diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/slirp/libslirp_4.9.1.bb b/meta/recipes-connectivity/slirp/libslirp_4.9.1.bb
index 9f7005d709..50577fd4ae 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/slirp/libslirp_4.9.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/slirp/libslirp_4.9.1.bb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYRIGHT;md5=bca0186b14e6b05e338e729f106db727"
 
 SRC_URI = "git://gitlab.freedesktop.org/slirp/libslirp.git;protocol=https;branch=master"
 SRCREV = "9c744e1e52aa0d9646ed91d789d588696292c21e"
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX = "v(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)"
 
 DEPENDS = "glib-2.0"