diff --git a/services/proxy/pkg/command/health.go b/services/proxy/pkg/command/health.go
index 28bbe2841..d3952f653 100644
--- a/services/proxy/pkg/command/health.go
+++ b/services/proxy/pkg/command/health.go
@@ -8,19 +8,19 @@ import (
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/proxy/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/proxy/pkg/config/parser"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/proxy/pkg/logging"
-	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
 // Health is the entrypoint for the health command.
-func Health(cfg *config.Config) *cli.Command {
-	return &cli.Command{
-		Name:     "health",
-		Usage:    "check health status",
-		Category: "info",
-		Before: func(c *cli.Context) error {
+func Health(cfg *config.Config) *cobra.Command {
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "health",
+		Short: "check health status",
+		PreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			return configlog.ReturnError(parser.ParseConfig(cfg))
 		},
-		Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			logger := logging.Configure(cfg.Service.Name, cfg.Log)
 
 			resp, err := http.Get(
diff --git a/services/proxy/pkg/command/root.go b/services/proxy/pkg/command/root.go
index 600e14787..9e32ede90 100644
--- a/services/proxy/pkg/command/root.go
+++ b/services/proxy/pkg/command/root.go
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pkg/clihelper"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/proxy/pkg/config"
-	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
 // GetCommands provides all commands for this service
-func GetCommands(cfg *config.Config) cli.Commands {
-	return []*cli.Command{
+func GetCommands(cfg *config.Config) []*cobra.Command {
+	return []*cobra.Command{
 		// start this service
 		Server(cfg),
 
@@ -24,11 +25,12 @@ func GetCommands(cfg *config.Config) cli.Commands {
 
 // Execute is the entry point for the opencloud-proxy command.
 func Execute(cfg *config.Config) error {
-	app := clihelper.DefaultApp(&cli.App{
-		Name:     "proxy",
-		Usage:    "proxy for OpenCloud",
-		Commands: GetCommands(cfg),
+	app := clihelper.DefaultAppCobra(&cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "proxy",
+		Short: "proxy for OpenCloud",
 	})
+	app.AddCommand(GetCommands(cfg)...)
+	app.SetArgs(os.Args[1:])
 
-	return app.RunContext(cfg.Context, os.Args)
+	return app.ExecuteContext(cfg.Context)
 }
diff --git a/services/proxy/pkg/command/server.go b/services/proxy/pkg/command/server.go
index a1f2f842d..418dfc0e4 100644
--- a/services/proxy/pkg/command/server.go
+++ b/services/proxy/pkg/command/server.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	gateway "github.com/cs3org/go-cs3apis/cs3/gateway/v1beta1"
-	chimiddleware "github.com/go-chi/chi/v5/middleware"
 	"github.com/justinas/alice"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pkg/config/configlog"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pkg/generators"
@@ -40,7 +39,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/reva/v2/pkg/rgrpc/todo/pool"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/reva/v2/pkg/signedurl"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/reva/v2/pkg/store"
-	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
+
+	chimiddleware "github.com/go-chi/chi/v5/middleware"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"go-micro.dev/v4/selector"
 	microstore "go-micro.dev/v4/store"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp"
@@ -48,15 +49,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Server is the entrypoint for the server command.
-func Server(cfg *config.Config) *cli.Command {
-	return &cli.Command{
-		Name:     "server",
-		Usage:    fmt.Sprintf("start the %s service without runtime (unsupervised mode)", cfg.Service.Name),
-		Category: "server",
-		Before: func(c *cli.Context) error {
+func Server(cfg *config.Config) *cobra.Command {
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "server",
+		Short: fmt.Sprintf("start the %s service without runtime (unsupervised mode)", cfg.Service.Name),
+		PreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			return configlog.ReturnFatal(parser.ParseConfig(cfg))
 		},
-		Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			userInfoCache := store.Create(
 				store.Store(cfg.OIDC.UserinfoCache.Store),
 				store.TTL(cfg.OIDC.UserinfoCache.TTL),
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func Server(cfg *config.Config) *cli.Command {
 			)
 
 			logger := logging.Configure(cfg.Service.Name, cfg.Log)
-			traceProvider, err := tracing.GetTraceProvider(c.Context, cfg.Commons.TracesExporter, cfg.Service.Name)
+			traceProvider, err := tracing.GetTraceProvider(cmd.Context(), cfg.Commons.TracesExporter, cfg.Service.Name)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
diff --git a/services/proxy/pkg/command/version.go b/services/proxy/pkg/command/version.go
index 951c96a1f..39c30932b 100644
--- a/services/proxy/pkg/command/version.go
+++ b/services/proxy/pkg/command/version.go
@@ -6,20 +6,19 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pkg/registry"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pkg/version"
+	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/proxy/pkg/config"
 
 	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
 	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter/tw"
-	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/proxy/pkg/config"
-	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
 // Version prints the service versions of all running instances.
-func Version(cfg *config.Config) *cli.Command {
-	return &cli.Command{
-		Name:     "version",
-		Usage:    "Print the version of this binary and the running service instances",
-		Category: "Version",
-		Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
+func Version(cfg *config.Config) *cobra.Command {
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "version",
+		Short: "Print the version of this binary and the running service instances",
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			fmt.Println("Version: " + version.GetString())
 			fmt.Printf("Compiled: %s\n", version.Compiled())
 			fmt.Println("")