diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/seqno/RetentionLeaseIT.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/seqno/RetentionLeaseIT.java
index 4839844781e..92d31e305ad 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/seqno/RetentionLeaseIT.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/seqno/RetentionLeaseIT.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.indices.IndicesService;
 import org.elasticsearch.indices.recovery.PeerRecoveryTargetService;
 import org.elasticsearch.plugins.Plugin;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ESIntegTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.junit.annotations.TestLogging;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.transport.MockTransportService;
 import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
@@ -355,6 +356,7 @@ public class RetentionLeaseIT extends ESIntegTestCase  {
         assertFalse("retention leases background sync must be a noop if soft deletes is disabled", backgroundSyncRequestSent.get());
     }
 
+    @TestLogging(value = "org.elasticsearch.indices.recovery:trace")
     public void testRetentionLeasesSyncOnRecovery() throws Exception {
         final int numberOfReplicas = 2 - scaledRandomIntBetween(0, 2);
         internalCluster().ensureAtLeastNumDataNodes(1 + numberOfReplicas);
@@ -382,6 +384,7 @@ public class RetentionLeaseIT extends ESIntegTestCase  {
                 .getShardOrNull(new ShardId(resolveIndex("index"), 0));
         final int length = randomIntBetween(1, 8);
         final Map<String, RetentionLease> currentRetentionLeases = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        logger.info("adding retention [{}}] leases", length);
         for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
             final String id = randomValueOtherThanMany(currentRetentionLeases.keySet()::contains, () -> randomAlphaOfLength(8));
             final long retainingSequenceNumber = randomLongBetween(0, Long.MAX_VALUE);
@@ -392,19 +395,23 @@ public class RetentionLeaseIT extends ESIntegTestCase  {
             latch.await();
             currentRetentionLeases.put(id, primary.renewRetentionLease(id, retainingSequenceNumber, source));
         }
+        logger.info("finished adding [{}] retention leases", length);
 
-        // Cause some recoveries to fail to ensure that retention leases are handled properly when retrying a recovery
-        assertAcked(client().admin().cluster().prepareUpdateSettings().setPersistentSettings(Settings.builder()
-            .put(INDICES_RECOVERY_RETRY_DELAY_NETWORK_SETTING.getKey(), "100ms")));
+        // cause some recoveries to fail to ensure that retention leases are handled properly when retrying a recovery
+        assertAcked(client().admin()
+            .cluster()
+            .prepareUpdateSettings()
+            .setPersistentSettings(
+                Settings.builder().put(INDICES_RECOVERY_RETRY_DELAY_NETWORK_SETTING.getKey(), TimeValue.timeValueMillis(100))));
         final Semaphore recoveriesToDisrupt = new Semaphore(scaledRandomIntBetween(0, 4));
-        final MockTransportService primaryTransportService
-            = (MockTransportService) internalCluster().getInstance(TransportService.class, primaryShardNodeName);
+        final MockTransportService primaryTransportService =
+            (MockTransportService) internalCluster().getInstance(TransportService.class, primaryShardNodeName);
         primaryTransportService.addSendBehavior((connection, requestId, action, request, options) -> {
             if (action.equals(PeerRecoveryTargetService.Actions.FINALIZE) && recoveriesToDisrupt.tryAcquire()) {
                 if (randomBoolean()) {
                     // return a ConnectTransportException to the START_RECOVERY action
-                    final TransportService replicaTransportService
-                        = internalCluster().getInstance(TransportService.class, connection.getNode().getName());
+                    final TransportService replicaTransportService =
+                        internalCluster().getInstance(TransportService.class, connection.getNode().getName());
                     final DiscoveryNode primaryNode = primaryTransportService.getLocalNode();
                     replicaTransportService.disconnectFromNode(primaryNode);
                     replicaTransportService.connectToNode(primaryNode);
@@ -416,6 +423,7 @@ public class RetentionLeaseIT extends ESIntegTestCase  {
             connection.sendRequest(requestId, action, request, options);
         });
 
+        logger.info("allow [{}] replicas to allocate", numberOfReplicas);
         // now allow the replicas to be allocated and wait for recovery to finalize
         allowNodes("index", 1 + numberOfReplicas);
         ensureGreen("index");