diff --git a/cmd/dagger/logger/logger.go b/cmd/dagger/logger/logger.go
index 795a8938..f9761816 100644
--- a/cmd/dagger/logger/logger.go
+++ b/cmd/dagger/logger/logger.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	"github.com/mattn/go-colorable"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	"golang.org/x/term"
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ func New() zerolog.Logger {
 		Logger()
 
 	if !jsonLogs() {
-		logger = logger.Output(&PlainOutput{Out: os.Stderr})
+		logger = logger.Output(&PlainOutput{Out: colorable.NewColorableStderr()})
 	} else {
 		logger = logger.With().Timestamp().Caller().Logger()
 	}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0a1a54c0..bf74f7a9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gofrs/flock v0.8.1
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.4.0
+	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.6
 	github.com/mitchellh/colorstring v0.0.0-20190213212951-d06e56a500db
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0
 	github.com/moby/buildkit v0.10.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4971dd45..4767dab0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -963,6 +963,7 @@ github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.0.9/go.mod h1:9vuHe8Xs5qXnSaW/c/ABM9alt+Vo+STaO
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.1/go.mod h1:FuOcm+DKB9mbwrcAfNl7/TZVBZ6rcnceauSikq3lYCQ=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.2/go.mod h1:U0ppj6V5qS13XJ6of8GYAs25YV2eR4EVcfRqFIhoBtE=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.4/go.mod h1:U0ppj6V5qS13XJ6of8GYAs25YV2eR4EVcfRqFIhoBtE=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.6 h1:6Su7aK7lXmJ/U79bYtBjLNaha4Fs1Rg9plHpcH+vvnE=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.6/go.mod h1:u6P/XSegPjTcexA+o6vUJrdnUu04hMope9wVRipJSqc=
 github.com/mattn/go-ieproxy v0.0.0-20190610004146-91bb50d98149/go.mod h1:31jz6HNzdxOmlERGGEc4v/dMssOfmp2p5bT/okiKFFc=
 github.com/mattn/go-ieproxy v0.0.0-20190702010315-6dee0af9227d/go.mod h1:31jz6HNzdxOmlERGGEc4v/dMssOfmp2p5bT/okiKFFc=
@@ -972,6 +973,7 @@ github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.4/go.mod h1:M+lRXTBqGeGNdLjl/ufCoiOlB5xdOkqRJdNx
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.5/go.mod h1:Iq45c/XA43vh69/j3iqttzPXn0bhXyGjM0Hdxcsrc5s=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.8/go.mod h1:Iq45c/XA43vh69/j3iqttzPXn0bhXyGjM0Hdxcsrc5s=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.11/go.mod h1:PhnuNfih5lzO57/f3n+odYbM4JtupLOxQOAqxQCu2WE=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12 h1:wuysRhFDzyxgEmMf5xjvJ2M9dZoWAXNNr5LSBS7uHXY=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12/go.mod h1:cbi8OIDigv2wuxKPP5vlRcQ1OAZbq2CE4Kysco4FUpU=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.2/go.mod h1:LwmH8dsx7+W8Uxz3IHJYH5QSwggIsqBzpuz5H//U1FU=
 github.com/mattn/go-shellwords v1.0.3/go.mod h1:3xCvwCdWdlDJUrvuMn7Wuy9eWs4pE8vqg+NOMyg4B2o=