diff --git a/helm.mk b/helm.mk
index 072c1f4..842d22a 100644
--- a/helm.mk
+++ b/helm.mk
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ start-helm:
 	@- echo "\n### starting deployment with helmfile"
 	@- echo "\n### setting kubernetes context to $(K8S_CONTEXT)"
 	@ kubectl config use-context $(K8S_CONTEXT)
+#
+	@ echo "kubectl version"
+	@- kubectl version
 #
 	@- echo "\n### create namespace $(NAMESPACE)"
 	@- kubectl create namespace "$(NAMESPACE)" --dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -