diff --git a/flytectl/cmd/create/projectconfig_flags.go b/flytectl/cmd/create/projectconfig_flags.go
index db17e4882b..55a3eb8eed 100755
--- a/flytectl/cmd/create/projectconfig_flags.go
+++ b/flytectl/cmd/create/projectconfig_flags.go
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ func (ProjectConfig) mustMarshalJSON(v json.Marshaler) string {
 // flags is json-name.json-sub-name... etc.
 func (cfg ProjectConfig) GetPFlagSet(prefix string) *pflag.FlagSet {
 	cmdFlags := pflag.NewFlagSet("ProjectConfig", pflag.ExitOnError)
-	cmdFlags.StringVar(&(projectConfig.ID), fmt.Sprintf("%v%v", prefix, "id"), *new(string), "id for the project specified as argument.")
-	cmdFlags.StringVar(&(projectConfig.Name), fmt.Sprintf("%v%v", prefix, "name"), *new(string), "name for the project specified as argument.")
-	cmdFlags.StringVar(&(projectConfig.File), fmt.Sprintf("%v%v", prefix, "file"), *new(string), "file for the project definition.")
-	cmdFlags.StringVar(&(projectConfig.Description), fmt.Sprintf("%v%v", prefix, "description"), *new(string), "description for the project specified as argument.")
-	cmdFlags.StringToStringVar(&(projectConfig.Labels), fmt.Sprintf("%v%v", prefix, "labels"), map[string]string{}, "labels for the project specified as argument.")
+	cmdFlags.StringVar(&projectConfig.ID, fmt.Sprintf("%v%v", prefix, "id"), projectConfig.ID, "id for the project specified as argument.")
+	cmdFlags.StringVar(&projectConfig.Name, fmt.Sprintf("%v%v", prefix, "name"), projectConfig.Name, "name for the project specified as argument.")
+	cmdFlags.StringVar(&projectConfig.File, fmt.Sprintf("%v%v", prefix, "file"), projectConfig.File, "file for the project definition.")
+	cmdFlags.StringVar(&projectConfig.Description, fmt.Sprintf("%v%v", prefix, "description"), projectConfig.Description, "description for the project specified as argument.")
+	cmdFlags.StringToStringVar(&projectConfig.Labels, fmt.Sprintf("%v%v", prefix, "labels"), projectConfig.Labels, "labels for the project specified as argument.")
 	return cmdFlags
 }
diff --git a/flytectl/go.mod b/flytectl/go.mod
index cd987f766a..0f387bf4d7 100644
--- a/flytectl/go.mod
+++ b/flytectl/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.13
 require (
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/flyteorg/flyteidl v0.18.40
-	github.com/flyteorg/flytestdlib v0.3.15
+	github.com/flyteorg/flytestdlib v0.3.21
 	github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.3
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.1.2
diff --git a/flytectl/go.sum b/flytectl/go.sum
index a1ceb251bd..b8d3df4f31 100644
--- a/flytectl/go.sum
+++ b/flytectl/go.sum
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ github.com/fatih/structtag v1.2.0/go.mod h1:mBJUNpUnHmRKrKlQQlmCrh5PuhftFbNv8Ys4
 github.com/flyteorg/flyteidl v0.18.40 h1:YuLBNpIotOFwyLSXSs0aj3B9N9vwPhzLRAQTWxYSI/w=
 github.com/flyteorg/flyteidl v0.18.40/go.mod h1:IJD02cc/95QMkGDBJNibsr5aWd6V7TlQiJ8Iz5mVZ28=
 github.com/flyteorg/flytestdlib v0.3.13/go.mod h1:Tz8JCECAbX6VWGwFT6cmEQ+RJpZ/6L9pswu3fzWs220=
-github.com/flyteorg/flytestdlib v0.3.15 h1:vzsfqriENyavv6EBwsIm55di2wC+j0jkmjw30JGHAkM=
-github.com/flyteorg/flytestdlib v0.3.15/go.mod h1:Tz8JCECAbX6VWGwFT6cmEQ+RJpZ/6L9pswu3fzWs220=
+github.com/flyteorg/flytestdlib v0.3.21 h1:AF+y6wI64DNfoi4WtZU/v18Cfwksg32fijy7PZJ8d+I=
+github.com/flyteorg/flytestdlib v0.3.21/go.mod h1:1XG0DwYTUm34Yrffm1Qy9Tdr/pWQypEqTq5dUxw3/cM=
 github.com/form3tech-oss/jwt-go v3.2.2+incompatible h1:TcekIExNqud5crz4xD2pavyTgWiPvpYe4Xau31I0PRk=
 github.com/form3tech-oss/jwt-go v3.2.2+incompatible/go.mod h1:pbq4aXjuKjdthFRnoDwaVPLA+WlJuPGy+QneDUgJi2k=
 github.com/franela/goblin v0.0.0-20200105215937-c9ffbefa60db/go.mod h1:7dvUGVsVBjqR7JHJk0brhHOZYGmfBYOrK0ZhYMEtBr4=