diff --git a/trigger/poll/watcher.go b/trigger/poll/watcher.go
index ec219607..545e63be 100644
--- a/trigger/poll/watcher.go
+++ b/trigger/poll/watcher.go
@@ -407,9 +407,8 @@ func (j *WatchRepositoryTagsJob) Run() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	log.Debugf("new tag '%s' available", latestVersion)
-
 	if newAvailable {
+		log.Debugf("new tag '%s' available", latestVersion)
 		// updating current latest
 		j.details.latest = latestVersion
 		event := types.Event{
@@ -424,5 +423,7 @@ func (j *WatchRepositoryTagsJob) Run() {
 			"new_tag":    latestVersion,
 		}).Info("trigger.poll.WatchRepositoryTagsJob: submiting event to providers")
 		j.providers.Submit(event)
+	} else {
+		log.Debugf("no new tag available")
 	}
 }
diff --git a/util/version/version.go b/util/version/version.go
index ce3214e5..098873eb 100644
--- a/util/version/version.go
+++ b/util/version/version.go
@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ func NewAvailable(current string, tags []string) (newVersion string, newAvailabl
 	sort.Sort(sort.Reverse(semver.Collection(vs)))
 
 	if currentVersion.LessThan(vs[0]) {
+		log.WithFields(log.Fields{"currentVersion": currentVersion, "latestAvailable": vs[0]}).Debug("latest available is newer than current")
 		return vs[0].Original(), true, nil
 	}
+	log.WithFields(log.Fields{"currentVersion": currentVersion, "latestAvailable": vs[0]}).Debug("latest available is not newer than current")
 	return "", false, nil
 }