diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 4cd70f4..f1fbc38 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ repos:
       - id: validate_manifest
 
   - repo: https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint
-    rev: v1.47.0
+    rev: v1.51.2
     hooks:
       - id: golangci-lint
 
diff --git a/bash_completions.go b/bash_completions.go
index 29d4b4f..667cb07 100644
--- a/bash_completions.go
+++ b/bash_completions.go
@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ import (
 
 // Annotations for Bash completion.
 const (
-	BashCompFilenameExt     = "zulu_annotation_bash_completion_filename_extensions"
-	BashCompOneRequiredFlag = "zulu_annotation_bash_completion_one_required_flag"
-	BashCompSubdirsInDir    = "zulu_annotation_bash_completion_subdirs_in_dir"
+	BashCompFilenameExt  = "zulu_annotation_bash_completion_filename_extensions"
+	BashCompSubdirsInDir = "zulu_annotation_bash_completion_subdirs_in_dir"
 )
 
 func nonCompletableFlag(flag *zflag.Flag) bool {
diff --git a/command.go b/command.go
index 49cae78..5c049c8 100644
--- a/command.go
+++ b/command.go
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ func (c *Command) CancelRun() {
 
 func (c *Command) execute(a []string) (err error) {
 	if c == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Called Execute() on a nil Command")
+		return fmt.Errorf("called Execute() on a nil Command")
 	}
 
 	if len(c.Deprecated) > 0 {
@@ -952,10 +952,12 @@ func (c *Command) execute(a []string) (err error) {
 	})
 
 	hooks = append(hooks, func(cmd *Command, args []string) error {
-		argWoFlags = c.Flags().Args()
 		if c.DisableFlagParsing {
 			argWoFlags = a
+			return nil
 		}
+
+		argWoFlags = c.Flags().Args()
 		return nil
 	})
 
@@ -973,16 +975,11 @@ func (c *Command) execute(a []string) (err error) {
 
 	prependHooks(&hooks, c.preRunHooks, c.PreRunE)
 
-	// Include the validateRequiredFlags() logic as a hook
+	// Include the validateFlagGroups() logic as a hook
 	// to be executed before running the main Run hooks.
 	hooks = append(hooks, func(cmd *Command, args []string) error {
-		err := cmd.validateRequiredFlags()
-		if err != nil {
-			return c.FlagErrorFunc()(c, err)
-		}
-
 		if err := c.validateFlagGroups(); err != nil {
-			return err
+			return c.FlagErrorFunc()(c, err)
 		}
 
 		return nil
@@ -1198,30 +1195,6 @@ func (c *Command) ValidateArgs(args []string) error {
 	return c.Args(c, args)
 }
 
-func (c *Command) validateRequiredFlags() error {
-	if c.DisableFlagParsing {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	flags := c.Flags()
-	var missingFlagNames []string
-	flags.VisitAll(func(pflag *zflag.Flag) {
-		requiredAnnotation, found := pflag.Annotations[BashCompOneRequiredFlag]
-		if !found {
-			return
-		}
-		if requiredAnnotation[0] == "true" && !pflag.Changed {
-			missingFlagNames = append(missingFlagNames, pflag.Name)
-		}
-	})
-
-	if len(missingFlagNames) > 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf(`required flag(s) "%s" not set`, strings.Join(missingFlagNames, `", "`))
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
 // InitDefaultHelpFlag adds default help flag to c.
 // It is called automatically by executing the c or by calling help and usage.
 // If c already has help flag, it will do nothing.
@@ -1681,7 +1654,6 @@ func (c *Command) Flags() *zflag.FlagSet {
 			c.flagErrorBuf = new(bytes.Buffer)
 		}
 		c.flags.SetOutput(c.flagErrorBuf)
-		c.flags.FlagUsageFormatter = defaultUsageFormatter
 	}
 
 	return c.flags
@@ -1710,7 +1682,6 @@ func (c *Command) LocalFlags() *zflag.FlagSet {
 			c.flagErrorBuf = new(bytes.Buffer)
 		}
 		c.lflags.SetOutput(c.flagErrorBuf)
-		c.lflags.FlagUsageFormatter = defaultUsageFormatter
 	}
 
 	c.lflags.SortFlags = c.Flags().SortFlags
@@ -1739,7 +1710,6 @@ func (c *Command) InheritedFlags() *zflag.FlagSet {
 			c.flagErrorBuf = new(bytes.Buffer)
 		}
 		c.iflags.SetOutput(c.flagErrorBuf)
-		c.iflags.FlagUsageFormatter = defaultUsageFormatter
 	}
 
 	local := c.LocalFlags()
@@ -1768,7 +1738,6 @@ func (c *Command) PersistentFlags() *zflag.FlagSet {
 			c.flagErrorBuf = new(bytes.Buffer)
 		}
 		c.pflags.SetOutput(c.flagErrorBuf)
-		c.pflags.FlagUsageFormatter = defaultUsageFormatter
 	}
 	return c.pflags
 }
@@ -1899,7 +1868,6 @@ func (c *Command) updateParentsPflags() {
 		c.parentsPflags = zflag.NewFlagSet(c.Name(), zflag.ContinueOnError)
 		c.parentsPflags.SetOutput(c.flagErrorBuf)
 		c.parentsPflags.SortFlags = false
-		c.parentsPflags.FlagUsageFormatter = defaultUsageFormatter
 	}
 
 	if c.globNormFunc != nil {
diff --git a/command_test.go b/command_test.go
index 1b63ef3..0f8e2c3 100644
--- a/command_test.go
+++ b/command_test.go
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ func resetCommandLineFlagSet() {
 }
 
 func checkStringContains(t *testing.T, got, expected string) {
+	t.Helper()
 	if !strings.Contains(got, expected) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected to contain: \n %v\nGot:\n %v\n", expected, got)
 	}
@@ -777,10 +778,10 @@ func TestPersistentFlagsOnChild(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestRequiredFlags(t *testing.T) {
 	c := &zulu.Command{Use: "c", RunE: noopRun}
-	c.Flags().String("foo1", "", "", zulu.FlagOptRequired())
-	c.Flags().String("foo2", "", "", zulu.FlagOptRequired())
+	c.Flags().String("foo1", "", "", zflag.OptRequired())
+	c.Flags().String("foo2", "", "", zflag.OptRequired())
 	c.Flags().String("bar", "", "")
-	expected := fmt.Sprintf("required flag(s) %q, %q not set", "foo1", "foo2")
+	expected := fmt.Sprintf("required flag(s) %q, %q not set", "--foo1", "--foo2")
 
 	_, err := executeCommand(c)
 	got := err.Error()
@@ -792,14 +793,14 @@ func TestRequiredFlags(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestRequiredFlagsWithCustomFlagErrorFunc(t *testing.T) {
 	c := &zulu.Command{Use: "c", RunE: noopRun}
-	c.Flags().String("foo1", "", "", zulu.FlagOptRequired())
+	c.Flags().String("foo1", "", "", zflag.OptRequired())
 	silentError := "failed flag parsing"
 	c.SetFlagErrorFunc(func(c *zulu.Command, err error) error {
 		c.Println(err)
 		c.Println(c.UsageString())
 		return errors.New(silentError)
 	})
-	requiredFlagErrorMessage := fmt.Sprintf("required flag(s) %q not set", "foo1")
+	requiredFlagErrorMessage := fmt.Sprintf("required flag(s) %q not set", "--foo1")
 
 	output, err := executeCommand(c)
 	got := err.Error()
@@ -813,18 +814,18 @@ func TestRequiredFlagsWithCustomFlagErrorFunc(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestPersistentRequiredFlags(t *testing.T) {
 	parent := &zulu.Command{Use: "parent", RunE: noopRun}
-	parent.PersistentFlags().String("foo1", "", "", zulu.FlagOptRequired())
-	parent.PersistentFlags().String("foo2", "", "", zulu.FlagOptRequired())
+	parent.PersistentFlags().String("foo1", "", "", zflag.OptRequired())
+	parent.PersistentFlags().String("foo2", "", "", zflag.OptRequired())
 	parent.Flags().String("foo3", "", "")
 
 	child := &zulu.Command{Use: "child", RunE: noopRun}
-	child.Flags().String("bar1", "", "", zulu.FlagOptRequired())
-	child.Flags().String("bar2", "", "", zulu.FlagOptRequired())
+	child.Flags().String("bar1", "", "", zflag.OptRequired())
+	child.Flags().String("bar2", "", "", zflag.OptRequired())
 	child.Flags().String("bar3", "", "")
 
 	parent.AddCommand(child)
 
-	expected := fmt.Sprintf("required flag(s) %q, %q, %q, %q not set", "bar1", "bar2", "foo1", "foo2")
+	expected := fmt.Sprintf("required flag(s) %q, %q, %q, %q not set", "--bar1", "--bar2", "--foo1", "--foo2")
 
 	_, err := executeCommand(parent, "child")
 	if err.Error() != expected {
@@ -837,7 +838,7 @@ func TestPersistentRequiredFlagsWithDisableFlagParsing(t *testing.T) {
 	// commands that disable flag parsing
 
 	parent := &zulu.Command{Use: "parent", RunE: noopRun}
-	parent.PersistentFlags().Bool("foo", false, "", zulu.FlagOptRequired())
+	parent.PersistentFlags().Bool("foo", false, "", zflag.OptRequired())
 	flag := parent.PersistentFlags().Lookup("foo")
 
 	child := &zulu.Command{Use: "child", RunE: noopRun}
@@ -2463,18 +2464,18 @@ Use "root child [command] --help" for more information about a command.
 				child.Example = "child sub --int 0"
 
 				pfs := root.PersistentFlags()
-				pfs.Int("pint", 1, "persistent int usage", zflag.OptShorthand('q'), zflag.OptGroup("group1"), zulu.FlagOptRequired())
+				pfs.Int("pint", 1, "persistent int usage", zflag.OptShorthand('q'), zflag.OptGroup("group1"), zflag.OptRequired())
 				pfs.Bool("pbool", false, "persistent bool usage", zflag.OptShorthand('c'), zflag.OptGroup("group2"))
 
 				fs := child.Flags()
 				fs.String("string1", "some", "string1 usage", zflag.OptShorthand('s'))
 				fs.Bool("bool1", false, "bool1 usage", zflag.OptShorthand('b'))
 
-				fs.String("string2", "some", "string2 usage in group1", zflag.OptGroup("group1"), zulu.FlagOptRequired())
+				fs.String("string2", "some", "string2 usage in group1", zflag.OptGroup("group1"), zflag.OptRequired())
 				fs.Bool("bool2", false, "bool2 usage in group1", zflag.OptGroup("group1"))
 
 				fs.String("string3", "some", "string3 usage in group2", zflag.OptGroup("group2"))
-				fs.Bool("bool3", false, "bool3 usage in group2", zflag.OptGroup("group2"), zulu.FlagOptRequired())
+				fs.Bool("bool3", false, "bool3 usage in group2", zflag.OptGroup("group2"), zflag.OptRequired())
 
 				sub1 := &zulu.Command{
 					Use:   "sub1",
diff --git a/completions.go b/completions.go
index 4d74c52..91d7434 100644
--- a/completions.go
+++ b/completions.go
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ func (c *Command) getCompletions(args []string) (*Command, []string, ShellCompDi
 	// Let's add the --help and --version flag ourselves.
 	finalCmd.InitDefaultHelpFlag()
 	finalCmd.InitDefaultVersionFlag()
+	finalCmd.FParseErrAllowList.RequiredFlags = true
 
 	// Check if we are doing flag value completion before parsing the flags.
 	// This is important because if we are completing a flag value, we need to also
@@ -512,11 +513,9 @@ func completeRequireFlags(finalCmd *Command, toComplete string) []string {
 	var completions []string
 
 	doCompleteRequiredFlags := func(flag *zflag.Flag) {
-		if _, present := flag.Annotations[BashCompOneRequiredFlag]; present {
-			if !flag.Changed {
-				// If the flag is not already present, we suggest it as a completion
-				completions = append(completions, getFlagNameCompletions(flag, toComplete)...)
-			}
+		if flag.Required && !flag.Changed {
+			// If the flag is not already present, we suggest it as a completion
+			completions = append(completions, getFlagNameCompletions(flag, toComplete)...)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/completions_test.go b/completions_test.go
index 6c9f79e..c7cc375 100644
--- a/completions_test.go
+++ b/completions_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/zulucmd/zulu"
 )
 
-func validArgsFunc(cmd *zulu.Command, args []string, toComplete string) ([]string, zulu.ShellCompDirective) {
+func validArgsFunc(_ *zulu.Command, args []string, toComplete string) ([]string, zulu.ShellCompDirective) {
 	if len(args) != 0 {
 		return nil, zulu.ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp
 	}
@@ -798,15 +798,15 @@ func TestRequiredFlagNameCompletionInGo(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(childCmd)
 
-	rootCmd.Flags().Int("requiredFlag", -1, "required flag", zflag.OptShorthand('r'), zulu.FlagOptRequired())
+	rootCmd.Flags().Int("requiredFlag", -1, "required flag", zflag.OptShorthand('r'), zflag.OptRequired())
 	requiredFlag := rootCmd.Flags().Lookup("requiredFlag")
 
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().Int("requiredPersistent", -1, "required persistent", zflag.OptShorthand('p'), zulu.FlagOptRequired())
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().Int("requiredPersistent", -1, "required persistent", zflag.OptShorthand('p'), zflag.OptRequired())
 	requiredPersistent := rootCmd.PersistentFlags().Lookup("requiredPersistent")
 
 	rootCmd.Flags().String("release", "", "Release name", zflag.OptShorthand('R'))
 
-	childCmd.Flags().Bool("subRequired", false, "sub required flag", zflag.OptShorthand('s'), zulu.FlagOptRequired())
+	childCmd.Flags().Bool("subRequired", false, "sub required flag", zflag.OptShorthand('s'), zflag.OptRequired())
 	childCmd.Flags().Bool("subNotRequired", false, "sub not required flag", zflag.OptShorthand('n'))
 
 	// Test that a required flag is suggested even without the - prefix
@@ -2886,7 +2886,7 @@ func TestCompletionCobraFlags(t *testing.T) {
 
 		rootCmd.AddCommand(childCmd, childCmd2, childCmd3)
 
-		_ = childCmd.Flags().Bool("bool", false, "A bool flag", zulu.FlagOptRequired())
+		_ = childCmd.Flags().Bool("bool", false, "A bool flag", zflag.OptRequired())
 
 		// Have a command that adds its own help and version flag
 		_ = childCmd2.Flags().Bool("help", false, "My own help", zflag.OptShorthand('h'))
diff --git a/flag_groups.go b/flag_groups.go
index f0560b5..da9afd8 100644
--- a/flag_groups.go
+++ b/flag_groups.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func (g *requiredTogetherFlagGroup) AdjustCommandForCompletions(c *Command) {
 	if setFlags.hasAnyFrom(g.flagNames) {
 		for _, requiredFlagName := range g.flagNames {
 			f := c.Flags().Lookup(requiredFlagName)
-			_ = FlagOptRequired()(f)
+			_ = zflag.OptRequired()(f)
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/formatter.go b/formatter.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 5020c69..0000000
--- a/formatter.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-package zulu
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-
-	"github.com/zulucmd/zflag"
-)
-
-func defaultUsageFormatter(flag *zflag.Flag) (string, string) {
-	left := "  "
-	if flag.Shorthand != 0 && flag.ShorthandDeprecated == "" {
-		left += fmt.Sprintf("-%c", flag.Shorthand)
-		if !flag.ShorthandOnly {
-			left += ", "
-		}
-	} else {
-		left += "    "
-	}
-	left += "--"
-	if _, isBoolFlag := flag.Value.(zflag.BoolFlag); isBoolFlag && flag.AddNegative {
-		left += "[no-]"
-	}
-	left += flag.Name
-
-	varname, usage := zflag.UnquoteUsage(flag)
-	if varname != "" {
-		left += " " + varname
-	}
-
-	right := usage
-	if _, present := flag.Annotations[BashCompOneRequiredFlag]; present {
-		right += " (required)"
-	}
-
-	if !flag.DisablePrintDefault && !flag.DefaultIsZeroValue() {
-		if v, ok := flag.Value.(zflag.Typed); ok && v.Type() == "string" {
-			right += fmt.Sprintf(" (default %q)", flag.DefValue)
-		} else {
-			right += fmt.Sprintf(" (default %s)", flag.DefValue)
-		}
-	}
-	if len(flag.Deprecated) != 0 {
-		right += fmt.Sprintf(" (DEPRECATED: %s)", flag.Deprecated)
-	}
-
-	return left, right
-}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d72eb5d..68df45d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ go 1.16
 require (
 	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0
-	github.com/zulucmd/zflag v1.0.0
+	github.com/zulucmd/zflag v1.1.2
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6cef861..1c347f5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0 h1:JIOH55/0cWyOuilr9/qlrm0BSXldqnqwMsf35Ld67mk=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
-github.com/zulucmd/zflag v1.0.0 h1:viByzLR5dTrB7KFytbBQ8qU/8Z27bvtMU3A4rcuqZtU=
-github.com/zulucmd/zflag v1.0.0/go.mod h1:snFF93KDcScS6xPJfXMGW5N5X/BON28FuZRUT/ulR6g=
+github.com/zulucmd/zflag v1.1.2 h1:b2uVECG0WtBqBeQAwNizh9ACznU2yISneMNumUvkId4=
+github.com/zulucmd/zflag v1.1.2/go.mod h1:snFF93KDcScS6xPJfXMGW5N5X/BON28FuZRUT/ulR6g=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c h1:dUUwHk2QECo/6vqA44rthZ8ie2QXMNeKRTHCNY2nXvo=
diff --git a/shell_completions.go b/shell_completions.go
index d3ad912..f474634 100644
--- a/shell_completions.go
+++ b/shell_completions.go
@@ -6,13 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/zulucmd/zflag"
 )
 
-// FlagOptRequired instructs the various shell completion implementations to
-// prioritize the flag when performing completion, and causes your command
-// to report an error if invoked without the flag.
-func FlagOptRequired() zflag.Opt {
-	return zflag.OptAnnotation(BashCompOneRequiredFlag, []string{"true"})
-}
-
 // FlagOptFilename instructs the various shell completion implementations to
 // limit completions for the flag to the specified file extensions.
 func FlagOptFilename(extensions ...string) zflag.Opt {