diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libpaper/libpaper_2.2.8.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libpaper/libpaper_2.2.8.bb
index c8680eb128..83932d3830 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libpaper/libpaper_2.2.8.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libpaper/libpaper_2.2.8.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ SRC_URI = "https://github.com/rrthomas/libpaper/releases/download/v${PV}/libpape
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "1e330571690191874eca415ec76889dd11bab9887a2302d6a3665cd081c4d77b"
 
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "https://github.com/rrthomas/libpaper/releases"
-UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)"
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "releases/tag/v(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)"
 
 inherit perlnative autotools