diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/gcr/gcr_4.3.0.bb b/meta/recipes-gnome/gcr/gcr_4.3.0.bb
index dcd8658d9cb..3fc8ec0a643 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-gnome/gcr/gcr_4.3.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-gnome/gcr/gcr_4.3.0.bb
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ CFLAGS += "-D_GNU_SOURCE"
 
 GTKDOC_MESON_OPTION = "gtk_doc"
 inherit gnomebase gtk-icon-cache gi-docgen features_check vala gobject-introspection gettext mime mime-xdg
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "gcr-(?P<pver>\d+\.\d+\.(?!9\d+)\d+)"
 
 REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11', 'opengl', '', d)}"