diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8c486aa70..6591b013c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ endif()
 FetchContent_Declare(
   cxxopts
   GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/jarro2783/cxxopts.git
-  GIT_TAG        v2.2.1
+  GIT_TAG        v3.1.1
 )
 FetchContent_MakeAvailable(cxxopts)
 
diff --git a/src/cli.cpp b/src/cli.cpp
index 8f96d7364..3044c9785 100644
--- a/src/cli.cpp
+++ b/src/cli.cpp
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) try {
         cout << "Invalid operation '" << operation << "'. Use create/prove/verify/check" << endl;
     }
     return 0;
-} catch (const cxxopts::OptionException &e) {
+} catch (const cxxopts::exceptions::exception &e) {
     cout << "error parsing options: " << e.what() << endl;
     return 1;
 } catch (const std::exception &e) {