diff --git a/pkgs/matcher/CHANGELOG.md b/pkgs/matcher/CHANGELOG.md
index 6ca1b03a4..179f55799 100644
--- a/pkgs/matcher/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/pkgs/matcher/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+## 0.12.17-wip
+
 ## 0.12.16
 
 * Expand bounds on `test_api` dependency to allow the next breaking release
diff --git a/pkgs/matcher/lib/src/expect/never_called.dart b/pkgs/matcher/lib/src/expect/never_called.dart
index 46d27f0a3..20b529971 100644
--- a/pkgs/matcher/lib/src/expect/never_called.dart
+++ b/pkgs/matcher/lib/src/expect/never_called.dart
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import 'util/pretty_print.dart';
 /// This can safely be passed in place of any callback that takes ten or fewer
 /// positional parameters. For example:
 ///
-/// ```
+/// ```dart
 /// // Asserts that the stream never emits an event.
 /// stream.listen(neverCalled);
 /// ```
diff --git a/pkgs/matcher/pubspec.yaml b/pkgs/matcher/pubspec.yaml
index 814510615..3979a07b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/matcher/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/matcher/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: matcher
-version: 0.12.16
+version: 0.12.17-wip
 description: >-
   Support for specifying test expectations via an extensible Matcher class.
   Also includes a number of built-in Matcher implementations for common cases.