diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20230208-154935.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20230208-154935.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8b3d30242ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20230208-154935.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Fixes
+body: Always flush stdout after logging
+time: 2023-02-08T15:49:35.175874-05:00
+custom:
+  Author: peterallenwebb
+  Issue: "6901"
diff --git a/core/dbt/events/eventmgr.py b/core/dbt/events/eventmgr.py
index 10bf225bef7..c9c534aa70b 100644
--- a/core/dbt/events/eventmgr.py
+++ b/core/dbt/events/eventmgr.py
@@ -88,41 +88,40 @@ def __init__(self, event_manager: "EventManager", config: LoggerConfig) -> None:
         self.level: EventLevel = config.level
         self.event_manager: EventManager = event_manager
         self._python_logger: Optional[logging.Logger] = config.logger
-        self._stream: Optional[TextIO] = config.output_stream
+
+        if config.output_stream is not None:
+            stream_handler = logging.StreamHandler(config.output_stream)
+            self._python_logger = self._get_python_log_for_handler(stream_handler)
 
         if config.output_file_name:
-            log = logging.getLogger(config.name)
-            log.setLevel(_log_level_map[config.level])
-            handler = RotatingFileHandler(
+            file_handler = RotatingFileHandler(
                 filename=str(config.output_file_name),
                 encoding="utf8",
                 maxBytes=10 * 1024 * 1024,  # 10 mb
                 backupCount=5,
             )
+            self._python_logger = self._get_python_log_for_handler(file_handler)
 
-            handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter(fmt="%(message)s"))
-            log.handlers.clear()
-            log.addHandler(handler)
-
-            self._python_logger = log
+    def _get_python_log_for_handler(self, handler: logging.Handler):
+        log = logging.getLogger(self.name)
+        log.setLevel(_log_level_map[self.level])
+        handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter(fmt="%(message)s"))
+        log.handlers.clear()
+        log.addHandler(handler)
+        return log
 
     def create_line(self, msg: EventMsg) -> str:
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
     def write_line(self, msg: EventMsg):
         line = self.create_line(msg)
-        python_level = _log_level_map[EventLevel(msg.info.level)]
         if self._python_logger is not None:
             send_to_logger(self._python_logger, msg.info.level, line)
-        elif self._stream is not None and _log_level_map[self.level] <= python_level:
-            self._stream.write(line + "\n")
 
     def flush(self):
         if self._python_logger is not None:
             for handler in self._python_logger.handlers:
                 handler.flush()
-        elif self._stream is not None:
-            self._stream.flush()
 
 
 class _TextLogger(_Logger):