diff --git a/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-test/corstone1000-external-sys-tests/corstone1000-external-sys-tests_1.0.bb b/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-test/corstone1000-external-sys-tests/corstone1000-external-sys-tests_git.bb
similarity index 64%
rename from meta-arm-bsp/recipes-test/corstone1000-external-sys-tests/corstone1000-external-sys-tests_1.0.bb
rename to meta-arm-bsp/recipes-test/corstone1000-external-sys-tests/corstone1000-external-sys-tests_git.bb
index 01bcdf871c8d..c14dfc4d7f74 100644
--- a/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-test/corstone1000-external-sys-tests/corstone1000-external-sys-tests_1.0.bb
+++ b/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-test/corstone1000-external-sys-tests/corstone1000-external-sys-tests_git.bb
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ SUMMARY = "CORSTONE1000 external systems communications tests"
 DESCRIPTION = "This is a Linux userspace tool to test the communication between Corstone1000 cores"
 HOMEPAGE = "https://git.linaro.org/landing-teams/working/arm/test-apps.git"
 LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://license.md;md5=e44b2531cd6ffe9dece394dbe988d9a0"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=e44b2531cd6ffe9dece394dbe988d9a0"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://git.gitlab.arm.com/arm-reference-solutions/corstone1000/applications.git;protocol=https;branch=master"
-SRCREV = "2945cd92f7c6dbe4999ee72cd5cf1e2615eedba7"
-PV .= "+git"
+SRC_URI = "git://gitlab.arm.com/arm-reference-solutions/corstone1000/applications.git;protocol=https;branch=master"
+SRCREV = "ab79333697875666f397a3a70ee5da15a6eba4b5"
+
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_COMMITS = "1"
 
 COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "corstone1000"