failed `assert` does not throw `AssertionError` in dart with null-safety, any workaround?

as soon as I started transitioning to null-safety
I encountered this problem:
running the test below

//  ignore_for_file: avoid_catching_errors

import 'package:test/test.dart';

void main() {
  test(
      'WHEN `AssertionError` is thrown '
      'THEN `Error` is `AssertionError`'
      '', () {
    Type? type;

    void fun() => throw AssertionError();

    try {
      fun();
    } on Error catch (e) {
      if (e is AssertionError) {
        type = e.runtimeType;
      }
    }

    expect(type, AssertionError);
  });
  test('WHEN `assertion` fails THEN throw `AssertionError`', () {
    Type? type;

    void fun() {
      assert(false);
    }

    try {
      fun();
    } on Error catch (e) {
      if (e is AssertionError) {
        type = e.runtimeType;
      }
    }

    expect(type, AssertionError);
  });

  test('WHEN `assertion fails THEN throwsA(AssertionError) should be true', () {
    bool fun() {
      assert(false);
      return true;
    }

    expect(fun, throwsA(isA<AssertionError>()));
  });
}

outputs the following logs

00:00 +0: loading test/widget_test.dart                                                                                                                                                                
00:01 +0: loading test/widget_test.dart                                                                                                                                                                
00:01 +0: test/widget_test.dart: WHEN `AssertionError` is thrown THEN `Error` is `AssertionError`                                                                                                      
00:01 +1: test/widget_test.dart: WHEN `AssertionError` is thrown THEN `Error` is `AssertionError`                                                                                                      
00:01 +1: test/widget_test.dart: WHEN `assertion` fails THEN throw `AssertionError`                                                                                                                    
00:01 +1 -1: test/widget_test.dart: WHEN `assertion` fails THEN throw `AssertionError` [E]                                                                                                             
  Expected: Type:<AssertionError>
    Actual: Type:<_AssertionError>

  package:test_api            expect
  test/widget_test.dart 39:5  main.<fn>


00:01 +1 -1: test/widget_test.dart: WHEN `assertion fails THEN throwsA(AssertionError) should be true                                                                                                  
00:01 +2 -1: test/widget_test.dart: WHEN `assertion fails THEN throwsA(AssertionError) should be true                                                                                                  
00:01 +2 -1: Some tests failed.                                                                                                                                                                        
pub failed (1; 00:01 +2 -1: Some tests failed.
)

note that attempting to use _AssertionError outputs the error

The name '_AssertionError' isn't defined, so it can't be used in an 'is' expression. Try changing the name to the name of an existing type, or creating a type with the name '_AssertionError'.

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please avoid answering you are not supposed to catch errors
the code below is purely demonstrative
and I'm encountering the problem writing tests while expect(fun(), throwsA(AssertionError)); has been included in the code sample it won't fit my use case

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my doctor and my pubspec below

[✓] Flutter (Channel master, 2.1.0-11.0.pre.97, on Linux, locale en_US.UTF-8)
    • Flutter version 2.1.0-11.0.pre.97 at /home/francesco/snap/flutter/common/flutter
    • Framework revision c14c8d8177 (2 hours ago), 2021-03-03 21:40:34 -0800
    • Engine revision 72bbc5d92c
    • Dart version 2.13.0 (build 2.13.0-93.0.dev)

[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 30.0.2)
    • Android SDK at /home/francesco/Android/Sdk
    • Platform android-30, build-tools 30.0.2
    • ANDROID_SDK_ROOT = /home/francesco/Android/Sdk
    • Java binary at: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java
    • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_282-8u282-b08-0ubuntu1~20.04-b08)
    • All Android licenses accepted.

[✓] Chrome - develop for the web
    • CHROME_EXECUTABLE = /snap/bin/chromium

[✓] Linux toolchain - develop for Linux desktop
    • clang version 6.0.0-1ubuntu2 (tags/RELEASE_600/final)
    • cmake version 3.10.2
    • ninja version 1.8.2
    • pkg-config version 0.29.1

[!] Android Studio (not installed)
    • Android Studio not found; download from https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html
      (or visit https://flutter.dev/docs/get-started/install/linux#android-setup for detailed instructions).

[✓] Connected device (2 available)
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! Doctor found issues in 1 category.
francesco@francesco-yoga720:~/project

name: issue
description: A new Flutter project.
version: 1.0.0+1

environment:
  sdk: '>=2.12.0 <3.0.0'

dev_dependencies:
  test: ^1.16.5