diff --git a/projects/aws/bottlerocket-bootstrap/CHECKSUMS b/projects/aws/bottlerocket-bootstrap/CHECKSUMS
index 0265f57b9b..7891f607bd 100644
--- a/projects/aws/bottlerocket-bootstrap/CHECKSUMS
+++ b/projects/aws/bottlerocket-bootstrap/CHECKSUMS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-d7fe3104959a0d373363fb5aeee06a8d6c7557d54d1393e7ab4b40770b187202  _output/bin/bottlerocket-bootstrap/linux-amd64/bottlerocket-bootstrap
+c99005ad01faddc531a7823c703e69aad172a2a76480e0e103347489a33893ba  _output/bin/bottlerocket-bootstrap/linux-amd64/bottlerocket-bootstrap
 1fd36d9a1080f1ec489f0402fec9a7ab6c7cc68ae607babcb82ab55103c53558  _output/bin/bottlerocket-bootstrap/linux-amd64/bottlerocket-bootstrap-snow
-21bada714f2e91b507d97565cc5fdf529d0562630d2240847cfd95ed7d4d7ecf  _output/bin/bottlerocket-bootstrap/linux-arm64/bottlerocket-bootstrap
+65f77aa86aa088ddb3ade1f107e0be93dc65fcefb06045e0c3347a48594557b0  _output/bin/bottlerocket-bootstrap/linux-arm64/bottlerocket-bootstrap
 9b7d5023b692b488281f8b61aebb46fa7bf50338a4dc224624eac63661f8b65a  _output/bin/bottlerocket-bootstrap/linux-arm64/bottlerocket-bootstrap-snow
diff --git a/projects/aws/bottlerocket-bootstrap/pkg/kubeadm/controlplane_init.go b/projects/aws/bottlerocket-bootstrap/pkg/kubeadm/controlplane_init.go
index 85d5698f56..46ea0f5dac 100644
--- a/projects/aws/bottlerocket-bootstrap/pkg/kubeadm/controlplane_init.go
+++ b/projects/aws/bottlerocket-bootstrap/pkg/kubeadm/controlplane_init.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ func controlPlaneInit() error {
 	}
 
 	if k8s129Compare != -1 {
+		fmt.Println("Kubernetes version is v1.29 or above")
 		err = patchKubeVipManifest()
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrapf(err, "Error patching kube-vip manifest")
diff --git a/projects/aws/bottlerocket-bootstrap/pkg/kubeadm/utils.go b/projects/aws/bottlerocket-bootstrap/pkg/kubeadm/utils.go
index 7d4b280d4d..55387fd18d 100644
--- a/projects/aws/bottlerocket-bootstrap/pkg/kubeadm/utils.go
+++ b/projects/aws/bottlerocket-bootstrap/pkg/kubeadm/utils.go
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ func isEmpty(str string) bool {
 }
 
 func patchKubeVipManifest() error {
+	fmt.Println("Patching kube-vip static pod manifest")
 	kubeVipManifest := filepath.Join(staticPodManifestsPath, "kube-vip.yaml")
 	contents, err := ioutil.ReadFile(kubeVipManifest)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -330,6 +331,9 @@ func patchKubeVipManifest() error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "Error writing file %s", kubeVipManifest)
 	}
+	fmt.Println("-------------------------------")
+	fmt.Printf("Patched kube-vip manifest: \n%s\n", updatedContents)
+	fmt.Println("-------------------------------")
 
 	return nil
 }