diff --git a/hive-metastore/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/HiveMetadataPreservingTableOperations.java b/hive-metastore/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/HiveMetadataPreservingTableOperations.java
index c0e8101b1c..4d9f80d25f 100644
--- a/hive-metastore/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/HiveMetadataPreservingTableOperations.java
+++ b/hive-metastore/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/HiveMetadataPreservingTableOperations.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.common.StatsSetupConst;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient;
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@
 import org.apache.iceberg.exceptions.NoSuchTableException;
 import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import org.apache.thrift.TException;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 
 /**
@@ -52,6 +55,8 @@
  * updated.
  */
 public class HiveMetadataPreservingTableOperations extends HiveTableOperations {
+  private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(HiveMetadataPreservingTableOperations.class);
+
   private final HiveClientPool metaClients;
   private final String database;
   private final String tableName;
@@ -70,6 +75,20 @@ protected HiveMetadataPreservingTableOperations(Configuration conf, HiveClientPo
     this.tableName = table;
   }
 
+  private static void logTable(Table table) {
+    String columns = "";
+    try {
+      columns = table.getSd().getCols().stream().map(column -> column.getName() + " " + column.getType())
+          .collect(Collectors.joining("\n"));
+    } catch (Throwable throwable) {
+      LOG.debug("Encountered {} while fetching columns for {}.{}", throwable.getMessage(),
+          table.getDbName(), table.getTableName(), throwable);
+      return;
+    }
+    LOG.debug("Table: {}.{}", table.getDbName(), table.getTableName());
+    LOG.debug("Columns: \n{}", columns);
+  }
+
   @Override
   protected void doRefresh() {
     String metadataLocation = null;
@@ -131,6 +150,8 @@ protected void doCommit(TableMetadata base, TableMetadata metadata) {
       boolean tableExists = metaClients.run(client -> client.tableExists(database, tableName));
       if (tableExists) {
         tbl = metaClients.run(client -> client.getTable(database, tableName));
+        LOG.debug("Following table has been fetched from metastore:");
+        logTable(tbl);
       } else {
         final long currentTimeMillis = System.currentTimeMillis();
         tbl = new Table(tableName,
@@ -165,6 +186,9 @@ protected void doCommit(TableMetadata base, TableMetadata metadata) {
           EnvironmentContext envContext = new EnvironmentContext(
               ImmutableMap.of(StatsSetupConst.DO_NOT_UPDATE_STATS, StatsSetupConst.TRUE)
           );
+          LOG.debug("Updating the metadata location of the following table:");
+          logTable(tbl);
+          LOG.debug("Metadata Location: {}", tbl.getParameters().get(METADATA_LOCATION_PROP));
           ALTER_TABLE.invoke(client, database, tableName, tbl, envContext);
           return null;
         });