diff --git a/internal/chart/v3/util/dependencies_test.go b/internal/chart/v3/util/dependencies_test.go
index 4f18a29f6..3e525edb0 100644
--- a/internal/chart/v3/util/dependencies_test.go
+++ b/internal/chart/v3/util/dependencies_test.go
@@ -615,8 +615,9 @@ func TestProcessDependencyEnabledNoSpuriousWarnings(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Capture standard log output to detect spurious warnings from CoalesceValues.
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	oldOutput := log.Writer()
 	log.SetOutput(&buf)
-	defer log.SetOutput(os.Stderr)
+	defer log.SetOutput(oldOutput)
 
 	if err := processDependencyEnabled(parent, parent.Values, ""); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
diff --git a/pkg/chart/v2/util/dependencies_test.go b/pkg/chart/v2/util/dependencies_test.go
index 7c24ead73..3d532c3bd 100644
--- a/pkg/chart/v2/util/dependencies_test.go
+++ b/pkg/chart/v2/util/dependencies_test.go
@@ -615,8 +615,9 @@ func TestProcessDependencyEnabledNoSpuriousWarnings(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Capture standard log output to detect spurious warnings from CoalesceValues.
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	oldOutput := log.Writer()
 	log.SetOutput(&buf)
-	defer log.SetOutput(os.Stderr)
+	defer log.SetOutput(oldOutput)
 
 	if err := processDependencyEnabled(parent, parent.Values, ""); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)