diff --git a/libevm/tooling/release/release_test.go b/libevm/tooling/release/release_test.go
index 90c1cc89a98..2415145bf2b 100644
--- a/libevm/tooling/release/release_test.go
+++ b/libevm/tooling/release/release_test.go
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ func testReleaseBranch(t *testing.T, targetBranch string) {
 		require.NoErrorf(t, err, "%T.Head()", repo)
 
 		head := commitFromRef(t, repo, headRef)
+		t.Logf("HEAD is %v (%s)", head.Hash, commitMsgFirstLine(head))
 		main := commitFromBranchName(t, repo, defaultBranch)
 
 		closestCommonAncestors, err := head.MergeBase(main)