diff --git a/scripts/azureml-assets/CHANGELOG.md b/scripts/azureml-assets/CHANGELOG.md
index b05c3f0a82..befcbf6a1f 100644
--- a/scripts/azureml-assets/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/scripts/azureml-assets/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 ## 1.17.0 (Unreleased)
 ### 🚀 New Features
 
+## 1.16.82 (2025-05-22)
+### 🚀 New Features
+- [#4206](https://github.com/Azure/azureml-assets/pull/4206) Print azcopy log if output_level==default
+
 ## 1.16.81 (2025-05-15)
 ### 🚀 New Features
 - [#4184](https://github.com/Azure/azureml-assets/pull/4184) Generate SAS token instead of checking container access
diff --git a/scripts/azureml-assets/azureml/assets/model/download_utils.py b/scripts/azureml-assets/azureml/assets/model/download_utils.py
index 394cd079da..55a85dbdc9 100644
--- a/scripts/azureml-assets/azureml/assets/model/download_utils.py
+++ b/scripts/azureml-assets/azureml/assets/model/download_utils.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def _onerror(func, path, exc_info):
         raise
 
 
-def run_cmd(cmd, cwd: Path = None) -> int:
+def run_cmd(cmd, cwd: Path | None = None, env: dict | None = None) -> int:
     """Run the command and returns the result."""
     logger.print(cmd)
     result = subprocess.run(
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ def run_cmd(cmd, cwd: Path = None) -> int:
         stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
         encoding=sys.stdout.encoding,
         errors="ignore",
+        env=env,
     )
     if result.returncode != 0:
         logger.log_error(f"Failed with error {result.stdout}")
@@ -173,9 +174,23 @@ def run_azcopy(src_uri: str, dstn_uri: str, include_paths: List[str] = None, exc
     if not overwrite:
         download_cmd.append("--overwrite=false")
 
-    result = run_cmd(download_cmd)
-    logger.print(f"azcopy result: {result}")
-    return result
+    # Create a tempdir and set AZCOPY_LOG_LOCATION in env
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as temp_log_dir:
+        env = os.environ.copy()
+        env["AZCOPY_LOG_LOCATION"] = temp_log_dir
+        result = run_cmd(download_cmd, env=env)
+        logger.print(f"azcopy result: {result}")
+
+        if output_level == "default":
+            # list all files in the temp log dir
+            for root, _, files in os.walk(temp_log_dir):
+                for file in files:
+                    file_path = os.path.join(root, file)
+                    logger.print(f"azcopy log file: {file_path}")
+                    with open(file_path, "r") as f:
+                        logger.print(f.read())
+
+        return result
 
 
 def copy_azure_artifacts(src_uri: str, dstn_uri: str, copy_updater: CopyUpdater = None,
diff --git a/scripts/azureml-assets/setup.py b/scripts/azureml-assets/setup.py
index 790aaa6f71..6c496ec6c6 100644
--- a/scripts/azureml-assets/setup.py
+++ b/scripts/azureml-assets/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 setup(
    name="azureml-assets",
-   version="1.16.81",
+   version="1.16.82",
    description="Utilities for publishing assets to Azure Machine Learning system registries.",
    author="Microsoft Corp",
    packages=find_packages(),