diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/RequireCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/RequireCommand.php
index 9525b9e77..b60c3f688 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/RequireCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/RequireCommand.php
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ class RequireCommand extends InitCommand
                 new InputOption('update-no-dev', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Run the dependency update with the --no-dev option.'),
                 new InputOption('update-with-dependencies', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Allows inherited dependencies to be updated, except those that are root requirements.'),
                 new InputOption('update-with-all-dependencies', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Allows all inherited dependencies to be updated, including those that are root requirements.'),
-                new InputOption('with-dependencies', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Alias for --update-with-dependencies'),
-                new InputOption('with-all-dependencies', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Alias for --update-with-all-dependencies'),
+                new InputOption('with-dependencies', 'w', InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Alias for --update-with-dependencies'),
+                new InputOption('with-all-dependencies', 'W', InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Alias for --update-with-all-dependencies'),
                 new InputOption('ignore-platform-req', null, InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED | InputOption::VALUE_IS_ARRAY, 'Ignore a specific platform requirement (php & ext- packages).'),
                 new InputOption('ignore-platform-reqs', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Ignore all platform requirements (php & ext- packages).'),
                 new InputOption('prefer-stable', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Prefer stable versions of dependencies.'),
diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/UpdateCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/UpdateCommand.php
index 809db532c..dad0a6df1 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/UpdateCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/UpdateCommand.php
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ class UpdateCommand extends BaseCommand
                 new InputOption('no-scripts', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Skips the execution of all scripts defined in composer.json file.'),
                 new InputOption('no-suggest', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'DEPRECATED: This flag does not exist anymore.'),
                 new InputOption('no-progress', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Do not output download progress.'),
-                new InputOption('with-dependencies', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Update also dependencies of packages in the argument list, except those which are root requirements.'),
-                new InputOption('with-all-dependencies', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Update also dependencies of packages in the argument list, including those which are root requirements.'),
+                new InputOption('with-dependencies', 'w', InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Update also dependencies of packages in the argument list, except those which are root requirements.'),
+                new InputOption('with-all-dependencies', 'W', InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Update also dependencies of packages in the argument list, including those which are root requirements.'),
                 new InputOption('verbose', 'v|vv|vvv', InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Shows more details including new commits pulled in when updating packages.'),
                 new InputOption('optimize-autoloader', 'o', InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Optimize autoloader during autoloader dump.'),
                 new InputOption('classmap-authoritative', 'a', InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Autoload classes from the classmap only. Implicitly enables `--optimize-autoloader`.'),