diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 06a4f2c19203..c22171744231 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 - `prometheusreceiver`: Handle the condition where `up` metric value is NaN (#9253)
 - `tanzuobservabilityexporter`: Make metrics stanza in config be optional (#9098)
 - `filelogreceiver`: Update Kubernetes examples to fix native OTel logs collection issue where 0 length logs cause errors (#9754)
+- `logstransformprocessor`: Resolve node ordering to fix intermittent failures (#9761)
 
 ## v0.50.0
 
diff --git a/processor/logstransformprocessor/config_test.go b/processor/logstransformprocessor/config_test.go
index 1b51e76fcb5d..314abd288768 100644
--- a/processor/logstransformprocessor/config_test.go
+++ b/processor/logstransformprocessor/config_test.go
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@ func TestLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			Operators: stanza.OperatorConfigs{
 				map[string]interface{}{
 					"type":  "regex_parser",
-					"regex": "^(?P<time>\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}) (?P<sev>[A-Z]*) (?P<msg>.*)$",
+					"regex": "^(?P<time>\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2} \\d{2}:\\d{2}:\\d{2}) (?P<sev>[A-Z]*) (?P<msg>.*)$",
 					"severity": map[string]interface{}{
-						"parse_from": "body.sev",
+						"parse_from": "attributes.sev",
 					},
 					"timestamp": map[string]interface{}{
-						"layout":     "%Y-%m-%d",
-						"parse_from": "body.time",
+						"layout":     "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
+						"parse_from": "attributes.time",
 					},
 				},
 			},
diff --git a/processor/logstransformprocessor/go.mod b/processor/logstransformprocessor/go.mod
index 7c124d77dd8c..a85255beff2e 100644
--- a/processor/logstransformprocessor/go.mod
+++ b/processor/logstransformprocessor/go.mod
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/model v0.50.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v0.50.1-0.20220429151328-041f39835df7
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.21.0
+	gonum.org/v1/gonum v0.11.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -36,7 +37,6 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220225172249-27dd8689420f // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220412211240-33da011f77ad // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.3.7 // indirect
-	gonum.org/v1/gonum v0.11.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20211208223120-3a66f561d7aa // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.46.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.0 // indirect
diff --git a/processor/logstransformprocessor/processor.go b/processor/logstransformprocessor/processor.go
index 1844a703b131..e44b330ee836 100644
--- a/processor/logstransformprocessor/processor.go
+++ b/processor/logstransformprocessor/processor.go
@@ -17,30 +17,39 @@ package logstransformprocessor // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetr
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"runtime"
 	"sync"
 
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-log-collection/operator"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-log-collection/pipeline"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/model/pdata"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
+	"gonum.org/v1/gonum/graph/topo"
 
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/stanza"
 )
 
+type outputType struct {
+	logs pdata.Logs
+	err  error
+}
+
 type logsTransformProcessor struct {
 	logger *zap.Logger
 	config *Config
 	id     config.ComponentID
 
-	pipe          pipeline.Pipeline
+	pipe          *pipeline.DirectedPipeline
+	firstOperator operator.Operator
 	emitter       *stanza.LogEmitter
 	converter     *stanza.Converter
 	fromConverter *stanza.FromPdataConverter
 	wg            sync.WaitGroup
-	outputChannel chan pdata.Logs
+	outputChannel chan outputType
 }
 
 func (ltp *logsTransformProcessor) Shutdown(ctx context.Context) error {
@@ -90,6 +99,15 @@ func (ltp *logsTransformProcessor) Start(ctx context.Context, host component.Hos
 
 	ltp.pipe = pipe
 
+	orderedNodes, err := topo.Sort(pipe.Graph)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if len(orderedNodes) == 0 {
+		return errors.New("processor requires at least one operator to be configured")
+	}
+	ltp.firstOperator = orderedNodes[0].(pipeline.OperatorNode).Operator()
+
 	wkrCount := int(math.Max(1, float64(runtime.NumCPU())))
 	if baseCfg.Converter.WorkerCount > 0 {
 		wkrCount = baseCfg.Converter.WorkerCount
@@ -104,7 +122,7 @@ func (ltp *logsTransformProcessor) Start(ctx context.Context, host component.Hos
 	ltp.fromConverter = stanza.NewFromPdataConverter(wkrCount, ltp.logger)
 	ltp.fromConverter.Start()
 
-	ltp.outputChannel = make(chan pdata.Logs)
+	ltp.outputChannel = make(chan outputType)
 
 	// Below we're starting 3 loops:
 	// * first which reads all the logs translated by the fromConverter and then forwards
@@ -141,12 +159,15 @@ func (ltp *logsTransformProcessor) processLogs(ctx context.Context, ld pdata.Log
 		case <-doneChan:
 			ltp.logger.Debug("loop stopped")
 			return ld, errors.New("processor interrupted")
-		case pLogs, ok := <-ltp.outputChannel:
+		case output, ok := <-ltp.outputChannel:
 			if !ok {
 				return ld, errors.New("processor encountered an issue receiving logs from stanza operators pipeline")
 			}
+			if output.err != nil {
+				return ld, err
+			}
 
-			return pLogs, nil
+			return output.logs, nil
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -165,13 +186,14 @@ func (ltp *logsTransformProcessor) converterLoop(ctx context.Context) {
 		case entries, ok := <-ltp.fromConverter.OutChannel():
 			if !ok {
 				ltp.logger.Debug("fromConverter channel got closed")
-				continue
+				return
 			}
 
 			for _, e := range entries {
 				// Add item to the first operator of the pipeline manually
-				if err := ltp.pipe.Operators()[0].Process(ctx, e); err != nil {
-					ltp.logger.Error("unexpected error encountered adding entries to pipeline", zap.Error(err))
+				if err := ltp.firstOperator.Process(ctx, e); err != nil {
+					ltp.outputChannel <- outputType{err: fmt.Errorf("processor encountered an issue with the pipeline: %w", err)}
+					break
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -188,15 +210,14 @@ func (ltp *logsTransformProcessor) emitterLoop(ctx context.Context) {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			ltp.logger.Debug("emitter loop stopped")
 			return
-
 		case e, ok := <-ltp.emitter.OutChannel():
 			if !ok {
 				ltp.logger.Debug("emitter channel got closed")
-				continue
+				return
 			}
 
 			if err := ltp.converter.Batch(e); err != nil {
-				ltp.logger.Error("unexpected error encountered batching logs to converter", zap.Error(err))
+				ltp.outputChannel <- outputType{err: fmt.Errorf("processor encountered an issue with the converter: %w", err)}
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -215,10 +236,10 @@ func (ltp *logsTransformProcessor) consumerLoop(ctx context.Context) {
 		case pLogs, ok := <-ltp.converter.OutChannel():
 			if !ok {
 				ltp.logger.Debug("converter channel got closed")
-				continue
+				return
 			}
 
-			ltp.outputChannel <- pLogs
+			ltp.outputChannel <- outputType{logs: pLogs, err: nil}
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/processor/logstransformprocessor/processor_test.go b/processor/logstransformprocessor/processor_test.go
index 9df5b72b52a6..035d138cc09f 100644
--- a/processor/logstransformprocessor/processor_test.go
+++ b/processor/logstransformprocessor/processor_test.go
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ var (
 			Operators: stanza.OperatorConfigs{
 				map[string]interface{}{
 					"type":  "regex_parser",
-					"regex": "^(?P<time>\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}) (?P<sev>[A-Z]*) (?P<msg>.*)$",
+					"regex": "^(?P<time>\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2} \\d{2}:\\d{2}:\\d{2}) (?P<sev>[A-Z]*) (?P<msg>.*)$",
 					"severity": map[string]interface{}{
 						"parse_from": "attributes.sev",
 					},
 					"timestamp": map[string]interface{}{
-						"layout":     "%Y-%m-%d",
+						"layout":     "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
 						"parse_from": "attributes.time",
 					},
 				},
@@ -74,14 +74,8 @@ type testLogMessage struct {
 	attributes   *map[string]pdata.Value
 }
 
-// Skips test without applying unused rule: https://github.com/dominikh/go-tools/issues/633#issuecomment-606560616
-var skip = func(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Skip("Flaky test - See https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/9761")
-}
-
 func TestLogsTransformProcessor(t *testing.T) {
-	skip(t)
-	baseMessage := pcommon.NewValueString("2022-01-01 INFO this is a test")
+	baseMessage := pcommon.NewValueString("2022-01-01 01:02:03 INFO this is a test message")
 	spanID := pcommon.NewSpanID([8]byte{0x32, 0xf0, 0xa2, 0x2b, 0x6a, 0x81, 0x2c, 0xff})
 	traceID := pcommon.NewTraceID([16]byte{0x48, 0x01, 0x40, 0xf3, 0xd7, 0x70, 0xa5, 0xae, 0x32, 0xf0, 0xa2, 0x2b, 0x6a, 0x81, 0x2c, 0xff})
 	infoSeverityText := "Info"
@@ -103,6 +97,13 @@ func TestLogsTransformProcessor(t *testing.T) {
 					flags:        uint32(0x01),
 					observedTime: parseTime("2006-01-02", "2022-01-02"),
 				},
+				{
+					body:         &baseMessage,
+					spanID:       &spanID,
+					traceID:      &traceID,
+					flags:        uint32(0x02),
+					observedTime: parseTime("2006-01-02", "2022-01-03"),
+				},
 			},
 			parsedMessages: []testLogMessage{
 				{
@@ -110,15 +111,30 @@ func TestLogsTransformProcessor(t *testing.T) {
 					severity:     plog.SeverityNumberINFO,
 					severityText: &infoSeverityText,
 					attributes: &map[string]pdata.Value{
-						"msg":  pcommon.NewValueString("this is a test"),
-						"time": pcommon.NewValueString("2022-01-01"),
+						"msg":  pcommon.NewValueString("this is a test message"),
+						"time": pcommon.NewValueString("2022-01-01 01:02:03"),
 						"sev":  pcommon.NewValueString("INFO"),
 					},
 					spanID:       &spanID,
 					traceID:      &traceID,
 					flags:        uint32(0x01),
 					observedTime: parseTime("2006-01-02", "2022-01-02"),
-					time:         parseTime("2006-01-02", "2022-01-01"),
+					time:         parseTime("2006-01-02 15:04:05", "2022-01-01 01:02:03"),
+				},
+				{
+					body:         &baseMessage,
+					severity:     plog.SeverityNumberINFO,
+					severityText: &infoSeverityText,
+					attributes: &map[string]pdata.Value{
+						"msg":  pcommon.NewValueString("this is a test message"),
+						"time": pcommon.NewValueString("2022-01-01 01:02:03"),
+						"sev":  pcommon.NewValueString("INFO"),
+					},
+					spanID:       &spanID,
+					traceID:      &traceID,
+					flags:        uint32(0x02),
+					observedTime: parseTime("2006-01-02", "2022-01-03"),
+					time:         parseTime("2006-01-02 15:04:05", "2022-01-01 01:02:03"),
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -142,7 +158,9 @@ func TestLogsTransformProcessor(t *testing.T) {
 			logs := tln.AllLogs()
 			require.Len(t, logs, 1)
 
-			logs[0].ResourceLogs().At(0).ScopeLogs().At(0).LogRecords().At(0).Attributes().Sort()
+			for i := 0; i < logs[0].ResourceLogs().At(0).ScopeLogs().At(0).LogRecords().Len(); i++ {
+				logs[0].ResourceLogs().At(0).ScopeLogs().At(0).LogRecords().At(i).Attributes().Sort()
+			}
 			assert.EqualValues(t, wantLogData, logs[0])
 		})
 	}
@@ -150,8 +168,9 @@ func TestLogsTransformProcessor(t *testing.T) {
 
 func generateLogData(messages []testLogMessage) pdata.Logs {
 	ld := testdata.GenerateLogsOneEmptyResourceLogs()
+	scope := ld.ResourceLogs().At(0).ScopeLogs().AppendEmpty()
 	for _, content := range messages {
-		log := ld.ResourceLogs().At(0).ScopeLogs().AppendEmpty().LogRecords().AppendEmpty()
+		log := scope.LogRecords().AppendEmpty()
 		if content.body != nil {
 			content.body.CopyTo(log.Body())
 		}
diff --git a/processor/logstransformprocessor/testdata/config.yaml b/processor/logstransformprocessor/testdata/config.yaml
index b0c007fca9b6..110d467cae6d 100644
--- a/processor/logstransformprocessor/testdata/config.yaml
+++ b/processor/logstransformprocessor/testdata/config.yaml
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ processors:
   logstransform:
     operators:
       - type: regex_parser
-        regex: '^(?P<time>\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}) (?P<sev>[A-Z]*) (?P<msg>.*)$'
+        regex: '^(?P<time>\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}) (?P<sev>[A-Z]*) (?P<msg>.*)$'
         timestamp:
-          parse_from: body.time
-          layout: '%Y-%m-%d'
+          parse_from: attributes.time
+          layout: '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
         severity:
-          parse_from: body.sev
+          parse_from: attributes.sev
 
 
 exporters: