diff --git a/pkg/vm_service/analysis_options.yaml b/pkg/vm_service/analysis_options.yaml
index 413f41273bb..382a641fdfa 100644
--- a/pkg/vm_service/analysis_options.yaml
+++ b/pkg/vm_service/analysis_options.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-include: package:pedantic/analysis_options.1.8.0.yaml
+include: package:lints/core.yaml
 
 linter:
   rules:
diff --git a/pkg/vm_service/example/vm_service_tester.dart b/pkg/vm_service/example/vm_service_tester.dart
index eb5158b522d..b5c1eae468e 100644
--- a/pkg/vm_service/example/vm_service_tester.dart
+++ b/pkg/vm_service/example/vm_service_tester.dart
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import 'dart:convert';
 import 'dart:io';
 
 import 'package:path/path.dart' as path;
-import 'package:pedantic/pedantic.dart';
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
 import 'package:vm_service/vm_service.dart';
 import 'package:vm_service/vm_service_io.dart';
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ void main() {
     VM vm = await serviceClient.getVM();
     print('hostCPU=${vm.hostCPU}');
     print(await serviceClient.getVersion());
-    List<IsolateRef> isolates = await vm.isolates!;
+    List<IsolateRef> isolates = vm.isolates!;
     print(isolates);
 
     // Disable the json reserialization checks since custom services are not
diff --git a/pkg/vm_service/pubspec.yaml b/pkg/vm_service/pubspec.yaml
index 7de79cfa5ed..9d8c47ad71a 100644
--- a/pkg/vm_service/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pkg/vm_service/pubspec.yaml
@@ -8,17 +8,17 @@ version: 8.2.2+1
 homepage: https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/tree/master/pkg/vm_service
 
 environment:
-  sdk: '>=2.12.0-0 <3.0.0'
+  sdk: '>=2.15.0 <3.0.0'
 
 dependencies:
 
 dev_dependencies:
   async: ^2.5.0
   expect: any
+  lints: any
   markdown: ^4.0.0-nullsafety.0
   mockito: ^5.0.0-nullsafety.1
   path: ^1.8.0
-  pedantic: ^1.10.0-nullsafety.3
   process: ^4.0.0
   pub_semver: ^2.0.0-nullsafety.0
   test: ^1.16.0-nullsafety.13
diff --git a/pkg/vm_service/test/analysis_options.yaml b/pkg/vm_service/test/analysis_options.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..898419264cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/vm_service/test/analysis_options.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# This options file exists to reset the settings from the parent directory.
diff --git a/pkg/vm_service/test/regress_43940_test.dart b/pkg/vm_service/test/regress_43940_test.dart
index 3a490f38984..b7ba5ce4b18 100644
--- a/pkg/vm_service/test/regress_43940_test.dart
+++ b/pkg/vm_service/test/regress_43940_test.dart
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 import 'dart:async';
 
-import 'package:pedantic/pedantic.dart';
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
 import 'package:vm_service/vm_service.dart';
 
diff --git a/pkg/vm_service/test/server_test.dart b/pkg/vm_service/test/server_test.dart
index 97b0aed9f48..db0f7e86930 100644
--- a/pkg/vm_service/test/server_test.dart
+++ b/pkg/vm_service/test/server_test.dart
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import 'dart:convert';
 
 import 'package:async/async.dart';
 import 'package:mockito/mockito.dart';
-import 'package:pedantic/pedantic.dart';
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
 import 'package:vm_service/vm_service.dart';