diff --git a/src/executor.rs b/src/executor.rs
index fedb6823..400d585d 100644
--- a/src/executor.rs
+++ b/src/executor.rs
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ impl Check for ExecutorExitStatus {
 pub trait CommandExt {
     /// Run the command, wait for it to complete, check the return code and decode the output as UTF-8.
     fn check_output(&mut self) -> Result<String>;
+    fn string_output(&mut self) -> Result<String>;
 }
 
 impl CommandExt for Command {
@@ -248,4 +249,10 @@ impl CommandExt for Command {
         }
         Ok(String::from_utf8(output.stdout)?)
     }
+
+    fn string_output(&mut self) -> Result<String> {
+        let output = self.output()?;
+        trace!("Output of {:?}: {:?}", self, output);
+        Ok(String::from_utf8(output.stdout)?)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/steps/node.rs b/src/steps/node.rs
index 3ad67ad0..729dee8a 100644
--- a/src/steps/node.rs
+++ b/src/steps/node.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ pub fn run_npm_upgrade(_base_dirs: &BaseDirs, run_type: RunType) -> Result<()> {
 pub fn yarn_global_update(run_type: RunType) -> Result<()> {
     let yarn = require("yarn")?;
 
-    let output = Command::new(&yarn).arg("version").check_output()?;
+    let output = Command::new(&yarn).arg("version").string_output()?;
     if output.contains("Hadoop") {
         debug!("Yarn is Hadoop yarn");
         return Err(SkipStep.into());