diff --git a/dev/update_packages.dart b/dev/update_packages.dart
index a8a9a0f8d1..4616682409 100755
--- a/dev/update_packages.dart
+++ b/dev/update_packages.dart
@@ -6,11 +6,15 @@
 import 'dart:io';
 
 final String binaryName = Platform.isWindows ? 'pub.bat' : 'pub';
-update(Directory directory) {
+void update(Directory directory, bool upgrade) {
   for (FileSystemEntity dir in directory.listSync()) {
     if (dir is Directory) {
       print("Updating ${dir.path}...");
-      ProcessResult result = Process.runSync(binaryName, ['get'], workingDirectory: dir.path);
+      ProcessResult result = Process.runSync(
+        binaryName,
+        [ upgrade ? 'upgrade' : 'get' ],
+        workingDirectory: dir.path
+      );
       if (result.exitCode != 0) {
         print("... failed with exit code ${result.exitCode}.");
         print(result.stdout);
@@ -20,8 +24,9 @@ update(Directory directory) {
   }
 }
 
-main() {
+void main(List<String> arguments) {
+  bool upgrade = arguments.length > 0 && arguments[0] == '--upgrade';
   String FLUTTER_ROOT = new File(Platform.script.toFilePath()).parent.parent.path;
-  update(new Directory("$FLUTTER_ROOT/packages"));
-  update(new Directory("$FLUTTER_ROOT/examples"));
+  update(new Directory("$FLUTTER_ROOT/packages"), upgrade);
+  update(new Directory("$FLUTTER_ROOT/examples"), upgrade);
 }
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/analyze.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/analyze.dart
index 2dfc9cdea3..3bf96081bd 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/analyze.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/analyze.dart
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ class AnalyzeCommand extends FlutterCommand {
       }
     }
 
+    bool foundAnyInCurrentDirectory = false;
+
     if (argResults['current-directory']) {
       // ./*.dart
       Directory currentDirectory = new Directory('.');
@@ -131,8 +133,10 @@ class AnalyzeCommand extends FlutterCommand {
           foundOne = true;
         }
       }
-      if (foundOne)
+      if (foundOne) {
         pubSpecDirectories.add('.');
+        foundAnyInCurrentDirectory = true;
+      }
     }
 
     if (argResults['current-package']) {
@@ -141,6 +145,7 @@ class AnalyzeCommand extends FlutterCommand {
       if (FileSystemEntity.isFileSync(mainPath)) {
         dartFiles.add(mainPath);
         pubSpecDirectories.add('.');
+        foundAnyInCurrentDirectory = true;
       }
     }
 
@@ -180,9 +185,9 @@ class AnalyzeCommand extends FlutterCommand {
     }
     if (hadInconsistentRequirements) {
       if (argResults['flutter-repo'])
-        _logging.warning('You may need to run "dart ${path.normalize(path.relative(path.join(ArtifactStore.flutterRoot, 'dev/update_packages.dart')))}".');
-      if (argResults['current-directory'] || argResults['current-package'])
-        _logging.warning('You may need to run "pub get".');
+        _logging.warning('You may need to run "dart ${path.normalize(path.relative(path.join(ArtifactStore.flutterRoot, 'dev/update_packages.dart')))} --upgrade".');
+      if (foundAnyInCurrentDirectory)
+        _logging.warning('You may need to run "pub upgrade".');
     }
 
     String buildDir = buildConfigurations.firstWhere((BuildConfiguration config) => config.testable, orElse: () => null)?.buildDir;