diff --git a/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py b/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
index 52d5556d3..7d1bc11d7 100644
--- a/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
@@ -1724,7 +1724,7 @@ class FetchMethod(object):
     def generate_revision_key(self, ud, d, name):
         return self._revision_key(ud, d, name)
 
-    def latest_versionstring(self, ud, d):
+    def latest_versionstring(self, ud, d, filter_regex=None):
         """
         Compute the latest release name like "x.y.x" in "x.y.x+gitHASH"
         by searching through the tags output of ls-remote, comparing