diff --git a/API.md b/API.md
index d3f3a37..5d37a03 100644
--- a/API.md
+++ b/API.md
@@ -85,21 +85,21 @@ Subcommand dispatcher.
   Each entry in the table may have additional [`parse-args`](#parse-args) options.
 
   For more information and examples, see [README.md](README.md#subcommands).
-<br><sub>[source](https://github.com/babashka/cli/blob/main/src/babashka/cli.cljc#L671-L703)</sub>
+<br><sub>[source](https://github.com/babashka/cli/blob/main/src/babashka/cli.cljc#L672-L704)</sub>
 ## `format-opts`
 ``` clojure
 
 (format-opts {:as cfg, :keys [indent], :or {indent 2}})
 ```
 
-<sub>[source](https://github.com/babashka/cli/blob/main/src/babashka/cli.cljc#L570-L574)</sub>
+<sub>[source](https://github.com/babashka/cli/blob/main/src/babashka/cli.cljc#L571-L575)</sub>
 ## `format-table`
 ``` clojure
 
 (format-table {:keys [rows indent]})
 ```
 
-<sub>[source](https://github.com/babashka/cli/blob/main/src/babashka/cli.cljc#L530-L541)</sub>
+<sub>[source](https://github.com/babashka/cli/blob/main/src/babashka/cli.cljc#L531-L542)</sub>
 ## `merge-opts`
 ``` clojure
 
@@ -122,21 +122,21 @@ Merges babashka CLI options.
 (opts->table {:keys [spec order]})
 ```
 
-<sub>[source](https://github.com/babashka/cli/blob/main/src/babashka/cli.cljc#L551-L568)</sub>
+<sub>[source](https://github.com/babashka/cli/blob/main/src/babashka/cli.cljc#L552-L569)</sub>
 ## `pad`
 ``` clojure
 
 (pad len s)
 ```
 
-<sub>[source](https://github.com/babashka/cli/blob/main/src/babashka/cli.cljc#L520-L520)</sub>
+<sub>[source](https://github.com/babashka/cli/blob/main/src/babashka/cli.cljc#L521-L521)</sub>
 ## `pad-cells`
 ``` clojure
 
 (pad-cells rows)
 ```
 
-<sub>[source](https://github.com/babashka/cli/blob/main/src/babashka/cli.cljc#L522-L528)</sub>
+<sub>[source](https://github.com/babashka/cli/blob/main/src/babashka/cli.cljc#L523-L529)</sub>
 ## `parse-args`
 ``` clojure
 
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Merges babashka CLI options.
 
 Same as [`parse-opts`](#parse-opts) but separates parsed opts into `:opts` and adds
   `:cmds` and `:rest-args` on the top level instead of metadata.
-<br><sub>[source](https://github.com/babashka/cli/blob/main/src/babashka/cli.cljc#L498-L505)</sub>
+<br><sub>[source](https://github.com/babashka/cli/blob/main/src/babashka/cli.cljc#L499-L506)</sub>
 ## `parse-cmds`
 ``` clojure
 
@@ -207,9 +207,9 @@ Parse the command line arguments `args`, a seq of strings.
   ;; => throws 'Unknown option --qux' exception b/c there is no :qux key in the spec
   ```
   
-<br><sub>[source](https://github.com/babashka/cli/blob/main/src/babashka/cli.cljc#L259-L496)</sub>
+<br><sub>[source](https://github.com/babashka/cli/blob/main/src/babashka/cli.cljc#L259-L497)</sub>
 ## `rows`
-<sub>[source](https://github.com/babashka/cli/blob/main/src/babashka/cli.cljc#L544-L546)</sub>
+<sub>[source](https://github.com/babashka/cli/blob/main/src/babashka/cli.cljc#L545-L547)</sub>
 ## `spec->opts`
 ``` clojure
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1478537..300a26d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ For breaking changes, check [here](#breaking-changes).
 
 [Babashka CLI](https://github.com/babashka/cli): turn Clojure functions into CLIs!
 
+## v0.8.58 (2024-03-12)
+
+Fix [#89](https://github.com/babashka/cli/issues/89): long option never represents alias
+
 ## v0.8.57 (2024-02-22)
 
 Fix [#82](https://github.com/babashka/cli/issues/82): prefer alias over composite option
diff --git a/src/babashka/cli.cljc b/src/babashka/cli.cljc
index 1bc69ab..d907bc3 100644
--- a/src/babashka/cli.cljc
+++ b/src/babashka/cli.cljc
@@ -377,7 +377,8 @@
                                                    (str/split kname #"=")
                                                    [kname])
                                  raw-k (keyword kname)
-                                 alias (get aliases raw-k)
+                                 alias (when-not long-opt?
+                                         (get aliases raw-k))
                                  k (or alias raw-k)]
                              (if arg-val
                                (recur (process-previous acc current-opt added collect-fn)
diff --git a/test/babashka/cli_test.cljc b/test/babashka/cli_test.cljc
index 5dde95c..bf1459f 100644
--- a/test/babashka/cli_test.cljc
+++ b/test/babashka/cli_test.cljc
@@ -545,3 +545,6 @@
   (is (= {:opts {:verbose2 true}}
          (cli/parse-args ["-vv"] {:spec {:verbose1 {:alias :v}
                                          :verbose2 {:alias :vv}}}))))
+
+(deftest issue-89-alias-only-for-short-opt
+  (is (= {:f "dude"} (cli/parse-opts ["--f" "dude"] {:spec {:foo {:alias :f}}}))))