diff --git a/src/v/kafka/server/group.cc b/src/v/kafka/server/group.cc
index d0fcd5cee0ac..d0554f417978 100644
--- a/src/v/kafka/server/group.cc
+++ b/src/v/kafka/server/group.cc
@@ -2669,4 +2669,15 @@ void group::add_pending_member(
     res.first->second.arm(timeout);
 }
 
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o, const group::offset_metadata& md) {
+    fmt::print(
+      o,
+      "{log_offset:{}, offset:{}, metadata:{}, committed_leader_epoch:{}}",
+      md.log_offset,
+      md.offset,
+      md.metadata,
+      md.committed_leader_epoch);
+    return o;
+}
+
 } // namespace kafka
diff --git a/src/v/kafka/server/group.h b/src/v/kafka/server/group.h
index e31e69dcc3fc..7f8d75ef1360 100644
--- a/src/v/kafka/server/group.h
+++ b/src/v/kafka/server/group.h
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ class group {
         model::offset offset;
         ss::sstring metadata;
         kafka::leader_epoch committed_leader_epoch;
+
+        friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream&, const offset_metadata&);
     };
 
     struct offset_metadata_with_probe {
diff --git a/src/v/kafka/server/group_metadata_migration.cc b/src/v/kafka/server/group_metadata_migration.cc
index a44ef5456667..0b240d395523 100644
--- a/src/v/kafka/server/group_metadata_migration.cc
+++ b/src/v/kafka/server/group_metadata_migration.cc
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ bool are_offsets_equal(
 bool are_stms_equivalent(const group_stm& source, const group_stm& target) {
     if (source.get_metadata() != target.get_metadata()) {
         vlog(
-          mlog.debug,
+          mlog.info,
           "source and target group metadata does not match, source: {}, "
           "target: {}",
           source.get_metadata(),
@@ -199,21 +199,27 @@ bool are_stms_equivalent(const group_stm& source, const group_stm& target) {
         return false;
     }
     if (source.offsets().size() != target.offsets().size()) {
+        vlog(
+          mlog.info,
+          "Offsets hash_maps for group_stm have a different size. Source: {}, "
+          "target: {}",
+          source.offsets().size(),
+          target.offsets().size());
         return false;
     }
     for (auto& [tp, o] : source.offsets()) {
         auto it = target.offsets().find(tp);
         if (it == target.offsets().end()) {
             vlog(
-              mlog.debug,
+              mlog.info,
               "unable to find offset for {} in target group offsets",
               tp);
             return false;
         }
         if (it->second.metadata != o.metadata) {
             vlog(
-              mlog.debug,
-              "{} offsets does not match. source: {}, target {}",
+              mlog.info,
+              "{} offsets does not match. source: {}, target: {}",
               tp,
               o.metadata,
               it->second.metadata);
@@ -222,11 +228,16 @@ bool are_stms_equivalent(const group_stm& source, const group_stm& target) {
     }
 
     if (source.fences() != target.fences()) {
-        vlog(mlog.debug, "group fences does not match");
+        vlog(mlog.info, "group fences does not match");
         return false;
     }
 
     if (source.prepared_txs().size() != target.prepared_txs().size()) {
+        vlog(
+          mlog.info,
+          "Prepared txs hash_maps have different size. Source: {}, target: {}",
+          source.prepared_txs().size(),
+          target.prepared_txs().size());
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -234,24 +245,48 @@ bool are_stms_equivalent(const group_stm& source, const group_stm& target) {
         auto it = target.prepared_txs().find(tp);
         if (it == target.prepared_txs().end()) {
             vlog(
-              mlog.debug,
+              mlog.info,
               "unable to find preppared txs for {} in target group state",
               tp);
             return false;
         }
         if (it->second.tx_seq != tx.tx_seq || tx.pid != it->second.pid) {
+            vlog(
+              mlog.info,
+              "Inconsistent states for prepared transaction. Source:(pid: {}, "
+              "seq_num: {}), target(pid: {}, seq_num: {})",
+              tx.pid,
+              tx.tx_seq,
+              it->second.pid,
+              it->second.tx_seq);
             return false;
         }
         if (tx.offsets.size() != it->second.offsets.size()) {
+            vlog(
+              mlog.info,
+              "Transaction has different offsets size. Source: {}, target: {}",
+              tx.offsets.size(),
+              it->second.offsets.size());
             return false;
         }
 
         for (auto& [offset_tp, o] : tx.offsets) {
             auto oit = it->second.offsets.find(offset_tp);
             if (oit == it->second.offsets.end()) {
+                vlog(
+                  mlog.info,
+                  "Can not find offset for topic ({}) in target prepared "
+                  "transaction",
+                  offset_tp);
                 return false;
             }
             if (!are_offsets_equal(oit->second, o)) {
+                vlog(
+                  mlog.info,
+                  "Offsets are not equal for prepared transaction. Source: {}, "
+                  "target: {}",
+                  o,
+                  oit->second);
                 return false;
             }
         }
@@ -264,16 +299,22 @@ bool are_states_equivalent(
   const group_recovery_consumer_state& source,
   const group_recovery_consumer_state& target) {
     if (source.groups.size() != target.groups.size()) {
+        vlog(
+          mlog.info,
+          "Groups have a different size. Source: {}, Target: {}",
+          source.groups.size(),
+          target.groups.size());
         return false;
     }
 
     for (auto& [g, stm] : source.groups) {
         auto it = target.groups.find(g);
         if (it == target.groups.end()) {
-            vlog(mlog.debug, "group {} not found in target group state", g);
+            vlog(mlog.info, "group {} not found in target group state", g);
             return false;
         }
         if (!are_stms_equivalent(stm, it->second)) {
+            vlog(mlog.info, "State machines are not equivalent");
             return false;
         }
     }
@@ -504,7 +545,7 @@ ss::future<> wait_for_stable_group_topic(
               result.error());
         } else {
             vlog(
-              mlog.debug,
+              mlog.info,
               "waiting for partition operations to finish, current state: {}",
               result.value());
         }