diff --git a/lib/view_model/after_auth_view_models/add_post_view_models/add_post_view_model.dart b/lib/view_model/after_auth_view_models/add_post_view_models/add_post_view_model.dart
index fb53e76a8..b0c696a29 100644
--- a/lib/view_model/after_auth_view_models/add_post_view_models/add_post_view_model.dart
+++ b/lib/view_model/after_auth_view_models/add_post_view_models/add_post_view_model.dart
@@ -110,8 +110,7 @@ class AddPostViewModel extends BaseModel {
   Future<String> convertToBase64(File file) async {
     try {
       final List<int> bytes = await file.readAsBytes();
-      String base64String = base64Encode(bytes);
-      base64String = base64String;
+      final String base64String = base64Encode(bytes);
       print(base64String);
       _imageInBase64 = base64String;
       return base64String;
diff --git a/lib/view_model/after_auth_view_models/profile_view_models/edit_profile_view_model.dart b/lib/view_model/after_auth_view_models/profile_view_models/edit_profile_view_model.dart
index aa2b9efa0..be1a52fdb 100644
--- a/lib/view_model/after_auth_view_models/profile_view_models/edit_profile_view_model.dart
+++ b/lib/view_model/after_auth_view_models/profile_view_models/edit_profile_view_model.dart
@@ -73,8 +73,7 @@ class EditProfilePageViewModel extends BaseModel {
   Future<String> convertToBase64(File file) async {
     try {
       final List<int> bytes = await file.readAsBytes();
-      String base64String = base64Encode(bytes);
-      base64String = base64String;
+      final String base64String = base64Encode(bytes);
       print(base64String);
       imageFile = base64String as File?;
       return base64String;
diff --git a/pubspec.lock b/pubspec.lock
index d85947d0e..8a5635bd0 100644
--- a/pubspec.lock
+++ b/pubspec.lock
@@ -1017,10 +1017,10 @@ packages:
     dependency: "direct dev"
     description:
       name: lint
-      sha256: f4bd4dbaa39f4ae8836f2d1275f2f32bc68b3a8cce0a0735dd1f7a601f06682a
+      sha256: "77b3777e8e9adca8e942da1e835882ae3248dfa00488a2ebbdbc1f1a4aa3f4a7"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "2.1.2"
+    version: "2.2.0"
   logging:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -1826,5 +1826,5 @@ packages:
     source: hosted
     version: "3.1.2"
 sdks:
-  dart: ">=3.1.0-185.0.dev <3.13.0"
+  dart: ">=3.1.0 <3.13.0"
   flutter: ">=3.10.0"
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 9254fe582..519b8f4ae 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ description: Welcome to the Talawa Project for the Palisadoes Foundation
 
 publish_to: "none" # Remove this line if you wish to publish to pub.dev
 
-
 version: 1.0.0+1
 
 homepage: https://github.com/PalisadoesFoundation/talawa
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ dependencies:
   firebase_messaging: ^14.7.3
   firebase_messaging_platform_interface: ^4.5.13
 
-
   flutter:
     sdk: flutter
   flutter_braintree: ^3.0.0
@@ -84,7 +82,6 @@ dependencies:
   video_player: ^2.7.2
   visibility_detector: ^0.4.0+2
 
-
 dev_dependencies:
   build_runner: ^2.4.6
   custom_lint: 0.5.6
@@ -93,7 +90,7 @@ dev_dependencies:
   hive_generator: ^2.0.1
 
   json_serializable: ^6.7.1
-  lint: ^2.1.2
+  lint: ^2.2.0
 
   mocktail_image_network: ^1.0.0
   talawa_lint:
diff --git a/test/widget_tests/widgets/lang_switch_test.dart b/test/widget_tests/widgets/lang_switch_test.dart
index 3b5594770..02b6be38f 100644
--- a/test/widget_tests/widgets/lang_switch_test.dart
+++ b/test/widget_tests/widgets/lang_switch_test.dart
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import '../../helpers/test_locator.dart';
 
 Widget createLanguageTile() {
   return BaseView<AppLanguage>(
-    onModelReady: (_) => _.initialize(),
+    onModelReady: (appLanguageModel) => appLanguageModel.initialize(),
     builder: (_, __, ___) => MaterialApp(
       localizationsDelegates: [
         const AppLocalizationsDelegate(isTest: true),