diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 39624230..bfd114ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ jobs:
             rust: stable
           - build: msrv
             os: ubuntu-latest
-            rust: 1.46.0
+            # sync MSRV with docs: guide/src/guide/installation.md
+            rust: 1.54.0
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@master
     - name: Install Rust
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bf6c881d..f7833466 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -185,17 +185,27 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "2.33.3"
+version = "3.0.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "37e58ac78573c40708d45522f0d80fa2f01cc4f9b4e2bf749807255454312002"
+checksum = "7a30c3bf9ff12dfe5dae53f0a96e0febcd18420d1c0e7fad77796d9d5c4b5375"
 dependencies = [
- "ansi_term",
  "atty",
  "bitflags",
+ "indexmap",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "os_str_bytes",
  "strsim",
+ "termcolor",
  "textwrap",
- "unicode-width",
- "vec_map",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_complete"
+version = "3.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d044e9db8cd0f68191becdeb5246b7462e4cf0c069b19ae00d1bf3fa9889498d"
+dependencies = [
+ "clap",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -837,6 +847,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "assert_cmd",
  "chrono",
  "clap",
+ "clap_complete",
  "elasticlunr-rs",
  "env_logger",
  "futures-util",
@@ -1053,6 +1064,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "os_str_bytes"
+version = "6.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8e22443d1643a904602595ba1cd8f7d896afe56d26712531c5ff73a15b2fbf64"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "output_vt100"
 version = "0.1.2"
@@ -1578,9 +1598,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8ea5119cdb4c55b55d432abb513a0429384878c15dde60cc77b1c99de1a95a6a"
+checksum = "73473c0e59e6d5812c5dfe2a064a6444949f089e20eec9a2e5506596494e4623"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "strum"
@@ -1647,12 +1667,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "textwrap"
-version = "0.11.0"
+version = "0.14.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d326610f408c7a4eb6f51c37c330e496b08506c9457c9d34287ecc38809fb060"
-dependencies = [
- "unicode-width",
-]
+checksum = "0066c8d12af8b5acd21e00547c3797fde4e8677254a7ee429176ccebbe93dd80"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
@@ -1860,12 +1877,6 @@ version = "1.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8895849a949e7845e06bd6dc1aa51731a103c42707010a5b591c0038fb73385b"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "unicode-width"
-version = "0.1.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9337591893a19b88d8d87f2cec1e73fad5cdfd10e5a6f349f498ad6ea2ffb1e3"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-xid"
 version = "0.2.2"
@@ -1890,12 +1901,6 @@ version = "0.7.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "09cc8ee72d2a9becf2f2febe0205bbed8fc6615b7cb429ad062dc7b7ddd036a9"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "vec_map"
-version = "0.8.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f1bddf1187be692e79c5ffeab891132dfb0f236ed36a43c7ed39f1165ee20191"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.3"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6e225ea6..bf0cb286 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ description = "Creates a book from markdown files"
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.28"
 chrono = "0.4"
-clap = "2.24"
+clap = { version = "3.0", features = ["cargo"] }
+clap_complete = "3.0"
 env_logger = "0.7.1"
 handlebars = "4.0"
 lazy_static = "1.0"
diff --git a/examples/nop-preprocessor.rs b/examples/nop-preprocessor.rs
index 486fd86d..ace40093 100644
--- a/examples/nop-preprocessor.rs
+++ b/examples/nop-preprocessor.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::nop_lib::Nop;
-use clap::{App, Arg, ArgMatches, SubCommand};
+use clap::{App, Arg, ArgMatches};
 use mdbook::book::Book;
 use mdbook::errors::Error;
 use mdbook::preprocess::{CmdPreprocessor, Preprocessor, PreprocessorContext};
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ use semver::{Version, VersionReq};
 use std::io;
 use std::process;
 
-pub fn make_app() -> App<'static, 'static> {
+pub fn make_app() -> App<'static> {
     App::new("nop-preprocessor")
         .about("A mdbook preprocessor which does precisely nothing")
         .subcommand(
-            SubCommand::with_name("supports")
-                .arg(Arg::with_name("renderer").required(true))
+            App::new("supports")
+                .arg(Arg::new("renderer").required(true))
                 .about("Check whether a renderer is supported by this preprocessor"),
         )
 }
diff --git a/guide/src/guide/installation.md b/guide/src/guide/installation.md
index b68f807a..d7946587 100644
--- a/guide/src/guide/installation.md
+++ b/guide/src/guide/installation.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ To make it easier to run, put the path to the binary into your `PATH`.
 
 To build the `mdbook` executable from source, you will first need to install Rust and Cargo.
 Follow the instructions on the [Rust installation page].
-mdBook currently requires at least Rust version 1.46.
+mdBook currently requires at least Rust version 1.54.
 
 Once you have installed Rust, the following command can be used to build and install mdBook:
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/build.rs b/src/cmd/build.rs
index d1c66302..0091d482 100644
--- a/src/cmd/build.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/build.rs
@@ -1,22 +1,28 @@
 use crate::{get_book_dir, open};
-use clap::{App, ArgMatches, SubCommand};
+use clap::{arg, App, Arg, ArgMatches};
 use mdbook::errors::Result;
 use mdbook::MDBook;
 
 // Create clap subcommand arguments
-pub fn make_subcommand<'a, 'b>() -> App<'a, 'b> {
-    SubCommand::with_name("build")
+pub fn make_subcommand<'help>() -> App<'help> {
+    App::new("build")
         .about("Builds a book from its markdown files")
-        .arg_from_usage(
-            "-d, --dest-dir=[dest-dir] 'Output directory for the book{n}\
-             Relative paths are interpreted relative to the book's root directory.{n}\
-             If omitted, mdBook uses build.build-dir from book.toml or defaults to `./book`.'",
+        .arg(
+            Arg::new("dest-dir")
+                .short('d')
+                .long("dest-dir")
+                .value_name("dest-dir")
+                .help(
+                    "Output directory for the book{n}\
+                    Relative paths are interpreted relative to the book's root directory.{n}\
+                    If omitted, mdBook uses build.build-dir from book.toml or defaults to `./book`.",
+                ),
         )
-        .arg_from_usage(
-            "[dir] 'Root directory for the book{n}\
-             (Defaults to the Current Directory when omitted)'",
-        )
-        .arg_from_usage("-o, --open 'Opens the compiled book in a web browser'")
+        .arg(arg!([dir]
+            "Root directory for the book{n}\
+            (Defaults to the Current Directory when omitted)"
+        ))
+        .arg(arg!(-o --open "Opens the compiled book in a web browser"))
 }
 
 // Build command implementation
diff --git a/src/cmd/clean.rs b/src/cmd/clean.rs
index b58f937e..0569726e 100644
--- a/src/cmd/clean.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/clean.rs
@@ -1,23 +1,28 @@
 use crate::get_book_dir;
 use anyhow::Context;
-use clap::{App, ArgMatches, SubCommand};
+use clap::{arg, App, Arg, ArgMatches};
 use mdbook::MDBook;
 use std::fs;
 
 // Create clap subcommand arguments
-pub fn make_subcommand<'a, 'b>() -> App<'a, 'b> {
-    SubCommand::with_name("clean")
+pub fn make_subcommand<'help>() -> App<'help> {
+    App::new("clean")
         .about("Deletes a built book")
-        .arg_from_usage(
-            "-d, --dest-dir=[dest-dir] 'Output directory for the book{n}\
-             Relative paths are interpreted relative to the book's root directory.{n}\
-             Running this command deletes this directory.{n}\
-             If omitted, mdBook uses build.build-dir from book.toml or defaults to `./book`.'",
-        )
-        .arg_from_usage(
-            "[dir] 'Root directory for the book{n}\
-             (Defaults to the Current Directory when omitted)'",
+        .arg(
+            Arg::new("dest-dir")
+                .short('d')
+                .long("dest-dir")
+                .value_name("dest-dir")
+                .help(
+                    "Output directory for the book{n}\
+                    Relative paths are interpreted relative to the book's root directory.{n}\
+                    If omitted, mdBook uses build.build-dir from book.toml or defaults to `./book`.",
+                ),
         )
+        .arg(arg!([dir]
+            "Root directory for the book{n}\
+            (Defaults to the Current Directory when omitted)"
+        ))
 }
 
 // Clean command implementation
diff --git a/src/cmd/init.rs b/src/cmd/init.rs
index ed0aa17d..1ee5ff21 100644
--- a/src/cmd/init.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/init.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::get_book_dir;
-use clap::{App, Arg, ArgMatches, SubCommand};
+use clap::{arg, App, Arg, ArgMatches};
 use mdbook::config;
 use mdbook::errors::Result;
 use mdbook::MDBook;
@@ -8,25 +8,25 @@ use std::io::Write;
 use std::process::Command;
 
 // Create clap subcommand arguments
-pub fn make_subcommand<'a, 'b>() -> App<'a, 'b> {
-    SubCommand::with_name("init")
+pub fn make_subcommand<'help>() -> App<'help> {
+    App::new("init")
         .about("Creates the boilerplate structure and files for a new book")
         // the {n} denotes a newline which will properly aligned in all help messages
-        .arg_from_usage(
-            "[dir] 'Directory to create the book in{n}\
-             (Defaults to the Current Directory when omitted)'",
-        )
-        .arg_from_usage("--theme 'Copies the default theme into your source folder'")
-        .arg_from_usage("--force 'Skips confirmation prompts'")
+        .arg(arg!([dir]
+            "Directory to create the book in{n}\
+            (Defaults to the Current Directory when omitted)"
+        ))
+        .arg(arg!(--theme "Copies the default theme into your source folder"))
+        .arg(arg!(--force "Skips confirmation prompts"))
         .arg(
-            Arg::with_name("title")
+            Arg::new("title")
                 .long("title")
                 .takes_value(true)
                 .help("Sets the book title")
                 .required(false),
         )
         .arg(
-            Arg::with_name("ignore")
+            Arg::new("ignore")
                 .long("ignore")
                 .takes_value(true)
                 .possible_values(&["none", "git"])
diff --git a/src/cmd/serve.rs b/src/cmd/serve.rs
index b4782575..bafbfd52 100644
--- a/src/cmd/serve.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/serve.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #[cfg(feature = "watch")]
 use super::watch;
 use crate::{get_book_dir, open};
-use clap::{App, Arg, ArgMatches, SubCommand};
+use clap::{arg, App, Arg, ArgMatches};
 use futures_util::sink::SinkExt;
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
 use mdbook::errors::*;
@@ -18,37 +18,43 @@ use warp::Filter;
 const LIVE_RELOAD_ENDPOINT: &str = "__livereload";
 
 // Create clap subcommand arguments
-pub fn make_subcommand<'a, 'b>() -> App<'a, 'b> {
-    SubCommand::with_name("serve")
+pub fn make_subcommand<'help>() -> App<'help> {
+    App::new("serve")
         .about("Serves a book at http://localhost:3000, and rebuilds it on changes")
-        .arg_from_usage(
-            "-d, --dest-dir=[dest-dir] 'Output directory for the book{n}\
-             Relative paths are interpreted relative to the book's root directory.{n}\
-             If omitted, mdBook uses build.build-dir from book.toml or defaults to `./book`.'",
-        )
-        .arg_from_usage(
-            "[dir] 'Root directory for the book{n}\
-             (Defaults to the Current Directory when omitted)'",
-        )
         .arg(
-            Arg::with_name("hostname")
-                .short("n")
+            Arg::new("dest-dir")
+                .short('d')
+                .long("dest-dir")
+                .value_name("dest-dir")
+                .help(
+                    "Output directory for the book{n}\
+                    Relative paths are interpreted relative to the book's root directory.{n}\
+                    If omitted, mdBook uses build.build-dir from book.toml or defaults to `./book`.",
+                ),
+        )
+        .arg(arg!([dir]
+            "Root directory for the book{n}\
+            (Defaults to the Current Directory when omitted)"
+        ))
+        .arg(
+            Arg::new("hostname")
+                .short('n')
                 .long("hostname")
                 .takes_value(true)
                 .default_value("localhost")
-                .empty_values(false)
+                .forbid_empty_values(true)
                 .help("Hostname to listen on for HTTP connections"),
         )
         .arg(
-            Arg::with_name("port")
-                .short("p")
+            Arg::new("port")
+                .short('p')
                 .long("port")
                 .takes_value(true)
                 .default_value("3000")
-                .empty_values(false)
+                .forbid_empty_values(true)
                 .help("Port to use for HTTP connections"),
         )
-        .arg_from_usage("-o, --open 'Opens the book server in a web browser'")
+        .arg(arg!(-o --open "Opens the compiled book in a web browser"))
 }
 
 // Serve command implementation
diff --git a/src/cmd/test.rs b/src/cmd/test.rs
index f6d97aa6..02f982a4 100644
--- a/src/cmd/test.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/test.rs
@@ -1,29 +1,37 @@
 use crate::get_book_dir;
-use clap::{App, Arg, ArgMatches, SubCommand};
+use clap::{arg, App, Arg, ArgMatches};
 use mdbook::errors::Result;
 use mdbook::MDBook;
 
 // Create clap subcommand arguments
-pub fn make_subcommand<'a, 'b>() -> App<'a, 'b> {
-    SubCommand::with_name("test")
+pub fn make_subcommand<'help>() -> App<'help> {
+    App::new("test")
         .about("Tests that a book's Rust code samples compile")
-        .arg_from_usage(
-            "-d, --dest-dir=[dest-dir] 'Output directory for the book{n}\
-             Relative paths are interpreted relative to the book's root directory.{n}\
-             If omitted, mdBook uses build.build-dir from book.toml or defaults to `./book`.'",
+        .arg(
+            Arg::new("dest-dir")
+                .short('d')
+                .long("dest-dir")
+                .value_name("dest-dir")
+                .help(
+                    "Output directory for the book{n}\
+                    Relative paths are interpreted relative to the book's root directory.{n}\
+                    If omitted, mdBook uses build.build-dir from book.toml or defaults to `./book`.",
+                ),
         )
-        .arg_from_usage(
-            "[dir] 'Root directory for the book{n}\
-             (Defaults to the Current Directory when omitted)'",
-        )
-        .arg(Arg::with_name("library-path")
-            .short("L")
+        .arg(arg!([dir]
+            "Root directory for the book{n}\
+            (Defaults to the Current Directory when omitted)"
+        ))
+        .arg(Arg::new("library-path")
+            .short('L')
             .long("library-path")
             .value_name("dir")
             .takes_value(true)
+            .use_delimiter(true)
             .require_delimiter(true)
-            .multiple(true)
-            .empty_values(false)
+            .multiple_values(true)
+            .multiple_occurrences(true)
+            .forbid_empty_values(true)
             .help("A comma-separated list of directories to add to {n}the crate search path when building tests"))
 }
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/watch.rs b/src/cmd/watch.rs
index b27516b0..78ae1968 100644
--- a/src/cmd/watch.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/watch.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::{get_book_dir, open};
-use clap::{App, ArgMatches, SubCommand};
+use clap::{arg, App, Arg, ArgMatches};
 use mdbook::errors::Result;
 use mdbook::utils;
 use mdbook::MDBook;
@@ -10,19 +10,25 @@ use std::thread::sleep;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 // Create clap subcommand arguments
-pub fn make_subcommand<'a, 'b>() -> App<'a, 'b> {
-    SubCommand::with_name("watch")
+pub fn make_subcommand<'help>() -> App<'help> {
+    App::new("watch")
         .about("Watches a book's files and rebuilds it on changes")
-        .arg_from_usage(
-            "-d, --dest-dir=[dest-dir] 'Output directory for the book{n}\
-             Relative paths are interpreted relative to the book's root directory.{n}\
-             If omitted, mdBook uses build.build-dir from book.toml or defaults to `./book`.'",
+        .arg(
+            Arg::new("dest-dir")
+                .short('d')
+                .long("dest-dir")
+                .value_name("dest-dir")
+                .help(
+                    "Output directory for the book{n}\
+                    Relative paths are interpreted relative to the book's root directory.{n}\
+                    If omitted, mdBook uses build.build-dir from book.toml or defaults to `./book`.",
+                ),
         )
-        .arg_from_usage(
-            "[dir] 'Root directory for the book{n}\
-             (Defaults to the Current Directory when omitted)'",
-        )
-        .arg_from_usage("-o, --open 'Open the compiled book in a web browser'")
+        .arg(arg!([dir]
+            "Root directory for the book{n}\
+            (Defaults to the Current Directory when omitted)"
+        ))
+        .arg(arg!(-o --open "Opens the compiled book in a web browser"))
 }
 
 // Watch command implementation
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 1f286d2d..35562e64 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ extern crate log;
 
 use anyhow::anyhow;
 use chrono::Local;
-use clap::{App, AppSettings, Arg, ArgMatches, Shell, SubCommand};
+use clap::{App, AppSettings, Arg, ArgMatches};
+use clap_complete::Shell;
 use env_logger::Builder;
 use log::LevelFilter;
 use mdbook::utils;
@@ -25,25 +26,31 @@ fn main() {
 
     // Check which subcomamnd the user ran...
     let res = match app.get_matches().subcommand() {
-        ("init", Some(sub_matches)) => cmd::init::execute(sub_matches),
-        ("build", Some(sub_matches)) => cmd::build::execute(sub_matches),
-        ("clean", Some(sub_matches)) => cmd::clean::execute(sub_matches),
+        Some(("init", sub_matches)) => cmd::init::execute(sub_matches),
+        Some(("build", sub_matches)) => cmd::build::execute(sub_matches),
+        Some(("clean", sub_matches)) => cmd::clean::execute(sub_matches),
         #[cfg(feature = "watch")]
-        ("watch", Some(sub_matches)) => cmd::watch::execute(sub_matches),
+        Some(("watch", sub_matches)) => cmd::watch::execute(sub_matches),
         #[cfg(feature = "serve")]
-        ("serve", Some(sub_matches)) => cmd::serve::execute(sub_matches),
-        ("test", Some(sub_matches)) => cmd::test::execute(sub_matches),
-        ("completions", Some(sub_matches)) => (|| {
+        Some(("serve", sub_matches)) => cmd::serve::execute(sub_matches),
+        Some(("test", sub_matches)) => cmd::test::execute(sub_matches),
+        Some(("completions", sub_matches)) => (|| {
             let shell: Shell = sub_matches
                 .value_of("shell")
                 .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("Shell name missing."))?
                 .parse()
                 .map_err(|s| anyhow!("Invalid shell: {}", s))?;
 
-            create_clap_app().gen_completions_to("mdbook", shell, &mut std::io::stdout().lock());
+            let mut complete_app = create_clap_app();
+            clap_complete::generate(
+                shell,
+                &mut complete_app,
+                "mdbook",
+                &mut std::io::stdout().lock(),
+            );
             Ok(())
         })(),
-        (_, _) => unreachable!(),
+        _ => unreachable!(),
     };
 
     if let Err(e) = res {
@@ -54,14 +61,13 @@ fn main() {
 }
 
 /// Create a list of valid arguments and sub-commands
-fn create_clap_app<'a, 'b>() -> App<'a, 'b> {
+fn create_clap_app() -> App<'static> {
     let app = App::new(crate_name!())
         .about(crate_description!())
         .author("Mathieu David <mathieudavid@mathieudavid.org>")
         .version(VERSION)
-        .setting(AppSettings::GlobalVersion)
+        .setting(AppSettings::PropagateVersion)
         .setting(AppSettings::ArgRequiredElseHelp)
-        .setting(AppSettings::ColoredHelp)
         .after_help(
             "For more information about a specific command, try `mdbook <command> --help`\n\
              The source code for mdBook is available at: https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook",
@@ -71,12 +77,12 @@ fn create_clap_app<'a, 'b>() -> App<'a, 'b> {
         .subcommand(cmd::test::make_subcommand())
         .subcommand(cmd::clean::make_subcommand())
         .subcommand(
-            SubCommand::with_name("completions")
+            App::new("completions")
                 .about("Generate shell completions for your shell to stdout")
                 .arg(
-                    Arg::with_name("shell")
+                    Arg::new("shell")
                         .takes_value(true)
-                        .possible_values(&Shell::variants())
+                        .possible_values(Shell::possible_values())
                         .help("the shell to generate completions for")
                         .value_name("SHELL")
                         .required(true),
@@ -137,3 +143,8 @@ fn open<P: AsRef<OsStr>>(path: P) {
         error!("Error opening web browser: {}", e);
     }
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn verify_app() {
+    create_clap_app().debug_assert();
+}