diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b97229839..dd22861da 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 - Account for vehicle/job compatibility in heuristic regrets values (#982)
 - Slightly reduce computing times for SWAP* operator (#987)
 - Refactor `RouteSplit` operator (#996)
+- Update cxxopts to 3.1.1 (#997)
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/include/cxxopts b/include/cxxopts
index c74846a89..eb787304d 160000
--- a/include/cxxopts
+++ b/include/cxxopts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c74846a891b3cc3bfa992d588b1295f528d43039
+Subproject commit eb787304d67ec22f7c3a184ee8b4c481d04357fd
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index eed61f64a..ccf9e6b6c 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
             s_to_ms * std::stof(limit_arg)));
       }
     } catch (const std::exception&) {
-      throw cxxopts::OptionException("Argument '" + limit_arg +
-                                     "' failed to parse");
+      throw cxxopts::exceptions::exception("Argument '" + limit_arg +
+                                           "' failed to parse");
     }
 
     if (parsed_args.count("help") != 0) {
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
       std::cout << "vroom " << vroom::get_version() << "\n";
       exit(0);
     }
-  } catch (const cxxopts::OptionException& e) {
+  } catch (const cxxopts::exceptions::exception& e) {
     // cxxopts outputs the failed parameter but no other details, so we add some
     // (likely) context
     const auto exc = vroom::InputException(": invalid numerical value.");