diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b8150a8a3..f47cfa35c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ jobs:
         -DPYBIND11_DISABLE_HANDLE_TYPE_NAME_DEFAULT_IMPLEMENTATION=ON
         -DPYBIND11_SIMPLE_GIL_MANAGEMENT=ON
         -DPYBIND11_NUMPY_1_ONLY=ON
+        -DPYBIND11_PYTEST_ARGS=-v
         -DDOWNLOAD_CATCH=ON
         -DDOWNLOAD_EIGEN=ON
         -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=11
@@ -174,6 +175,7 @@ jobs:
         -DPYBIND11_WERROR=ON
         -DPYBIND11_SIMPLE_GIL_MANAGEMENT=OFF
         -DPYBIND11_NUMPY_1_ONLY=ON
+        -DPYBIND11_PYTEST_ARGS=-v
         -DDOWNLOAD_CATCH=ON
         -DDOWNLOAD_EIGEN=ON
         -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17
@@ -193,6 +195,7 @@ jobs:
       run: >
         cmake -S . -B build3
         -DPYBIND11_WERROR=ON
+        -DPYBIND11_PYTEST_ARGS=-v
         -DDOWNLOAD_CATCH=ON
         -DDOWNLOAD_EIGEN=ON
         -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17