diff --git a/ci/scripts/common/bump_version.sh b/ci/scripts/common/bump_version.sh
index 41cdf30..720d641 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/common/bump_version.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/common/bump_version.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -eu
 
+START_DIR="$(pwd)"
+echo "[bump-version] invoked from ${START_DIR}"
+
 REPO_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/../.." && pwd)"
+echo "[bump-version] repo root resolved to ${REPO_ROOT}"
 cd "${REPO_ROOT}"
 
 VERSION_FILE="./version"