diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e160e64e4..35d89f8d4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 - BREAKING: `get_recommended_labels` and `with_recommended_labels` now takes a struct of named arguments ([#501]).
 - Bump opentelemetry crates ([#502]).
+- Bump clap to 4.0 ([#503]).
 
 [#501]: https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs/pull/501
 [#502]: https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs/pull/502
+[#503]: https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs/pull/503
 
 ## [0.26.1] - 2022-11-08
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8b422ab20..8ccc53bf0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 chrono = { version = "0.4.22", default-features = false }
-clap = { version = "3.2.23", features = ["derive", "cargo", "env"] }
+clap = { version = "4.0.22", features = ["derive", "cargo", "env"] }
 const_format = "0.2.30"
 either = "1.8.0"
 futures = "0.3.25"
diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index 8106460bb..59353cb6c 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 //! }
 //!
 //! #[derive(clap::Parser)]
-//! #[clap(
+//! #[command(
 //!     name = "Foobar Operator",
 //!     author,
 //!     version,
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 //! }
 //!
 //! # fn main() -> OperatorResult<()> {
-//! let opts = Opts::from_args();
+//! let opts = Opts::parse();
 //!
 //! match opts.command {
 //!     cli::Command::Crd => {
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 //! use stackable_operator::error::OperatorResult;
 //!
 //! #[derive(clap::Parser)]
-//! #[clap(
+//! #[command(
 //!     name = "Foobar Operator",
 //!     author,
 //!     version,
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 //! }
 //!
 //! # fn main() -> OperatorResult<()> {
-//! let opts = Opts::from_args();
+//! let opts = Opts::parse();
 //!
 //! match opts.command {
 //!     cli::Command::Crd => {
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ pub const AUTHOR: &str = "Stackable GmbH - info@stackable.de";
 #[derive(clap::Parser, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 // The enum-level doccomment is intended for developers, not end users
 // so supress it from being included in --help
-#[clap(long_about = "")]
+#[command(long_about = "")]
 pub enum Command<Run: Args = ProductOperatorRun> {
     /// Print CRD objects
     Crd,
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ pub enum Command<Run: Args = ProductOperatorRun> {
 /// # use stackable_operator::cli::{Command, ProductOperatorRun};
 /// #[derive(clap::Parser, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 /// struct Run {
-///     #[clap(long)]
+///     #[arg(long)]
 ///     name: String,
 /// }
 /// use clap::Parser;
@@ -184,28 +184,21 @@ pub enum Command<Run: Args = ProductOperatorRun> {
 /// }));
 /// ```
 #[derive(clap::Parser, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
-#[clap(long_about = "")]
+#[command(long_about = "")]
 pub struct ProductOperatorRun {
     /// Provides the path to a product-config file
-    #[clap(
-        long,
-        short = 'p',
-        value_name = "FILE",
-        default_value = "",
-        env,
-        parse(from_os_str)
-    )]
+    #[arg(long, short = 'p', value_name = "FILE", default_value = "", env)]
     pub product_config: ProductConfigPath,
     /// Provides a specific namespace to watch (instead of watching all namespaces)
-    #[clap(long, env, default_value = "", parse(from_str))]
+    #[arg(long, env, default_value = "")]
     pub watch_namespace: WatchNamespace,
     /// Tracing log collector system
-    #[clap(long, env, default_value_t, arg_enum)]
+    #[arg(long, env, default_value_t, value_enum)]
     pub tracing_target: TracingTarget,
 }
 
 /// A path to a [`ProductConfigManager`] spec file
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct ProductConfigPath {
     path: Option<PathBuf>,
 }
@@ -274,6 +267,12 @@ mod tests {
     const DEFAULT_FILE_PATH: &str = "default_file_path_properties.yaml";
     const WATCH_NAMESPACE: &str = "WATCH_NAMESPACE";
 
+    #[test]
+    fn verify_cli() {
+        use clap::CommandFactory;
+        ProductOperatorRun::command().debug_assert()
+    }
+
     #[rstest]
     #[case(
         Some(USER_PROVIDED_PATH),
diff --git a/src/logging/mod.rs b/src/logging/mod.rs
index f85ad1005..99f197f7b 100644
--- a/src/logging/mod.rs
+++ b/src/logging/mod.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt, EnvFilte
 pub mod controller;
 mod k8s_events;
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, clap::ArgEnum, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, clap::ValueEnum, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum TracingTarget {
     None,
     Jaeger,