diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 338c2fff..8b3a083b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 ### Changed
 - Improve logging for unsatisfied vts dependencies. [#336](https://github.com/greenbone/ospd-openvas/pull/336)
 - Do not use busy wait when waiting for the openvas scan process to finish. [#360](https://github.com/greenbone/ospd-openvas/pull/360)
+- Improve logging for unexpected data in script_xref tags. [#374](https://github.com/greenbone/ospd-openvas/pull/374)
 
 ### Fixed
 - Fix nvticache name when for stable version from sources. [#317](https://github.com/greenbone/ospd-openvas/pull/317)
diff --git a/ospd_openvas/daemon.py b/ospd_openvas/daemon.py
index 7cc6a8f4..62c36e51 100644
--- a/ospd_openvas/daemon.py
+++ b/ospd_openvas/daemon.py
@@ -687,11 +687,12 @@ def get_refs_vt_as_xml_str(vt_id: str, vt_refs: Dict) -> str:
                     for xref in value.split(', '):
                         try:
                             _type, _id = xref.split(':', 1)
-                        except ValueError:
+                        except ValueError as e:
                             logger.error(
-                                'Not possible to parse xref %s for VT %s',
+                                'Not possible to parse xref "%s" for VT %s: %s',
                                 xref,
                                 vt_id,
+                                e,
                             )
                             continue
                         vt_ref.set('type', _type.lower())