diff --git a/crates/uv-git/src/git.rs b/crates/uv-git/src/git.rs
index 0e1355581..0bb28b4e1 100644
--- a/crates/uv-git/src/git.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-git/src/git.rs
@@ -1002,6 +1002,7 @@ pub(crate) fn fetch(
             tags,
         )
         .or_else(|_| {
+            debug!("fetching with libgit2 failed, trying the git command");
             fetch_with_strategy(
                 repo,
                 remote_url,