diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5562fd904e309de2c331a5b4a20fbc3a4cffbeee..fa58ec4200b69e3713e77bf0b2a4b248badc7eb4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ run-tests:
     - git clean -dfx
     - uv sync --all-extras --no-progress
     - source .venv/bin/activate
-    - ./run-tests.sh
+    - ./run-tests.sh -V
     - deactivate
   coverage: /TOTAL.*? (100(?:\.0+)?\%|[1-9]?\d(?:\.\d+)?\%)$/
   artifacts:
diff --git a/run-tests.sh b/run-tests.sh
index 048f2e384d61a643bf4b3ade70e21a378ef903d5..659bdaef8852e1e50587d3f0db3e36ad3d18c77a 100755
--- a/run-tests.sh
+++ b/run-tests.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ for arg in $@; do
 		-K|--keep-services)
 			keep_services=1
 			;;
+        -V)
+            echo "Setting verbose option in the shell. To use the -V flag for pytest, use --version instead."
+            set -o verbose
+            ;;
 		*)
 			pytest_args+=( "${arg}" )
 			;;