diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/zeromq/zeromq_4.3.5.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/zeromq/zeromq_4.3.5.bb
index 555458217a..7569d3200d 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/zeromq/zeromq_4.3.5.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/zeromq/zeromq_4.3.5.bb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ SRC_URI = "http://github.com/zeromq/libzmq/releases/download/v${PV}/zeromq-${PV}
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "6653ef5910f17954861fe72332e68b03ca6e4d9c7160eb3a8de5a5a913bfab43"
 
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "https://github.com/${BPN}/libzmq/releases"
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "releases/tag/v(?P<pver>\d+\.\d+\.\d+)"
 
 inherit cmake ptest pkgconfig