diff --git a/hermetic_build/library_generation/owlbot/templates/java_library/.github/scripts/update_generation_config.sh b/hermetic_build/library_generation/owlbot/templates/java_library/.github/scripts/update_generation_config.sh
index fff56bf5dd..2c92f0ac06 100644
--- a/hermetic_build/library_generation/owlbot/templates/java_library/.github/scripts/update_generation_config.sh
+++ b/hermetic_build/library_generation/owlbot/templates/java_library/.github/scripts/update_generation_config.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-set -e
+set -ex
 # This script should be run at the root of the repository.
 # This script is used to update googleapis_commitish, gapic_generator_version,
 # and libraries_bom_version in generation configuration at the time of running