diff --git a/font-codegen/Cargo.toml b/font-codegen/Cargo.toml
index ee4f0ad4b..018159087 100644
--- a/font-codegen/Cargo.toml
+++ b/font-codegen/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ proc-macro2 =  { version = "1.0", features = ["span-locations"]}
 quote = "1.0"
 toml = "0.7.5"
 serde = {version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
-xflags = "0.2.4"
+xflags = "0.3.0"
 log = "0.4"
 env_logger = "0.10.0"
 rayon = "1.5.3"
diff --git a/font-codegen/src/main.rs b/font-codegen/src/main.rs
index c16995259..a20504c33 100644
--- a/font-codegen/src/main.rs
+++ b/font-codegen/src/main.rs
@@ -110,15 +110,16 @@ mod flags {
     xflags::xflags! {
         /// Generate font table representations
         cmd args {
-            cmd file
+            cmd file {
                 /// Code to generate; either 'parse' or 'compile'.
                 required mode: Mode
                 /// Path to the input file
                 required path: PathBuf
-                {}
-            default cmd plan
+            }
+            default cmd plan {
                 /// plan path
-                required path: PathBuf {}
+                required path: PathBuf
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/otexplorer/Cargo.toml b/otexplorer/Cargo.toml
index 351c8bb96..1749282ff 100644
--- a/otexplorer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/otexplorer/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ publish = false
 
 
 [dependencies]
-xflags = "0.2.4"
+xflags = "0.3.0"
 read-fonts = { path = "../read-fonts",version = "0.8.0" }
 font-types = { path = "../font-types",version = "0.3.3" }
 ansi_term = "0.12.1"
diff --git a/otexplorer/src/main.rs b/otexplorer/src/main.rs
index 9368f11e8..967f90810 100644
--- a/otexplorer/src/main.rs
+++ b/otexplorer/src/main.rs
@@ -203,15 +203,13 @@ mod flags {
 
     xflags::xflags! {
         /// Generate font table representations
-        cmd args
+        cmd args {
             required input: PathBuf
-            {
-                optional -i, --index index: u32
-                optional -l, --list
-                optional -q, --query query: Query
-                optional -t, --tables include: String
-                optional -x, --exclude exclude: String
-            }
-
+            optional -i, --index index: u32
+            optional -l, --list
+            optional -q, --query query: Query
+            optional -t, --tables include: String
+            optional -x, --exclude exclude: String
+        }
     }
 }