diff --git a/lib/python/qmk/commands.py b/lib/python/qmk/commands.py
index 3db8353bfda..873380c28b7 100644
--- a/lib/python/qmk/commands.py
+++ b/lib/python/qmk/commands.py
@@ -102,7 +102,9 @@ def dump_lines(output_file, lines, quiet=True):
         output_file.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
         if output_file.exists():
             output_file.replace(output_file.parent / (output_file.name + '.bak'))
-        output_file.write_text(generated, encoding='utf-8')
+        with open(output_file, 'w', encoding='utf-8', newline='\n') as f:
+            f.write(generated)
+        # output_file.write_text(generated, encoding='utf-8', newline='\n') # `newline` needs Python 3.10
 
         if not quiet:
             cli.log.info(f'Wrote {output_file.name} to {output_file}.')