diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0aa404b1..b90d63aa 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ check-commit:
     - .fdo.ci-fairy
   stage: sanity check
   script:
-    - ci-fairy check-commits --signed-off-by --junit-xml=results.xml && exit 0 || true
+    - ci-fairy -vv check-commits --signed-off-by --junit-xml=results.xml && exit 0 || true
     - >
       printf "%s\n" \
         "Error checking commit format. Please verify" \
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/ci.template b/.gitlab-ci/ci.template
index c527d270..e08bf19f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/ci.template
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/ci.template
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ check-commit:
     - .fdo.ci-fairy
   stage: sanity check
   script:
-    - ci-fairy check-commits --signed-off-by --junit-xml=results.xml && exit 0 || true
+    - ci-fairy -vv check-commits --signed-off-by --junit-xml=results.xml && exit 0 || true
     - >
       printf "%s\n" \
         "Error checking commit format. Please verify" \