diff --git a/.github/workflows/required-spec-validations.yml b/.github/workflows/required-spec-validations.yml
index b56d8932e7..0dc5beb143 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/required-spec-validations.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/required-spec-validations.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ jobs:
       steps:
         - name: Checkout repository
           uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332
+        - name: Setup Node
+          uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+          with:
+            node-version: '20.x'  
+        - name: Install npm dependencies
+          uses: nick-fields/retry@v3
+          with:
+            timeout_minutes: 10
+            max_attempts: 3
+            command: npm install
         - name: Download openapi-foas
           uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
           with:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b0df584663
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "name": "mongodb-openapi",
+    "description": "MongoDB repository with OpenAPI specification"
+}  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/cli/internal/breakingchanges/exemptions.go b/tools/cli/internal/breakingchanges/exemptions.go
index c5ab897e4e..bad9728df1 100644
--- a/tools/cli/internal/breakingchanges/exemptions.go
+++ b/tools/cli/internal/breakingchanges/exemptions.go
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ func GetValidExemptionsList(exemptionsPath string, ignoreExpiration bool, fs afe
 			validExemptions = append(validExemptions, exemption)
 		}
 	}
+
+	log.Printf("Found %d valid exemptions", len(validExemptions))
 	return validExemptions, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/cli/internal/changelog/outputfilter/hide.go b/tools/cli/internal/changelog/outputfilter/hide.go
index 0a86e5584c..840c54eb28 100644
--- a/tools/cli/internal/changelog/outputfilter/hide.go
+++ b/tools/cli/internal/changelog/outputfilter/hide.go
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ func hideByIDs(entries []*OasDiffEntry, ids []string) ([]*OasDiffEntry, error) {
 // hideByExemptions hides entries based on the exemptions
 func hideByExemptions(entries []*OasDiffEntry, exemptions []breakingchanges.Exemption) ([]*OasDiffEntry, error) {
 	exemptionsMarkedHidden := breakingchanges.GetHiddenExemptions(exemptions)
+	log.Printf("Found %d exemptions marked hidden from the changelog.", len(exemptionsMarkedHidden))
 	hiddenEntries := 0
 	for _, entry := range entries {
 		if entry.HideFromChangelog {