diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20230419-142150.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20230419-142150.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dec4790c6cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20230419-142150.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Fixes
+body: Fix dbt command missing target-path param
+time: 2023-04-19T14:21:50.959786-07:00
+custom:
+  Author: ChenyuLInx
+  Issue: "\t7411"
diff --git a/core/dbt/cli/params.py b/core/dbt/cli/params.py
index c815e272740..20fb26c11d7 100644
--- a/core/dbt/cli/params.py
+++ b/core/dbt/cli/params.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from pathlib import Path, PurePath
+from pathlib import Path
 
 import click
 from dbt.cli.options import MultiOption
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
     envvar=None,
     help="Specify the output path for the JSON report. By default, outputs to 'target/sources.json'",
     type=click.Path(file_okay=True, dir_okay=False, writable=True),
-    default=PurePath.joinpath(Path.cwd(), "target/sources.json"),
+    default=None,
 )
 
 partial_parse = click.option(
diff --git a/tests/functional/sources/test_source_freshness.py b/tests/functional/sources/test_source_freshness.py
index 4d468bb5865..13dfa0bc7f2 100644
--- a/tests/functional/sources/test_source_freshness.py
+++ b/tests/functional/sources/test_source_freshness.py
@@ -187,8 +187,15 @@ def test_source_snapshot_freshness(self, project):
 
 
 class TestSourceFreshnessSelection(SuccessfulSourceFreshnessTest):
-    def test_source_freshness_selection_select(self, project):
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def project_config_update(self, logs_dir):
+        return {
+            "target-path": logs_dir,
+        }
+
+    def test_source_freshness_selection_select(self, project, logs_dir):
         """Tests node selection using the --select argument."""
+        """Also validate that specify a target-path works as expected."""
         self._set_updated_at_to(project, timedelta(hours=-2))
         # select source directly
         results = self.run_dbt_with_vars(
@@ -198,13 +205,11 @@ def test_source_freshness_selection_select(self, project):
                 "freshness",
                 "--select",
                 "source:test_source.test_table",
-                "-o",
-                "target/pass_source.json",
             ],
         )
         assert len(results) == 1
         assert results[0].status == "pass"
-        self._assert_freshness_results("target/pass_source.json", "pass")
+        self._assert_freshness_results(f"{logs_dir}/sources.json", "pass")
 
 
 class TestSourceFreshnessExclude(SuccessfulSourceFreshnessTest):