diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 63985b2e42efe6d07b66a1ec03813528bb0fcfad..76d875f75dad2eb1df40b998b0f814685c6dd6f7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ Check Tag:
 
     wheel_path = glob("dist/*.whl")[0]
     wheel = Wheel(wheel_path)
-    assert Version("$CI_COMMIT_TAG").release == Version(wheel.version).release
+    assert Version("$CI_COMMIT_TAG").release == Version(wheel.version).release, \
+      f"Pkg version {wheel.version} does not match tag"
     END