diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/kind-on-kata-smoke.yml b/.gitea/workflows/kind-on-kata-smoke.yml
index 6e3b0a4..5d00710 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/kind-on-kata-smoke.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/kind-on-kata-smoke.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
                 - hostPath: /dev/kmsg
                   containerPath: /dev/kmsg
           EOF
-          kind create cluster --config /tmp/kind-config.yaml --image "$KIND_NODE_IMAGE" --wait 5m
+          kind create cluster -v 9 --retain --config /tmp/kind-config.yaml --image "$KIND_NODE_IMAGE" --wait 5m
           docker exec nested-control-plane kubectl \
             --kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/admin.conf wait \
             --for=condition=Ready node/nested-control-plane --timeout=2m