diff --git a/.github/workflows/common.yml b/.github/workflows/common.yml
index a8388c73..6663ce8d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/common.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/common.yml
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ jobs:
               -Dartifactory.publish.artifacts=false \
               -B $VERBOSE
             echo "::notice ::checking updated versions"
-            $ROOT_DIR/check-versions-for-release.sh ${{ needs.parameters.outputs.build_version_type }}
+            $ROOT_DIR/check-versions-for-release.sh ${{ needs.parameters.outputs.build_version_type }} ${{ (github.debug || inputs.verbose) }}
           popd >/dev/null
       - name: 'Action: build initial dependencies'
         shell: bash
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ jobs:
               -Dartifactory.publish.artifacts=false \
               -B $VERBOSE
             echo "::notice ::checking updated versions"
-            $ROOT_DIR/check-versions-for-release.sh ${{ needs.parameters.outputs.build_version_type }}
+            $ROOT_DIR/check-versions-for-release.sh ${{ needs.parameters.outputs.build_version_type }} ${{ (github.debug || inputs.verbose) }}
           popd >/dev/null
       - name: 'Configure: Docker login'
         uses: docker/login-action@v2
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ jobs:
               -Dartifactory.publish.artifacts=false \
               -B $VERBOSE
             echo "::notice ::checking updated versions"
-            $ROOT_DIR/check-versions-for-release.sh ${{ needs.parameters.outputs.build_version_type }}
+            $ROOT_DIR/check-versions-for-release.sh ${{ needs.parameters.outputs.build_version_type }} ${{ (github.debug || inputs.verbose) }}
           popd >/dev/null
       - name: 'Configure: Docker login'
         uses: docker/login-action@v2
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ jobs:
               -Dartifactory.publish.artifacts=false \
               -B $VERBOSE
             echo "::notice ::checking updated versions"
-            $ROOT_DIR/check-versions-for-release.sh ${{ needs.parameters.outputs.build_version_type }}
+            $ROOT_DIR/check-versions-for-release.sh ${{ needs.parameters.outputs.build_version_type }} ${{ (github.debug || inputs.verbose) }}
           popd >/dev/null
       - name: 'Configure: Docker login'
         uses: docker/login-action@v2
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ jobs:
               -Dartifactory.publish.artifacts=false \
               -B $VERBOSE
             echo "::notice ::checking updated versions"
-            $ROOT_DIR/check-versions-for-release.sh ${{ needs.parameters.outputs.build_version_type }}
+            $ROOT_DIR/check-versions-for-release.sh ${{ needs.parameters.outputs.build_version_type }} ${{ (github.debug || inputs.verbose) }}
           popd >/dev/null
       - name: 'Build: stream-applications-release-train'
         shell: bash
diff --git a/check-versions-for-release.sh b/check-versions-for-release.sh
index a41e1b6e..2bf78f79 100755
--- a/check-versions-for-release.sh
+++ b/check-versions-for-release.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ if [ "$1" == "" ]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 RELEASE_TYPE="$1"
+VERBOSE="$2"
 
 set +e
 
@@ -13,6 +14,9 @@ if [ "$RELEASE_TYPE" = "milestone" ]; then
   lines=$(find . -type f -name pom.xml | xargs grep SNAPSHOT | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex | wc -l)
   if [ $lines -ne 0 ]; then
     echo "Snapshots found ($lines)check-versions-for-release.sh. Exiting the release build."
+    if [ "$VERBOSE" = "true" ]; then
+        echo $(find . -type f -name pom.xml | xargs grep SNAPSHOT | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex)
+    fi
     exit 1
   fi
 elif [ "$RELEASE_TYPE" = "ga" ]; then
@@ -20,6 +24,9 @@ elif [ "$RELEASE_TYPE" = "ga" ]; then
   lines=$(find . -type f -name pom.xml | xargs egrep "SNAPSHOT|M[0-9]|RC[0-9]" | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex | wc -l)
   if [ $lines -ne 0 ]; then
     echo "Non release versions found ($lines). Exiting build"
+    if [ "$VERBOSE" = "true" ]; then
+        echo $(find . -type f -name pom.xml | xargs egrep "SNAPSHOT|M[0-9]|RC[0-9]" | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex)
+    fi
     exit 1
   fi
 else