diff --git a/analysis_options.yaml b/analysis_options.yaml
index 6df18fa29e..f898260f78 100644
--- a/analysis_options.yaml
+++ b/analysis_options.yaml
@@ -23,81 +23,48 @@ analyzer:
 
 linter:
   rules:
-    # these rules are documented on and in the same order as
-    # the Dart Lint rules page to make maintenance easier
+    # See all available options here
     # https://github.com/dart-lang/linter/blob/master/example/all.yaml
     - always_declare_return_types
     - always_put_control_body_on_new_line
-    # - always_put_required_named_parameters_first # we prefer having parameters in the same order as fields https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/10219
+
     - always_require_non_null_named_parameters
     - annotate_overrides
-    # - avoid_annotating_with_dynamic # conflicts with always_specify_types
-    # - avoid_bool_literals_in_conditional_expressions # not yet tested
-    # - avoid_catches_without_on_clauses # we do this commonly
-    # - avoid_catching_errors # we do this commonly
-    - avoid_classes_with_only_static_members
-    # - avoid_double_and_int_checks # only useful when targeting JS runtime
     - avoid_empty_else
     - avoid_field_initializers_in_const_classes
     - avoid_function_literals_in_foreach_calls
-    # - avoid_implementing_value_types # not yet tested
     - avoid_init_to_null
-    # - avoid_js_rounded_ints # only useful when targeting JS runtime
     - avoid_null_checks_in_equality_operators
-    # - avoid_positional_boolean_parameters # not yet tested
-    # - avoid_private_typedef_functions # we prefer having typedef (discussion in https://github.com/flutter/flutter/pull/16356)
     - avoid_relative_lib_imports
     - avoid_renaming_method_parameters
     - avoid_return_types_on_setters
-    # - avoid_returning_null # there are plenty of valid reasons to return null
-    # - avoid_returning_null_for_future # not yet tested
     - avoid_returning_null_for_void
-    # - avoid_returning_this # there are plenty of valid reasons to return this
-    # - avoid_setters_without_getters # not yet tested
-    # - avoid_shadowing_type_parameters # not yet tested
-    # - avoid_single_cascade_in_expression_statements # not yet tested
     - avoid_slow_async_io
     - avoid_types_as_parameter_names
-    # - avoid_types_on_closure_parameters # conflicts with always_specify_types
     - avoid_unused_constructor_parameters
     - avoid_void_async
     - await_only_futures
     - camel_case_types
     - cancel_subscriptions
-    # - cascade_invocations # not yet tested
-    # - close_sinks # not reliable enough
-    # - comment_references # blocked on https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/20765
-    # - constant_identifier_names # needs an opt-out https://github.com/dart-lang/linter/issues/204
     - control_flow_in_finally
-    # - curly_braces_in_flow_control_structures # not yet tested
     - directives_ordering
     - empty_catches
     - empty_constructor_bodies
     - empty_statements
-    # - file_names # not yet tested
     - flutter_style_todos
     - hash_and_equals
     - implementation_imports
-    # - invariant_booleans # too many false positives: https://github.com/dart-lang/linter/issues/811
     - iterable_contains_unrelated_type
-    # - join_return_with_assignment # not yet tested
     - library_names
     - library_prefixes
-    # - lines_longer_than_80_chars # not yet tested
     - list_remove_unrelated_type
-    # - literal_only_boolean_expressions # too many false positives: https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/issues/34181
     - no_adjacent_strings_in_list
     - no_duplicate_case_values
     - non_constant_identifier_names
-    # - null_closures  # not yet tested
-    # - omit_local_variable_types # opposite of always_specify_types
-    # - one_member_abstracts # too many false positives
-    # - only_throw_errors # https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/5792
     - overridden_fields
     - package_api_docs
     - package_names
     - package_prefixed_library_names
-    # - parameter_assignments # we do this commonly
     - prefer_adjacent_string_concatenation
     - prefer_asserts_in_initializer_lists
     - prefer_collection_literals
@@ -106,43 +73,29 @@ linter:
     - prefer_const_constructors_in_immutables
     - prefer_const_declarations
     - prefer_const_literals_to_create_immutables
-    # - prefer_constructors_over_static_methods # not yet tested
     - prefer_contains
     - prefer_equal_for_default_values
-    # - prefer_expression_function_bodies # conflicts with https://github.com/flutter/flutter/wiki/Style-guide-for-Flutter-repo#consider-using--for-short-functions-and-methods
     - prefer_final_fields
     - prefer_final_locals
     - prefer_foreach
-    # - prefer_function_declarations_over_variables # not yet tested
     - prefer_generic_function_type_aliases
     - prefer_initializing_formals
-    # - prefer_int_literals # not yet tested
-    # - prefer_interpolation_to_compose_strings # not yet tested
     - prefer_is_empty
     - prefer_is_not_empty
     - prefer_iterable_whereType
-    # - prefer_mixin # https://github.com/dart-lang/language/issues/32
-    # - prefer_null_aware_operators # disable until NNBD, see https://github.com/flutter/flutter/pull/32711#issuecomment-492930932
     - prefer_single_quotes
     - prefer_typing_uninitialized_variables
     - prefer_void_to_null
-    # - public_member_api_docs # enabled on a case-by-case basis; see e.g. packages/analysis_options.yaml
     - recursive_getters
     - slash_for_doc_comments
-    # - sort_constructors_first: vscode's command "dart:sort members" does not follow this
     - sort_pub_dependencies
     - sort_unnamed_constructors_first
-    # - super_goes_last # no longer needed w/ Dart 2
     - test_types_in_equals
     - throw_in_finally
-    # - type_annotate_public_apis # subset of always_specify_types
     - type_init_formals
-    # - unawaited_futures # too many false positives
-    # - unnecessary_await_in_return # not yet tested
     - unnecessary_brace_in_string_interps
     - unnecessary_const
     - unnecessary_getters_setters
-    # - unnecessary_lambdas # has false positives: https://github.com/dart-lang/linter/issues/498
     - unnecessary_new
     - unnecessary_null_aware_assignments
     - unnecessary_null_in_if_null_operators
@@ -151,12 +104,7 @@ linter:
     - unnecessary_statements
     - unnecessary_this
     - unrelated_type_equality_checks
-    # - use_function_type_syntax_for_parameters # not yet tested
     - use_rethrow_when_possible
-    # - use_setters_to_change_properties # not yet tested
-    # - use_string_buffers # has false positives: https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/issues/34182
-    # - use_to_and_as_if_applicable # has false positives, so we prefer to catch this by code-review
     - valid_regexps
-    # - void_checks # not yet tested
     - public_member_api_docs
     - require_trailing_commas
diff --git a/lib/main.dart b/lib/main.dart
index f6c9b5dd5d..25cca77c6e 100644
--- a/lib/main.dart
+++ b/lib/main.dart
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import 'package:flutter_launcher_icons/custom_exceptions.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_launcher_icons/flutter_launcher_icons_config.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_launcher_icons/ios.dart' as ios_launcher_icons;
 import 'package:flutter_launcher_icons/logger.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_launcher_icons/pubspec_parser.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_launcher_icons/web/web_icon_generator.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_launcher_icons/windows/windows_icon_generator.dart';
 import 'package:path/path.dart' as path;
@@ -197,10 +198,7 @@ Map<String, dynamic>? loadConfigFileFromArgResults(ArgResults argResults, {bool
 }
 
 Map<String, dynamic> loadConfigFile(String path, String? fileOptionResult) {
-  final File file = File(path);
-  final String yamlString = file.readAsStringSync();
-  // ignore: always_specify_types
-  final Map yamlMap = loadYaml(yamlString);
+  final yamlMap = PubspecParser.toMap(path);
 
   if (!(yamlMap['flutter_icons'] is Map)) {
     stderr.writeln(NoConfigFoundException('Check that your config file '
diff --git a/lib/pubspec_parser.dart b/lib/pubspec_parser.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c6e43c07a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/pubspec_parser.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import 'dart:io';
+
+import 'package:yaml/yaml.dart';
+
+/// helper class for parsing the contents of pubspec file
+class PubspecParser {
+
+  /// ensures unnamed constructor cannot be used as this class should only have
+  /// static methods
+  PubspecParser._();
+
+  /// parses the pubspec located at [path] to map
+  static Map toMap(String path) {
+    final File file = File(path);
+    final String yamlString = file.readAsStringSync();
+    final Map yamlMap = loadYaml(yamlString);
+    return yamlMap;
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/package_version_test.dart b/test/package_version_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..acf2079ffa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/package_version_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import 'package:flutter_launcher_icons/pubspec_parser.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_launcher_icons/src/version.dart';
+import 'package:test/test.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  /// this helps avoid an issue where the pubspec version has been increased but
+  /// build runner has not been run to up the version which is displayed
+  /// when flutter_launcher_icons is run
+  test('package version is correct', () {
+    final yamlMap = PubspecParser.toMap('pubspec.yaml');
+    final yamlVersion = yamlMap['version'] as String;
+    expect(
+      yamlVersion,
+      packageVersion,
+      reason: 'Versions are not matching. Solution: Run build runner to '
+          'updated generated version value.',
+    );
+  });
+}