diff --git a/projects/gateway/pkg/services/k8sadmission/validating_admission_webhook.go b/projects/gateway/pkg/services/k8sadmission/validating_admission_webhook.go
index 3343752cebc..c63c2151798 100644
--- a/projects/gateway/pkg/services/k8sadmission/validating_admission_webhook.go
+++ b/projects/gateway/pkg/services/k8sadmission/validating_admission_webhook.go
@@ -495,6 +495,7 @@ func (wh *gatewayValidationWebhook) deleteRef(ctx context.Context, gvk schema.Gr
 
 func (wh *gatewayValidationWebhook) validateGvk(ctx context.Context, gvk schema.GroupVersionKind, _ *core.ResourceRef, admissionRequest *v1beta1.AdmissionRequest) (*validation.Reports, *multierror.Error) {
 	var reports *validation.Reports
+	contextutils.LoggerFrom(ctx).Debugf("validating resource GVK: ", gvk.String())
 	newResourceFunc := gloosnapshot.ApiGvkToHashableResource[gvk]
 
 	// check to see if we should perform validation for this GVK