diff --git a/.kokoro/build.sh b/.kokoro/build.sh
index 33ce37cb8..b62c65a94 100755
--- a/.kokoro/build.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/build.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ source ${scriptDir}/common.sh
 mvn -version
 echo ${JOB_TYPE}
 
+echo "mvn dependency:tree for google-cloud-logging and gax"
+mvn dependency:tree -Dverbose -Dincludes=com.google.cloud:google-cloud-logging,com.google.api:gax
+
+echo "mvn help:effective-pom"
+mvn help:effective-pom -Dverbose
+
+echo "Installing the project"
+
 # attempt to install 3 times with exponential backoff (starting with 10 seconds)
 retry_with_backoff 3 10 \
   mvn install -B -V -ntp \
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ab9799c18..b2037addc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <logback.version>1.2.13</logback.version>
     <easymock.version>5.6.0</easymock.version>
     <truth.version>1.4.4</truth.version>
-    <logging.version>3.23.8</logging.version>
+    <google-cloud-logging.version>3.23.8</google-cloud-logging.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
     <google.api-common.version>1.10.1</google.api-common.version>
   </properties>
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>${logging.version}</version>
+      <version>${google-cloud-logging.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>