diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5d73abf11d617b04deaf31752d58a4c895739908..76362da9652560fd28af4c11b2add65c7d20e984 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ variables:
     SPACK_USER_CACHE_PATH: "/tmp/spack_cache_${CI_JOB_ID}"
     SPACK_USER_CONFIG_PATH: "/tmp/spack_user_${CI_JOB_ID}"
     BUILDCACHE: "/work/scitas-ge/richart/ci/buildcache"
-    LOG_LEVEL: 2
+    LOG_LEVEL: 3
 
 .spack_cache:
   cache: