diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/deploy/deploy.go b/test/e2e/framework/deploy/deploy.go
index e28893636..697a79c60 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/deploy/deploy.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/deploy/deploy.go
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ func InstallManifest(kubeconfigPath string, config *framework.Config) {
 			MountPath: "/etc/kubernetes/custom_environment.json",
 		})
 
+		// Configure higher log verbosity for debugging CI failures
+		ds.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Args = append(ds.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Args, "-v=5")
+
 		updatedDS, err := yaml.Marshal(ds)
 		Expect(err).To(BeNil())
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/helm/helm.go b/test/e2e/framework/helm/helm.go
index 5ea28f8ef..14013a083 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/helm/helm.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/helm/helm.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func Install(input InstallInput) {
 		fmt.Sprintf("--set=secrets-store-csi-driver.rotationPollInterval=30s"),
 		fmt.Sprintf("--set=secrets-store-csi-driver.syncSecret.enabled=true"),
 		fmt.Sprintf(`--set=secrets-store-csi-driver.tokenRequests[0].audience=api://AzureADTokenExchange`),
-		fmt.Sprintf("--set=logVerbosity=1"),
+		fmt.Sprintf("--set=logVerbosity=5"),
 		fmt.Sprintf("--set=linux.customUserAgent=csi-e2e"),
 		fmt.Sprintf("--set=windows.customUserAgent=csi-e2e"),
 		"--dependency-update",