diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f1a06d5a4..4468d104f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 - (Maintenance) Update go-driver to v1.6.0, update IsNotFound() checks
 - (Improvement) Print assigned node name to log and condition message when pod is scheduled
 - (Maintenance) Remove obsolete docs, restructure for better UX, generate index files
+- (Feature) Add `spec.upgrade.debugLog` option to configure upgrade container logging
 
 ## [1.2.34](https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/tree/1.2.34) (2023-10-16)
 - (Bugfix) Fix make manifests-crd-file command
diff --git a/docs/api/ArangoDeployment.V1.md b/docs/api/ArangoDeployment.V1.md
index 4bf44623d..44ff0a177 100644
--- a/docs/api/ArangoDeployment.V1.md
+++ b/docs/api/ArangoDeployment.V1.md
@@ -4074,7 +4074,18 @@ Must be in format accepted by "tzdata", e.g. `America/New_York` or `Europe/Londo
 
 ### .spec.upgrade.autoUpgrade: bool
 
-Flag specify if upgrade should be auto-injected, even if is not required (in case of stuck)
+AutoUpgrade flag specifies if upgrade should be auto-injected, even if is not required (in case of stuck)
 
-[Code Reference](/pkg/apis/deployment/v1/deployment_upgrade_spec.go#L25)
+Default Value: false
+
+[Code Reference](/pkg/apis/deployment/v1/deployment_upgrade_spec.go#L26)
+
+### .spec.upgrade.debugLog: bool
+
+DebugLog flag specifies if containers running upgrade process should print more debugging information.
+This applies only to init containers.
+
+Default Value: false
+
+[Code Reference](/pkg/apis/deployment/v1/deployment_upgrade_spec.go#L30)
 
diff --git a/pkg/apis/deployment/v1/deployment_upgrade_spec.go b/pkg/apis/deployment/v1/deployment_upgrade_spec.go
index 53d407667..65a511f25 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/deployment/v1/deployment_upgrade_spec.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/deployment/v1/deployment_upgrade_spec.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //
 // DISCLAIMER
 //
-// Copyright 2016-2022 ArangoDB GmbH, Cologne, Germany
+// Copyright 2016-2023 ArangoDB GmbH, Cologne, Germany
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -21,8 +21,13 @@
 package v1
 
 type DeploymentUpgradeSpec struct {
-	// Flag specify if upgrade should be auto-injected, even if is not required (in case of stuck)
+	// AutoUpgrade flag specifies if upgrade should be auto-injected, even if is not required (in case of stuck)
+	// +doc/default: false
 	AutoUpgrade bool `json:"autoUpgrade"`
+	// DebugLog flag specifies if containers running upgrade process should print more debugging information.
+	// This applies only to init containers.
+	// +doc/default: false
+	DebugLog bool `json:"debugLog"`
 }
 
 func (d *DeploymentUpgradeSpec) Get() DeploymentUpgradeSpec {
diff --git a/pkg/apis/deployment/v2alpha1/deployment_spec.go b/pkg/apis/deployment/v2alpha1/deployment_spec.go
index 8f6893195..2484cca47 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/deployment/v2alpha1/deployment_spec.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/deployment/v2alpha1/deployment_spec.go
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ type DeploymentSpec struct {
 
 	// Architecture defines the list of supported architectures.
 	// First element on the list is marked as default architecture.
-	// +doc/link: Architecture Change|/docs/design/arch_change.md
+	// +doc/link: Architecture Change|/docs/how-to/arch_change.md
 	// +doc/type: []string
 	// +doc/default: ['amd64']
 	Architecture ArangoDeploymentArchitecture `json:"architecture,omitempty"`
diff --git a/pkg/apis/deployment/v2alpha1/deployment_upgrade_spec.go b/pkg/apis/deployment/v2alpha1/deployment_upgrade_spec.go
index 85465986d..616275012 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/deployment/v2alpha1/deployment_upgrade_spec.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/deployment/v2alpha1/deployment_upgrade_spec.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //
 // DISCLAIMER
 //
-// Copyright 2016-2022 ArangoDB GmbH, Cologne, Germany
+// Copyright 2016-2023 ArangoDB GmbH, Cologne, Germany
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -21,8 +21,13 @@
 package v2alpha1
 
 type DeploymentUpgradeSpec struct {
-	// Flag specify if upgrade should be auto-injected, even if is not required (in case of stuck)
+	// AutoUpgrade flag specifies if upgrade should be auto-injected, even if is not required (in case of stuck)
+	// +doc/default: false
 	AutoUpgrade bool `json:"autoUpgrade"`
+	// DebugLog flag specifies if containers running upgrade process should print more debugging information.
+	// This applies only to init containers.
+	// +doc/default: false
+	DebugLog bool `json:"debugLog"`
 }
 
 func (d *DeploymentUpgradeSpec) Get() DeploymentUpgradeSpec {
diff --git a/pkg/deployment/pod/upgrade.go b/pkg/deployment/pod/upgrade.go
index 6ec08a808..d8359a996 100644
--- a/pkg/deployment/pod/upgrade.go
+++ b/pkg/deployment/pod/upgrade.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //
 // DISCLAIMER
 //
-// Copyright 2016-2022 ArangoDB GmbH, Cologne, Germany
+// Copyright 2016-2023 ArangoDB GmbH, Cologne, Germany
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -57,3 +57,32 @@ func (u autoUpgrade) Args(i Input) k8sutil.OptionPairs {
 
 	return k8sutil.NewOptionPair(k8sutil.OptionPair{Key: "--database.auto-upgrade", Value: "true"})
 }
+
+func UpgradeDebug() Builder {
+	return upgradeDebug{}
+}
+
+type upgradeDebug struct{}
+
+func (u upgradeDebug) Envs(i Input) []core.EnvVar {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (u upgradeDebug) Verify(i Input, cachedStatus interfaces.Inspector) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (u upgradeDebug) Volumes(i Input) ([]core.Volume, []core.VolumeMount) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+func (u upgradeDebug) Args(i Input) k8sutil.OptionPairs {
+	pairs := k8sutil.NewOptionPair()
+	if i.Deployment.Upgrade.Get().DebugLog {
+		pairs = append(pairs, k8sutil.OptionPair{
+			Key:   "--log.level",
+			Value: "all=debug",
+		})
+	}
+	return pairs
+}
diff --git a/pkg/deployment/resources/pod_creator_arangod.go b/pkg/deployment/resources/pod_creator_arangod.go
index 111ad1b32..b8d3cd604 100644
--- a/pkg/deployment/resources/pod_creator_arangod.go
+++ b/pkg/deployment/resources/pod_creator_arangod.go
@@ -662,7 +662,10 @@ func (a *ArangoUpgradeContainer) GetCommand() ([]string, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	upgradeArgs := pod.AutoUpgrade().Args(a.input).Sort().AsArgs()
+	upgradeArgs := append(
+		pod.AutoUpgrade().Args(a.input).Sort().AsArgs(),
+		pod.UpgradeDebug().Args(a.input).Sort().AsArgs()...,
+	)
 
 	return append(args, upgradeArgs...), nil
 }