diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b8c4added6..090ed8412a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test
         id: test
         run: |
-          poetry run pytest -m 'index and not elasticv8' --cov=docarray --cov-report=xml tests/index/${{ matrix.db_test_folder }}
+          poetry run pytest -m 'index and not elasticv8' -s -v --cov=docarray --cov-report=xml tests/index/${{ matrix.db_test_folder }}
           echo "flag it as docarray for codeoverage"
           echo "codecov_flag=docarray" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         timeout-minutes: 30
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.8]
+        python-version: [3.10]
         pydantic-version: ["pydantic-v2", "pydantic-v1"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2.5.0
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test
         id: test
         run: |
-          poetry run pytest -m 'index and elasticv8' --cov=docarray --cov-report=xml tests
+          poetry run pytest -m 'index and elasticv8' -s -v --cov=docarray --cov-report=xml tests
           echo "flag it as docarray for codeoverage"
           echo "codecov_flag=docarray" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         timeout-minutes: 30
diff --git a/tests/index/elastic/v8/test_find.py b/tests/index/elastic/v8/test_find.py
index 27a6295a65..9a88c29096 100644
--- a/tests/index/elastic/v8/test_find.py
+++ b/tests/index/elastic/v8/test_find.py
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('similarity', ['cosine', 'l2_norm', 'dot_product'])
 def test_find_simple_schema(similarity, tmp_index_name):  # noqa: F811
+    from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch
+
+    es = Elasticsearch(hosts='http://localhost:9200/')
+    ping = es.ping()
+    print(f'PING WORKED? {ping}')
     class SimpleSchema(BaseDoc):
         tens: NdArray[10] = Field(similarity=similarity)
 
diff --git a/tests/index/elastic/v8/test_index_get_del.py b/tests/index/elastic/v8/test_index_get_del.py
index 13010559d2..ce9819efaf 100644
--- a/tests/index/elastic/v8/test_index_get_del.py
+++ b/tests/index/elastic/v8/test_index_get_del.py
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@
 def test_index_simple_schema(
     ten_simple_docs, use_docarray, tmp_index_name  # noqa: F811
 ):
+    from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch
+
+    es = Elasticsearch(hosts='http://localhost:9200/')
+    ping = es.ping()
+    print(f'PING WORKED? {ping}')
     index = ElasticDocIndex[SimpleDoc](index_name=tmp_index_name)
     if use_docarray:
         ten_simple_docs = DocList[SimpleDoc](ten_simple_docs)