diff --git a/pubspec.lock b/pubspec.lock
index aa0fcf60a..5e5212c0d 100644
--- a/pubspec.lock
+++ b/pubspec.lock
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ packages:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description:
       name: args
-      sha256: "7cf60b9f0cc88203c5a190b4cd62a99feea42759a7fa695010eb5de1c0b2252a"
+      sha256: bf9f5caeea8d8fe6721a9c358dd8a5c1947b27f1cfaa18b39c301273594919e6
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "2.5.0"
+    version: "2.6.0"
   async:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description:
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 167c2a2eb..5c36e15fa 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ environment:
 
 dependencies:
   analyzer: ^6.8.0
-  args: ^2.5.0
+  args: ^2.6.0
   async: ^2.11.0
   cli_util: ^0.4.1
   collection: ^1.18.0
diff --git a/test/testdata/goldens/outdated/outdated_test/does not allow arguments - handles bad flags.txt b/test/testdata/goldens/outdated/outdated_test/does not allow arguments - handles bad flags.txt
index 457bb38db..5c391dfe4 100644
--- a/test/testdata/goldens/outdated/outdated_test/does not allow arguments - handles bad flags.txt	
+++ b/test/testdata/goldens/outdated/outdated_test/does not allow arguments - handles bad flags.txt	
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ $ pub outdated random_argument
 
 ## Section 1
 $ pub outdated --bad_flag
-[STDERR] Could not find an option named "bad_flag".
+[STDERR] Could not find an option named "--bad_flag".
 [STDERR] 
 [STDERR] Usage: pub outdated [options]
 [STDERR] -h, --help                         Print this usage information.