diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/lava/lava_job_submitter.py b/.gitlab-ci/lava/lava_job_submitter.py
index 4c5fba51eba..8a1968b7eb9 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/lava/lava_job_submitter.py
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/lava/lava_job_submitter.py
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ CONSOLE_LOG_COLOR_RESET = "\x1b[0m"
 
 
 def print_log(msg):
-    print("{}: {}".format(datetime.now(), msg))
+    # Reset color from timestamp, since `msg` can tint the terminal color
+    print(f"{CONSOLE_LOG_COLOR_RESET}{datetime.now()}: {msg}")
 
 
 def fatal_err(msg):
@@ -370,9 +371,22 @@ def show_job_data(job):
         print("{}\t: {}".format(field, value))
 
 
+def fix_lava_color_log(line):
+    """This function is a temporary solution for the color escape codes mangling
+    problem. There is some problem in message passing between the LAVA
+    dispatcher and the device under test (DUT). Here \x1b character is missing
+    before `[:digit::digit:?m` ANSI TTY color codes. When this problem is fixed
+    on the LAVA side, one should remove this function.
+    """
+    line["msg"] = re.sub(r"(\[\d{1,2}m)", "\x1b" + r"\1", line["msg"])
+
+
 def parse_lava_lines(new_lines) -> list[str]:
     parsed_lines: list[str] = []
     for line in new_lines:
+        prefix = ""
+        suffix = ""
+
         if line["lvl"] in ["results", "feedback"]:
             continue
         elif line["lvl"] in ["warning", "error"]:
@@ -381,9 +395,10 @@ def parse_lava_lines(new_lines) -> list[str]:
         elif line["lvl"] == "input":
             prefix = "$ "
             suffix = ""
-        else:
-            prefix = ""
-            suffix = ""
+        elif line["lvl"] == "target":
+            fix_lava_color_log(line)
+            fix_lava_gitlab_section_log(line)
+
         line = f'{prefix}{line["msg"]}{suffix}'
         parsed_lines.append(line)
 
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/tests/test_lava_job_submitter.py b/.gitlab-ci/tests/test_lava_job_submitter.py
index ee9684a12e3..cfb670a9e68 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/tests/test_lava_job_submitter.py
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/tests/test_lava_job_submitter.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import xmlrpc.client
 from contextlib import nullcontext as does_not_raise
 from datetime import datetime
 from itertools import cycle, repeat
-from typing import Generator, Iterable, Tuple, Union
+from typing import Callable, Generator, Iterable, Tuple, Union
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
 import pytest
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ from lava.lava_job_submitter import (
     DEVICE_HANGING_TIMEOUT_SEC,
     NUMBER_OF_RETRIES_TIMEOUT_DETECTION,
     LAVAJob,
+    fix_lava_color_log,
     follow_job_execution,
     hide_sensitive_data,
     retriable_follow_job,
@@ -45,6 +46,12 @@ from lava.lava_job_submitter import (
 NUMBER_OF_MAX_ATTEMPTS = NUMBER_OF_RETRIES_TIMEOUT_DETECTION + 1
 
 
+def create_lava_yaml_msg(
+    dt: Callable = datetime.now, msg="test", lvl="target"
+) -> dict[str, str]:
+    return {"dt": str(dt()), "msg": msg, "lvl": lvl}
+
+
 def jobs_logs_response(finished=False, msg=None, lvl="target", result=None) -> Tuple[bool, str]:
     timed_msg = {"dt": str(datetime.now()), "msg": "New message", "lvl": lvl}
     if result:
@@ -342,3 +349,29 @@ def test_log_corruption(mock_sleep, data_sequence, expected_exception, mock_prox
     proxy_logs_mock.side_effect = data_sequence
     with expected_exception:
         retriable_follow_job(proxy_mock, "")
+
+
+COLOR_MANGLED_SCENARIOS = {
+    "Mangled error message at target level": (
+        create_lava_yaml_msg(msg="[0m[0m[31mERROR - dEQP error: ", lvl="target"),
+        "\x1b[0m\x1b[0m\x1b[31mERROR - dEQP error: ",
+    ),
+    "Mangled pass message at target level": (
+        create_lava_yaml_msg(
+            msg="[0mPass: 26718, ExpectedFail: 95, Skip: 25187, Duration: 8:18, Remaining: 13",
+            lvl="target",
+        ),
+        "\x1b[0mPass: 26718, ExpectedFail: 95, Skip: 25187, Duration: 8:18, Remaining: 13",
+    ),
+}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "message, fixed_message",
+    COLOR_MANGLED_SCENARIOS.values(),
+    ids=COLOR_MANGLED_SCENARIOS.keys(),
+)
+def test_fix_lava_color_log(message, fixed_message):
+    fix_lava_color_log(message)
+
+    assert message["msg"] == fixed_message