diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline-utils/buildkite/emitPipeline.ts b/.buildkite/pipeline-utils/buildkite/emitPipeline.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9e814e02e92f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline-utils/buildkite/emitPipeline.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the "Elastic License
+ * 2.0", the "GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only", and the "Server Side
+ * Public License v 1"; you may not use this file except in compliance with, at
+ * your election, the "Elastic License 2.0", the "GNU Affero General Public
+ * License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
+ */
+
+export function emitPipeline(pipelineStr: string) {
+  console.log(pipelineStr);
+}
diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline-utils/buildkite/index.ts b/.buildkite/pipeline-utils/buildkite/index.ts
index fbfdea985e92b..3e99ee03f3f2e 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline-utils/buildkite/index.ts
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline-utils/buildkite/index.ts
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
 
 export * from './client';
 export * from './types';
+export * from './emitPipeline';
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/pipelines/pull_request/pipeline.ts b/.buildkite/scripts/pipelines/pull_request/pipeline.ts
index 51587280c4ed5..cf58da0ad31eb 100644
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/pipelines/pull_request/pipeline.ts
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/pipelines/pull_request/pipeline.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,22 @@
  * License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
  */
 
+/* eslint "no-restricted-syntax": [
+            "error",
+            {
+                "selector": "CallExpression[callee.object.name='console'][callee.property.name!=/^(warn|error)$/]",
+                "message": "Debug logging to stdout in this file will attempt to upload the log message as yaml to buildkite, which might result in pipeline syntax error. Use emitPipeline() to upload steps, or log to stderr."
+            }
+        ] */
+
 import fs from 'fs';
 import prConfigs from '../../../pull_requests.json';
-import { areChangesSkippable, doAnyChangesMatch, getAgentImageConfig } from '#pipeline-utils';
+import {
+  areChangesSkippable,
+  doAnyChangesMatch,
+  getAgentImageConfig,
+  emitPipeline,
+} from '#pipeline-utils';
 
 const prConfig = prConfigs.jobs.find((job) => job.pipelineSlug === 'kibana-pull-request');
 const emptyStep = `steps: []`;
@@ -35,7 +48,7 @@ const getPipeline = (filename: string, removeSteps = true) => {
     const skippable = await areChangesSkippable(SKIPPABLE_PR_MATCHERS, REQUIRED_PATHS);
 
     if (skippable) {
-      console.log(emptyStep);
+      emitPipeline(emptyStep);
       return;
     }
 
@@ -44,8 +57,8 @@ const getPipeline = (filename: string, removeSteps = true) => {
     const onlyRunQuickChecks = await areChangesSkippable([/^renovate\.json$/], REQUIRED_PATHS);
     if (onlyRunQuickChecks) {
       pipeline.push(getPipeline('.buildkite/pipelines/pull_request/renovate.yml', false));
-
-      console.log([...new Set(pipeline)].join('\n'));
+      console.warn('Isolated changes to renovate.json. Skipping main PR pipeline.');
+      emitPipeline([...new Set(pipeline)].join('\n'));
       return;
     }
 
@@ -399,7 +412,7 @@ const getPipeline = (filename: string, removeSteps = true) => {
     pipeline.push(getPipeline('.buildkite/pipelines/pull_request/post_build.yml'));
 
     // remove duplicated steps
-    console.log([...new Set(pipeline)].join('\n'));
+    emitPipeline([...new Set(pipeline)].join('\n'));
   } catch (ex) {
     console.error('Error while generating the pipeline steps: ' + ex.message, ex);
     process.exit(1);