diff --git a/src/it/makeAggregateBom/pom.xml b/src/it/makeAggregateBom/pom.xml
index b47dfb75..a7cb1356 100644
--- a/src/it/makeAggregateBom/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/makeAggregateBom/pom.xml
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@
                 <groupId>org.cyclonedx</groupId>
                 <artifactId>cyclonedx-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>@project.version@</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <verbose>true</verbose>
+                </configuration>
                 <!-- intentionally use default configuration -->
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/cyclonedx/maven/BaseCycloneDxMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/cyclonedx/maven/BaseCycloneDxMojo.java
index 78e6dd83..37168956 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/cyclonedx/maven/BaseCycloneDxMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/cyclonedx/maven/BaseCycloneDxMojo.java
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ public abstract class BaseCycloneDxMojo extends AbstractMojo {
      */
     @SuppressWarnings("CanBeFinal")
     @Parameter(property = "cyclonedx.verbose", defaultValue = "false", required = false)
-    private boolean verbose = false;
+    protected boolean verbose = false;
 
     /**
      * Timestamp for reproducible output archive entries, either formatted as ISO 8601
@@ -361,7 +361,11 @@ private Property newProperty(String name, String value) {
 
     private void generateBom(String analysis, Metadata metadata, List<Component> components, List<Dependency> dependencies) throws MojoExecutionException {
         try {
-            getLog().info(String.format(MESSAGE_CREATING_BOM, schemaVersion, components.size()));
+            if (verbose) {
+                getLog().info(String.format(MESSAGE_CREATING_BOM, schemaVersion, components.size()));
+            } else {
+                getLog().debug(String.format(MESSAGE_CREATING_BOM, schemaVersion, components.size()));
+            }
             final Bom bom = new Bom();
             bom.setComponents(components);
 
@@ -447,7 +451,11 @@ private void saveBom(Bom bom) throws ParserConfigurationException, IOException,
     private void saveBomToFile(String bomString, String extension, Parser bomParser) throws IOException, MojoExecutionException {
         final File bomFile = new File(outputDirectory, outputName + "." + extension);
 
-        getLog().info(String.format(MESSAGE_WRITING_BOM, extension.toUpperCase(), bomFile.getAbsolutePath()));
+        if (verbose) {
+            getLog().info(String.format(MESSAGE_WRITING_BOM, extension.toUpperCase(), bomFile.getAbsolutePath()));
+        } else {
+            getLog().debug(String.format(MESSAGE_WRITING_BOM, extension.toUpperCase(), bomFile.getAbsolutePath()));
+        }
         FileUtils.write(bomFile, bomString, StandardCharsets.UTF_8, false);
 
         if (!bomParser.isValid(bomFile, schemaVersion())) {
@@ -455,7 +463,11 @@ private void saveBomToFile(String bomString, String extension, Parser bomParser)
         }
 
         if (!skipAttach) {
-            getLog().info(String.format(MESSAGE_ATTACHING_BOM, project.getArtifactId(), project.getVersion(), extension));
+            if (verbose) {
+                getLog().info(String.format(MESSAGE_ATTACHING_BOM, project.getArtifactId(), project.getVersion(), extension));
+            } else {
+                getLog().debug(String.format(MESSAGE_ATTACHING_BOM, project.getArtifactId(), project.getVersion(), extension));
+            }
             mavenProjectHelper.attachArtifact(project, extension, "cyclonedx", bomFile);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/cyclonedx/maven/CycloneDxMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/cyclonedx/maven/CycloneDxMojo.java
index 2ca6e15a..df98ee8d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/cyclonedx/maven/CycloneDxMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/cyclonedx/maven/CycloneDxMojo.java
@@ -118,7 +118,11 @@ protected String getSkipReason() {
     }
 
     protected String extractComponentsAndDependencies(final Set<String> topLevelComponents, final Map<String, Component> components, final Map<String, Dependency> dependencies) throws MojoExecutionException {
-        getLog().info(MESSAGE_RESOLVING_DEPS);
+        if (verbose) {
+            getLog().info(MESSAGE_RESOLVING_DEPS);
+        } else {
+            getLog().debug(MESSAGE_RESOLVING_DEPS);
+        }
 
         final BomDependencies bomDependencies = extractBOMDependencies(getProject());
         final Map<String, Dependency> projectDependencies = bomDependencies.getDependencies();
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/cyclonedx/maven/CycloneDxPackageMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/cyclonedx/maven/CycloneDxPackageMojo.java
index 828d1037..fbaa97d4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/cyclonedx/maven/CycloneDxPackageMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/cyclonedx/maven/CycloneDxPackageMojo.java
@@ -55,13 +55,21 @@ protected boolean shouldInclude(MavenProject mavenProject) {
     }
 
     protected String extractComponentsAndDependencies(Set<String> topLevelComponents, Map<String, Component> components, Map<String, Dependency> dependencies) throws MojoExecutionException {
-        getLog().info(MESSAGE_RESOLVING_DEPS);
+        if (verbose) {
+            getLog().info(MESSAGE_RESOLVING_DEPS);
+        } else {
+            getLog().debug(MESSAGE_RESOLVING_DEPS);
+        }
 
         for (final MavenProject mavenProject : reactorProjects) {
             if (!shouldInclude(mavenProject)) {
                 continue;
             }
-            getLog().info("Analyzing " + mavenProject.getArtifactId());
+            if (verbose) {
+                getLog().info("Analyzing " + mavenProject.getArtifactId());
+            } else {
+                getLog().debug("Analyzing " + mavenProject.getArtifactId());
+            }
 
             final BomDependencies bomDependencies = extractBOMDependencies(mavenProject);
             final Map<String, Dependency> projectDependencies = bomDependencies.getDependencies();