diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f3835334..912a96bf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Apollo Schema Check Action Changelog
 
+## 1.2.2 (December 2, 2021)
+
+- Add additional debug logging
+- Use the `apolloVersion` argument that was previously added but not used in the code
+
 ## 1.2.1 (December 2, 2021)
 
 - Improve output for debugging
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 0909be41..132dcb88 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ inputs:
     description: The variant to check the proposed schema against
     required: false
   endpoint:
-    description: The URL for the CLI use to introspect your service
+    description: The URL for the CLI to use to introspect your service
     required: false
   header:
     description: 'Additional header to send to server for introspectionQuery. Multiple headers can be provided as a comma separated list. NOTE: The `--endpoint` flag is REQUIRED if using the `--header` flag.'
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ inputs:
     required: false
   apolloVersion:
     description: The version of the Apollo CLI to use
-    default: '2.33.6'
+    default: '2.33.9'
     required: false
 
 runs:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5f779bbc..734f3693 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "apollo-schema-check-action",
   "description": "A GitHub Action to run a schema check and post the results as a comment on a Pull Request",
-  "version": "1.2.1",
+  "version": "1.2.2",
   "author": "Ian Sutherland <ian@iansutherland.ca>",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/src/format-message.ts b/src/format-message.ts
index 1110e925..eaf35fad 100644
--- a/src/format-message.ts
+++ b/src/format-message.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const formatMessage = (output: string, existingComment: boolean): string | undef
   const failOnError = getInput('failOnError');
 
   if (startOfMessage === -1) {
-    throw new Error('Error running Apollo CLI');
+    throw new Error('Received unexpected output from Apollo CLI');
   }
 
   if (alwaysComment !== 'true' && output.includes('null operations')) {
diff --git a/src/get-message.ts b/src/get-message.ts
index 0fd982c3..eadde03a 100644
--- a/src/get-message.ts
+++ b/src/get-message.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import execa from 'execa';
+import { getInput } from '@actions/core';
 
 import { debug, info, error as logError } from './actions';
 import { getArguments } from './get-arguments';
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ const getMessage = async (
   existingComment: boolean
 ): Promise<string | undefined> => {
   const args = getArguments();
+  const apolloCliVersion = getInput('apolloVersion');
 
   if (existingComment) {
     debug('existing comment found');
@@ -18,12 +20,16 @@ const getMessage = async (
     arg.startsWith('--key') ? arg.replace(/:[^:]+$/, '***') : arg
   );
 
-  info('Apollo CLI command', ['npx', 'apollo@2.33.6', 'schema:check', ...redactedArgs].join(' '));
+  info(
+    'Apollo CLI command',
+    ['npx', `apollo@${apolloCliVersion}`, 'schema:check', ...redactedArgs].join(' ')
+  );
 
   try {
-    const output = (await execa('npx', ['apollo@2.33.6', 'schema:check', ...args])).stdout;
+    const output = (await execa('npx', [`apollo@${apolloCliVersion}`, 'schema:check', ...args]))
+      .stdout;
 
-    info(output);
+    info('Apollo CLI output', output);
 
     const message = formatMessage(output, existingComment);
 
@@ -33,13 +39,11 @@ const getMessage = async (
       return;
     }
   } catch (error) {
-    if (error.exitCode !== 1) {
-      logError(`Apollo CLI error: exit code ${error.exitCode}`, error);
+    logError(`Apollo CLI error: exit code ${error.exitCode}`, error);
 
+    if (error.exitCode !== 1) {
       throw new Error('Error running Apollo CLI');
     } else {
-      info(error.stdout);
-
       const message = formatMessage(error.stdout, existingComment);
 
       if (message) {