diff --git a/.changelog/123.txt b/.changelog/123.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad06534
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/123.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+TCP, TLS outputs: Close connections gracefully to avoid data loss.
+```
diff --git a/internal/output/tcp/tcp.go b/internal/output/tcp/tcp.go
index 602922b..4228310 100644
--- a/internal/output/tcp/tcp.go
+++ b/internal/output/tcp/tcp.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ package tcp
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"io"
 	"net"
 	"time"
 
@@ -18,7 +20,7 @@ func init() {
 
 type Output struct {
 	opts *output.Options
-	conn net.Conn
+	conn *net.TCPConn
 }
 
 func New(opts *output.Options) (output.Output, error) {
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ func (o *Output) DialContext(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	o.conn = conn
+	o.conn = conn.(*net.TCPConn)
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -42,10 +44,29 @@ func (o *Output) Conn() net.Conn {
 }
 
 func (o *Output) Close() error {
-	if o.conn == nil {
-		return nil
+	if o.conn != nil {
+		if err := o.conn.CloseWrite(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		// drain to facilitate graceful close on the other side
+		deadline := time.Now().Add(5 * time.Second)
+		if err := o.conn.SetReadDeadline(deadline); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		buffer := make([]byte, 1024)
+		for {
+			_, err := o.conn.Read(buffer)
+			if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+				break
+			} else if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+
+		return o.conn.Close()
 	}
-	return o.conn.Close()
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (o *Output) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
diff --git a/internal/output/tls/tls.go b/internal/output/tls/tls.go
index ada2fc6..f146ade 100644
--- a/internal/output/tls/tls.go
+++ b/internal/output/tls/tls.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ package tcp
 import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
+	"errors"
+	"io"
 	"net"
 	"time"
 
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ func init() {
 
 type Output struct {
 	opts *output.Options
-	conn net.Conn
+	conn *tls.Conn
 }
 
 func New(opts *output.Options) (output.Output, error) {
@@ -39,12 +41,31 @@ func (o *Output) DialContext(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	o.conn = conn
+	o.conn = conn.(*tls.Conn)
 	return nil
 }
 
 func (o *Output) Close() error {
 	if o.conn != nil {
+		if err := o.conn.CloseWrite(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		// drain to facilitate graceful close on the other side
+		deadline := time.Now().Add(5 * time.Second)
+		if err := o.conn.SetReadDeadline(deadline); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		buffer := make([]byte, 1024)
+		for {
+			_, err := o.conn.Read(buffer)
+			if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+				break
+			} else if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+
 		return o.conn.Close()
 	}
 	return nil