diff --git a/services/frontend/pkg/command/health.go b/services/frontend/pkg/command/health.go
index 537c977a76..43ddd2a93c 100644
--- a/services/frontend/pkg/command/health.go
+++ b/services/frontend/pkg/command/health.go
@@ -5,24 +5,23 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 
-	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
-
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pkg/config/configlog"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/frontend/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/frontend/pkg/config/parser"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/frontend/pkg/logging"
+
+	"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/frontend/pkg/command/root.go b/services/frontend/pkg/command/root.go
index 87c8783d8d..52d5cf9c38 100644
--- a/services/frontend/pkg/command/root.go
+++ b/services/frontend/pkg/command/root.go
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pkg/clihelper"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/frontend/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-frontend command.
 func Execute(cfg *config.Config) error {
-	app := clihelper.DefaultApp(&cli.App{
-		Name:     "frontend",
-		Usage:    "Provide various HTTP apis for OpenCloud",
-		Commands: GetCommands(cfg),
+	app := clihelper.DefaultAppCobra(&cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "frontend",
+		Short: "Provide various HTTP apis 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/frontend/pkg/command/server.go b/services/frontend/pkg/command/server.go
index 355f040a01..547c7c8b22 100644
--- a/services/frontend/pkg/command/server.go
+++ b/services/frontend/pkg/command/server.go
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os/signal"
 
-	"github.com/opencloud-eu/reva/v2/cmd/revad/runtime"
-	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
-
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pkg/config/configlog"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pkg/registry"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pkg/runner"
@@ -18,20 +15,22 @@ import (
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/frontend/pkg/logging"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/frontend/pkg/revaconfig"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/frontend/pkg/server/debug"
+	"github.com/opencloud-eu/reva/v2/cmd/revad/runtime"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
 // Server is the entry point 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 {
 			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/frontend/pkg/command/version.go b/services/frontend/pkg/command/version.go
index 71d7c7260f..02c8bf2141 100644
--- a/services/frontend/pkg/command/version.go
+++ b/services/frontend/pkg/command/version.go
@@ -10,16 +10,15 @@ import (
 	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
 	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter/tw"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/frontend/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: "info",
-		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("")