diff --git a/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/utils/ObjectsFile.java b/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/utils/ObjectsFile.java
index 7d1a5d483a07..e6c923ef7c32 100644
--- a/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/utils/ObjectsFile.java
+++ b/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/utils/ObjectsFile.java
@@ -200,17 +200,16 @@ protected Pair<String, Long> writeWithoutRolling(Iterator<T> records) {
                 }
                 return Pair.of(path.getName(), fileIO.getFileSize(path));
             } else {
-                PositionOutputStream out = fileIO.newOutputStream(path, false);
                 long pos;
-                try {
+                try (PositionOutputStream out = fileIO.newOutputStream(path, false)) {
+                    // Nested rather than a single resource list: the position has to be read
+                    // after the writer has flushed, and before the stream itself is closed.
                     try (FormatWriter writer = writerFactory.create(out, compression)) {
                         while (records.hasNext()) {
                             writer.addElement(serializer.toRow(records.next()));
                         }
                     }
-                } finally {
                     pos = out.getPos();
-                    out.close();
                 }
                 return Pair.of(path.getName(), pos);
             }
diff --git a/paimon-core/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/utils/ObjectsFileWriteFailureTest.java b/paimon-core/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/utils/ObjectsFileWriteFailureTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5c06fe58ab28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paimon-core/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/utils/ObjectsFileWriteFailureTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.paimon.utils;
+
+import org.apache.paimon.data.InternalRow;
+import org.apache.paimon.format.FormatWriter;
+import org.apache.paimon.fs.FileIO;
+import org.apache.paimon.fs.Path;
+import org.apache.paimon.fs.PositionOutputStream;
+import org.apache.paimon.fs.local.LocalFileIO;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collections;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
+
+/**
+ * When both the write and the closing of the output stream fail, {@link
+ * ObjectsFile#writeWithoutRolling} must report the write failure and keep the close failure as a
+ * suppressed exception rather than letting the latter replace the former.
+ */
+class ObjectsFileWriteFailureTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void writeFailureSurvivesAFailingStreamClose(@TempDir java.nio.file.Path tempDir) {
+        FailingStream stream = new FailingStream();
+        ObjectsFile<String> file = objectsFile(tempDir, stream, true);
+
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> file.writeWithoutRolling(Collections.emptyIterator()))
+                .isInstanceOf(RuntimeException.class)
+                .cause()
+                .hasMessage("writer close failed")
+                .satisfies(
+                        cause ->
+                                assertThat(cause.getSuppressed())
+                                        .extracting(Throwable::getMessage)
+                                        .containsExactly("stream close failed"));
+
+        assertThat(stream.closed).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    /** The stream is closed even when the write succeeds and the position read is the last step. */
+    @Test
+    void streamIsClosedOnTheSuccessPath(@TempDir java.nio.file.Path tempDir) throws Exception {
+        FailingStream stream = new FailingStream();
+        stream.failOnClose = false;
+        ObjectsFile<String> file = objectsFile(tempDir, stream, false);
+
+        assertThat(file.writeWithoutRolling(Collections.emptyIterator()).getValue()).isEqualTo(7L);
+        assertThat(stream.closed).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    private static ObjectsFile<String> objectsFile(
+            java.nio.file.Path tempDir, PositionOutputStream stream, boolean writerCloseFails) {
+        Path path = new Path(tempDir.toUri().toString(), "manifest-0");
+        FileIO fileIO =
+                new LocalFileIO() {
+                    @Override
+                    public PositionOutputStream newOutputStream(Path file, boolean overwrite) {
+                        return stream;
+                    }
+                };
+        return new ObjectsFile<String>(
+                fileIO,
+                null,
+                null,
+                (f, size) -> {
+                    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+                },
+                (out, compression) -> new StubWriter(writerCloseFails),
+                "none",
+                new PathFactory() {
+                    @Override
+                    public Path newPath() {
+                        return path;
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    public Path toPath(String fileName) {
+                        return path;
+                    }
+                },
+                null) {};
+    }
+
+    private static class StubWriter implements FormatWriter {
+
+        private final boolean failOnClose;
+
+        private StubWriter(boolean failOnClose) {
+            this.failOnClose = failOnClose;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void addElement(InternalRow element) {}
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean reachTargetSize(boolean suggestedCheck, long targetSize) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void close() throws IOException {
+            if (failOnClose) {
+                throw new IOException("writer close failed");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static class FailingStream extends PositionOutputStream {
+
+        private boolean failOnClose = true;
+        private boolean closed = false;
+
+        @Override
+        public long getPos() {
+            return 7L;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void write(int b) {}
+
+        @Override
+        public void write(byte[] b) {}
+
+        @Override
+        public void write(byte[] b, int off, int len) {}
+
+        @Override
+        public void flush() {}
+
+        @Override
+        public void close() throws IOException {
+            closed = true;
+            if (failOnClose) {
+                throw new IOException("stream close failed");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}