diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
index dc036362..fcec958d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           ISSUE_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.number }}
           PR_LABELS: "${{ join(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name) }}"
-        run: dart pub global run firehose --validate --use-flutter ${{ inputs.use-flutter }}
+        run: dart pub global run firehose --validate ${{ inputs.use-flutter && '--use-flutter' || '--no-use-flutter' }}
 
   publish:
     if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' }}
@@ -124,4 +124,4 @@ jobs:
         run: dart pub global activate firehose
 
       - name: Publish packages
-        run: dart pub global run firehose --publish --use-flutter ${{ inputs.use-flutter }}
+        run: dart pub global run firehose --publish ${{ inputs.use-flutter && '--use-flutter' || '--no-use-flutter' }}
diff --git a/pkgs/firehose/CHANGELOG.md b/pkgs/firehose/CHANGELOG.md
index db78347a..6ebed0d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/firehose/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/pkgs/firehose/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 ## 0.3.27
 
 - Fix Flutter support.
+
 ## 0.3.26
 
 - Add support for Flutter package auto-publishing, fixing [#154](https://github.com/dart-lang/ecosystem/issues/154).
+
 ## 0.3.25
 
 - Switch to pub.dev API in `package:firehose`.
diff --git a/pkgs/firehose/bin/firehose.dart b/pkgs/firehose/bin/firehose.dart
index 645c8b6c..089648cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/firehose/bin/firehose.dart
+++ b/pkgs/firehose/bin/firehose.dart
@@ -8,23 +8,24 @@ import 'package:args/args.dart';
 import 'package:firehose/firehose.dart';
 import 'package:firehose/src/github.dart';
 
-const validateOption = 'validate';
-const publishOption = 'publish';
-const useFlutterOption = 'use-flutter';
+const helpFlag = 'help';
+const validateFlag = 'validate';
+const publishFlag = 'publish';
+const useFlutterFlag = 'use-flutter';
 
 void main(List<String> arguments) async {
   var argParser = _createArgs();
   try {
-    var argResults = argParser.parse(arguments);
+    final argResults = argParser.parse(arguments);
 
-    if (argResults['help'] == true) {
+    if (argResults[helpFlag] as bool) {
       _usage(argParser);
       exit(0);
     }
 
-    var validate = argResults[validateOption] == true;
-    var publish = argResults[publishOption] == true;
-    var useFlutter = argResults[useFlutterOption] == true;
+    final validate = argResults[validateFlag] as bool;
+    final publish = argResults[publishFlag] as bool;
+    final useFlutter = argResults[useFlutterFlag] as bool;
 
     if (!validate && !publish) {
       _usage(argParser,
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ void main(List<String> arguments) async {
       exit(1);
     }
 
-    var github = Github();
+    final github = Github();
     if (publish && !github.inGithubContext) {
       _usage(argParser,
           error: 'Error: --publish can only be executed from within a GitHub '
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ void main(List<String> arguments) async {
       exit(1);
     }
 
-    var firehose = Firehose(Directory.current, useFlutter);
+    final firehose = Firehose(Directory.current, useFlutter);
 
     if (validate) {
       await firehose.validate();
@@ -67,24 +68,24 @@ void _usage(ArgParser argParser, {String? error}) {
 ArgParser _createArgs() {
   return ArgParser()
     ..addFlag(
-      'help',
+      helpFlag,
       abbr: 'h',
       negatable: false,
       help: 'Print tool help.',
     )
     ..addFlag(
-      validateOption,
+      validateFlag,
       negatable: false,
       help: 'Validate packages and indicate whether --publish would publish '
           'anything.',
     )
     ..addFlag(
-      publishOption,
+      publishFlag,
       negatable: false,
       help: 'Publish any changed packages.',
     )
     ..addFlag(
-      useFlutterOption,
+      useFlutterFlag,
       negatable: true,
       help: 'Whether this is a Flutter project.',
     );