diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8535af2cc..1a509b12d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -300,9 +300,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.3.8"
+version = "4.3.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d9394150f5b4273a1763355bd1c2ec54cc5a2593f790587bcd6b2c947cfa9211"
+checksum = "bba77a07e4489fb41bd90e8d4201c3eb246b3c2c9ea2ba0bddd6c1d1df87db7d"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
  "clap_derive",
@@ -311,9 +311,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_builder"
-version = "4.3.8"
+version = "4.3.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9a78fbdd3cc2914ddf37ba444114bc7765bbdcb55ec9cbe6fa054f0137400717"
+checksum = "2c9b4a88bb4bc35d3d6f65a21b0f0bafe9c894fa00978de242c555ec28bea1c0"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
diff --git a/src/cli_util.rs b/src/cli_util.rs
index 257561aec..bd1b0d18a 100644
--- a/src/cli_util.rs
+++ b/src/cli_util.rs
@@ -2279,8 +2279,14 @@ fn handle_early_args(
     args: &[String],
     layered_configs: &mut LayeredConfigs,
 ) -> Result<(), CommandError> {
-    // ignore_errors() bypasses errors like "--help" or missing subcommand
-    let early_matches = app.clone().ignore_errors(true).try_get_matches_from(args)?;
+    // ignore_errors() bypasses errors like missing subcommand
+    let early_matches = app
+        .clone()
+        .disable_version_flag(true)
+        .disable_help_flag(true)
+        .disable_help_subcommand(true)
+        .ignore_errors(true)
+        .try_get_matches_from(args)?;
     let mut args: EarlyArgs = EarlyArgs::from_arg_matches(&early_matches).unwrap();
 
     if let Some(choice) = args.color {