diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 81d8a4740a..621b5a67b6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ This is the log of notable changes to EAS CLI and related packages.
 
 ### 🐛 Bug fixes
 
+- Fix display of errors when expo-updates CLI command fails. ([#2324](https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/pull/2324) by [@wschurman](https://github.com/wschurman))
+
 ### 🧹 Chores
 
 ## [7.8.1](https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/releases/tag/v7.8.1) - 2024-04-11
diff --git a/packages/eas-cli/src/project/publish.ts b/packages/eas-cli/src/project/publish.ts
index 7ee420a175..66c2ba7dd2 100644
--- a/packages/eas-cli/src/project/publish.ts
+++ b/packages/eas-cli/src/project/publish.ts
@@ -723,16 +723,21 @@ async function getRuntimeVersionForPlatformAsync({
 
   if (await isModernExpoUpdatesCLIWithRuntimeVersionCommandSupportedAsync(projectDir)) {
     try {
+      Log.debug('Using expo-updates runtimeversion:resolve CLI for runtime version resolution');
+
+      const extraArgs = Log.isDebug ? ['--debug'] : [];
+
       const resolvedRuntimeVersionJSONResult = await expoUpdatesCommandAsync(projectDir, [
         'runtimeversion:resolve',
         '--platform',
         platform,
+        ...extraArgs,
       ]);
       const runtimeVersionResult = JSON.parse(resolvedRuntimeVersionJSONResult);
-      if (runtimeVersionResult.fingerprintSources) {
-        Log.debug(`Resolved fingeprint runtime version for platform "${platform}". Sources:`);
-        Log.debug(runtimeVersionResult.fingerprintSources);
-      }
+
+      Log.debug('runtimeversion:resolve output:');
+      Log.debug(resolvedRuntimeVersionJSONResult);
+
       return nullthrows(
         runtimeVersionResult.runtimeVersion,
         `Unable to determine runtime version for ${
diff --git a/packages/eas-cli/src/project/resolveRuntimeVersionAsync.ts b/packages/eas-cli/src/project/resolveRuntimeVersionAsync.ts
index aee00637c4..c65c02adbe 100644
--- a/packages/eas-cli/src/project/resolveRuntimeVersionAsync.ts
+++ b/packages/eas-cli/src/project/resolveRuntimeVersionAsync.ts
@@ -24,16 +24,21 @@ export async function resolveRuntimeVersionAsync({
   }
 
   try {
+    Log.debug('Using expo-updates runtimeversion:resolve CLI for runtime version resolution');
+
+    const extraArgs = Log.isDebug ? ['--debug'] : [];
+
     const resolvedRuntimeVersionJSONResult = await expoUpdatesCommandAsync(projectDir, [
       'runtimeversion:resolve',
       '--platform',
       platform,
+      ...extraArgs,
     ]);
     const runtimeVersionResult = JSON.parse(resolvedRuntimeVersionJSONResult);
-    if (runtimeVersionResult.fingerprintSources) {
-      Log.debug(`Resolved fingeprint runtime version for platform "${platform}". Sources:`);
-      Log.debug(runtimeVersionResult.fingerprintSources);
-    }
+
+    Log.debug('runtimeversion:resolve output:');
+    Log.debug(resolvedRuntimeVersionJSONResult);
+
     return runtimeVersionResult.runtimeVersion ?? null;
   } catch (e: any) {
     // if expo-updates is not installed, there's no need for a runtime version in the build
diff --git a/packages/eas-cli/src/utils/expoUpdatesCli.ts b/packages/eas-cli/src/utils/expoUpdatesCli.ts
index 784d21a39b..7ee75b36ea 100644
--- a/packages/eas-cli/src/utils/expoUpdatesCli.ts
+++ b/packages/eas-cli/src/utils/expoUpdatesCli.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { link } from '../log';
 
 export class ExpoUpdatesCLIModuleNotFoundError extends Error {}
 export class ExpoUpdatesCLIInvalidCommandError extends Error {}
+export class ExpoUpdatesCLICommandFailedError extends Error {}
 
 export async function expoUpdatesCommandAsync(projectDir: string, args: string[]): Promise<string> {
   let expoUpdatesCli;
@@ -24,13 +25,18 @@ export async function expoUpdatesCommandAsync(projectDir: string, args: string[]
   }
 
   try {
-    return (await spawnAsync(expoUpdatesCli, args)).stdout;
+    return (await spawnAsync(expoUpdatesCli, args, { stdio: 'pipe' })).stdout;
   } catch (e: any) {
-    if (e.stderr && typeof e.stderr === 'string' && e.stderr.includes('Invalid command')) {
-      throw new ExpoUpdatesCLIInvalidCommandError(
-        `The command specified by ${args} was not valid in the \`expo-updates\` CLI.`
-      );
+    if (e.stderr && typeof e.stderr === 'string') {
+      if (e.stderr.includes('Invalid command')) {
+        throw new ExpoUpdatesCLIInvalidCommandError(
+          `The command specified by ${args} was not valid in the \`expo-updates\` CLI.`
+        );
+      } else {
+        throw new ExpoUpdatesCLICommandFailedError(e.stderr);
+      }
     }
+
     throw e;
   }
 }