diff --git a/tests/BUILD b/tests/BUILD
index 696dd6d..917870f 100644
--- a/tests/BUILD
+++ b/tests/BUILD
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:private"])
 # run linux, so we will still catch a mismatch.
 genrule(
     name = "versions_match",
-    cmd = """grep 'version = "%s",' $(location //:MODULE.bazel) >$(location :found_it)""" % version,
+    cmd = ";\n".join([
+        """echo version: %s""" % version,
+        """grep 'version = "%s",' $(location //:MODULE.bazel) >$(location :found_it)""" % version,
+    ]),
     outs = ["found_it"],
     tools = [
         "//:MODULE.bazel",