrade", visible_aliases = & ["-Syu"], about = fl!("upgrade"))]
     Upgrade(UpgradeArgs),
 
-    /// Generates shell completions for supported shells (bash, fish, elvish, pwsh)
-    #[clap(bin_name = "ame", name = "gencomp", short_flag = 'G')]
+    #[command(bin_name = "ame", name = "gencomp", short_flag = 'G', about = fl!("gencomp"))]
     GenComp(GenCompArgs),
 
-    /// Removes all orphaned packages
-    #[clap(bin_name = "ame", name = "clean", short_flag = 'C')]
+    #[command(bin_name = "ame", name = "clean", short_flag = 'C', about = fl!("clean"))]
     Clean,
 
-    /// Runs pacdiff
-    #[clap(bin_name = "ame", name = "diff", short_flag = 'd')]
+    #[command(bin_name = "ame", name = "diff", short_flag = 'd', about = fl!("diff"))]
     Diff,
 }
 
@@ -85,63 +72,51 @@ impl Default for Operation {
 
 #[derive(Default, Debug, Clone, Parser)]
 pub struct InstallArgs {
-    /// The name of the package(s) to install or search for
-    #[clap(required = true)]
+    #[arg(required = true, help = fl!("install-packages"))]
     pub packages: Vec<String>,
 
-    /// Operate only on AUR packages
-    #[clap(long, short)]
+    #[arg(long, short, help = fl!("install-aur"))]
     pub aur: bool,
 
-    /// Operate only on repo packages
-    #[clap(long, short)]
+    #[arg(long, short, help = fl!("install-repo"))]
     pub repo: bool,
 
-    /// Search packages for a given pattern instead of installing
-    #[clap(hidden = true, short = 's')]
+    #[arg(hide = true, short = 's', help = fl!("install-search"))]
     pub search: bool,
 
-    /// Searches by a specific field
-    #[clap(long, short)]
+    #[arg(long, short, help = fl!("install-by"))]
     pub by: Option<SearchBy>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Default, Debug, Clone, Parser)]
 pub struct RemoveArgs {
-    /// The name of the package(s) to remove
-    #[clap(required = true)]
+    #[arg(required = true, help = fl!("remove-packages"))]
     pub packages: Vec<String>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Default, Debug, Clone, Parser)]
 pub struct QueryArgs {
-    /// Lists AUR/foreign packages [-Qa, -Qm]
-    #[clap(long, short)]
+    #[arg(long, short, help = fl!("query-aur"))]
     pub aur: bool,
 
-    /// Lists repo/native packages [-Qr, -Qn]
-    #[clap(long, short)]
+    #[arg(long, short, help = fl!("query-repo"))]
     pub repo: bool,
 
-    /// Get information about a specific package
-    #[clap(long, short)]
+    #[arg(long, short, help = fl!("query-info"))]
     pub info: Option<String>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Default, Debug, Clone, Parser)]
 pub struct UpgradeArgs {
-    /// Upgrades only repo/native packages
-    #[clap(long, short)]
+    #[arg(long, short, help = fl!("upgrade-repo"))]
     pub repo: bool,
 
-    /// Upgrades only from the AUR
-    #[clap(long, short)]
+    #[arg(long, short, help = fl!("upgrade-aur"))]
     pub aur: bool,
 }
 
 #[derive(Default, Debug, Clone, Parser)]
 pub struct GenCompArgs {
-    /// The shell to generate completions for (bash, fish, elvish, pwsh, fig)
-    #[clap(required = true)]
+    #[arg(required = true, help = fl!("gencomp-shell"))]
     pub shell: String,
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e6f228f..3f0a36a 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ async fn main() {
     }
 
     let args: Args = Args::parse();
-    init_logger(args.verbose.into());
+    init_logger(usize::from(args.verbose).into());
 
     let noconfirm = args.no_confirm;
     let quiet = args.quiet;