diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/discussion/rest_api/utils.py b/lms/djangoapps/discussion/rest_api/utils.py
index 6a08058ba5..baadf0bc67 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/discussion/rest_api/utils.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/discussion/rest_api/utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """
 Utils for discussion API.
 """
+import logging
 from datetime import datetime
 from typing import Dict, List
 
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@ from openedx.core.djangoapps.django_comment_common.models import (
     Role
 )
 
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class AttributeDict(dict):
     """
@@ -422,8 +425,10 @@ def verify_recaptcha_token(token):
     try:
         response = requests.post(verify_url, data=verify_data, timeout=10)
         result = response.json()
+        log.info("reCAPTCHA verification result: %s", result)
         return result.get('success', False)
-    except:  # pylint: disable=bare-except
+    except Exception as e:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
+        log.error("Error verifying reCAPTCHA token: %s", e)
         return False