diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/ios-prebuild/hermes.js b/packages/react-native/scripts/ios-prebuild/hermes.js
index 72c0c4c2073a..d5ba1bf426f8 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/ios-prebuild/hermes.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/ios-prebuild/hermes.js
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ function checkExistingVersion(
         `Hermes artifacts already downloaded and up to date: ${artifactsPath}`,
       );
       return true;
+    } else {
+      hermesLog(`Version mismatch: ${versionFileContent.trim()} != ${resolvedVersion}`);
     }
   }
   // If the version file does not exist or the version does not match, delete the artifacts folder