diff --git a/sbom/sbom.go b/sbom/sbom.go
index 7154215..475fe1b 100644
--- a/sbom/sbom.go
+++ b/sbom/sbom.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
-	"os"
 
 	"github.com/buildpacks/libcnb"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/hashstructure/v2"
@@ -139,38 +138,20 @@ func (b SyftCLISBOMScanner) ScanLaunch(scanDir string, formats ...libcnb.SBOMFor
 }
 
 func (b SyftCLISBOMScanner) scan(sbomPathCreator func(libcnb.SBOMFormat) string, scanDir string, formats ...libcnb.SBOMFormat) error {
-	// syft doesn't presently support outputting multiple formats at once
-	// to workaround this we are running syft multiple times
-	// when syft supports multiple output formats or conversion between formats, this method should change
-	for _, format := range formats {
-		sbomLocation := sbomPathCreator(format)
+	args := []string{"packages", "-q"}
 
-		if err := b.runSyft(sbomLocation, scanDir, format); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unable to run syft\n%w", err)
-		}
+	for _, format := range formats {
+		args = append(args, "-o", fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", SBOMFormatToSyftOutputFormat(format), sbomPathCreator(format)))
 	}
 
-	return nil
-}
+	args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("dir:%s", scanDir))
 
-func (b SyftCLISBOMScanner) runSyft(sbomOutputPath string, scanDir string, format libcnb.SBOMFormat) error {
-	writer, err := os.Create(sbomOutputPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to open output BOM file %s\n%w", sbomOutputPath, err)
-	}
-	defer writer.Close()
-
-	err = b.Executor.Execute(effect.Execution{
+	return b.Executor.Execute(effect.Execution{
 		Command: "syft",
-		Args:    []string{"packages", "-q", "-o", SBOMFormatToSyftOutputFormat(format), fmt.Sprintf("dir:%s", scanDir)},
-		Stdout:  writer,
+		Args:    args,
+		Stdout:  b.Logger.TerminalErrorWriter(),
 		Stderr:  b.Logger.TerminalErrorWriter(),
 	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to run syft on directory %s\n%w", scanDir, err)
-	}
-
-	return nil
 }
 
 // SBOMFormatToSyftOutputFormat converts a libcnb.SBOMFormat to the syft matching syft output format string
diff --git a/sbom/sbom_test.go b/sbom/sbom_test.go
index c06b4ee..0b29e1e 100644
--- a/sbom/sbom_test.go
+++ b/sbom/sbom_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/buildpacks/libcnb"
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ func testSBOM(t *testing.T, context spec.G, it spec.S) {
 			executor.On("Execute", mock.MatchedBy(func(e effect.Execution) bool {
 				return e.Command == "syft" &&
 					len(e.Args) == 5 &&
-					e.Args[3] == "json" &&
+					strings.HasPrefix(e.Args[3], "json=") &&
 					e.Args[4] == "dir:something"
 			})).Run(func(args mock.Arguments) {
 				Expect(ioutil.WriteFile(outputPath, []byte("succeed1"), 0644)).To(Succeed())
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ func testSBOM(t *testing.T, context spec.G, it spec.S) {
 			executor.On("Execute", mock.MatchedBy(func(e effect.Execution) bool {
 				return e.Command == "syft" &&
 					len(e.Args) == 5 &&
-					e.Args[3] == "json" &&
+					strings.HasPrefix(e.Args[3], "json=") &&
 					e.Args[4] == "dir:something"
 			})).Run(func(args mock.Arguments) {
 				Expect(ioutil.WriteFile(outputPath, []byte("succeed2"), 0644)).To(Succeed())
@@ -104,35 +105,39 @@ func testSBOM(t *testing.T, context spec.G, it spec.S) {
 			Expect(string(result)).To(Equal("succeed2"))
 		})
 
-		it("runs syft thrice, once per format", func() {
-			outputPaths := map[libcnb.SBOMFormat]string{
-				libcnb.SPDXJSON:      layers.LaunchSBOMPath(libcnb.SPDXJSON),
-				libcnb.SyftJSON:      layers.LaunchSBOMPath(libcnb.SyftJSON),
-				libcnb.CycloneDXJSON: layers.LaunchSBOMPath(libcnb.CycloneDXJSON),
-			}
+		it("runs syft once for all three formats", func() {
+			executor.On("Execute", mock.MatchedBy(func(e effect.Execution) bool {
+				return e.Command == "syft" &&
+					len(e.Args) == 9 &&
+					strings.HasPrefix(e.Args[3], sbom.SBOMFormatToSyftOutputFormat(libcnb.CycloneDXJSON)) &&
+					strings.HasPrefix(e.Args[5], sbom.SBOMFormatToSyftOutputFormat(libcnb.SyftJSON)) &&
+					strings.HasPrefix(e.Args[7], sbom.SBOMFormatToSyftOutputFormat(libcnb.SPDXJSON)) &&
+					e.Args[8] == "dir:something"
+			})).Run(func(args mock.Arguments) {
+				Expect(ioutil.WriteFile(layers.LaunchSBOMPath(libcnb.CycloneDXJSON), []byte("succeed1"), 0644)).To(Succeed())
+				Expect(ioutil.WriteFile(layers.LaunchSBOMPath(libcnb.SyftJSON), []byte("succeed2"), 0644)).To(Succeed())
+				Expect(ioutil.WriteFile(layers.LaunchSBOMPath(libcnb.SPDXJSON), []byte("succeed3"), 0644)).To(Succeed())
+			}).Return(nil)
 
-			for format, outputPath := range outputPaths {
-				executor.On("Execute", mock.MatchedBy(func(e effect.Execution) bool {
-					return e.Command == "syft" &&
-						len(e.Args) == 5 &&
-						e.Args[3] == sbom.SBOMFormatToSyftOutputFormat(format) &&
-						e.Args[4] == "dir:something"
-				})).Run(func(args mock.Arguments) {
-					Expect(ioutil.WriteFile(outputPath, []byte("succeed3"), 0644)).To(Succeed())
-				}).Return(nil)
-
-				scanner := sbom.SyftCLISBOMScanner{
-					Executor: &executor,
-					Layers:   layers,
-					Logger:   bard.NewLogger(io.Discard),
-				}
-
-				Expect(scanner.ScanLaunch("something", format)).To(Succeed())
-
-				result, err := ioutil.ReadFile(outputPath)
-				Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
-				Expect(string(result)).To(Equal("succeed3"))
+			scanner := sbom.SyftCLISBOMScanner{
+				Executor: &executor,
+				Layers:   layers,
+				Logger:   bard.NewLogger(io.Discard),
 			}
+
+			Expect(scanner.ScanLaunch("something", libcnb.CycloneDXJSON, libcnb.SyftJSON, libcnb.SPDXJSON)).To(Succeed())
+
+			result, err := ioutil.ReadFile(layers.LaunchSBOMPath(libcnb.CycloneDXJSON))
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(string(result)).To(Equal("succeed1"))
+
+			result, err = ioutil.ReadFile(layers.LaunchSBOMPath(libcnb.SyftJSON))
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(string(result)).To(Equal("succeed2"))
+
+			result, err = ioutil.ReadFile(layers.LaunchSBOMPath(libcnb.SPDXJSON))
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(string(result)).To(Equal("succeed3"))
 		})
 
 		it("writes out a manual BOM entry", func() {