diff --git a/meta-arm/recipes-security/optee/optee-client_git.bb b/meta-arm/recipes-security/optee/optee-client_git.bb
index b974e012..24e2d194 100644
--- a/meta-arm/recipes-security/optee/optee-client_git.bb
+++ b/meta-arm/recipes-security/optee/optee-client_git.bb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ require recipes-security/optee/optee-client.inc
 # v4.9.0
 SRCREV = "9f5e90918093c1d1cd264d8149081b64ab7ba672"
 PV .= "+git"
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_COMMITS = "1"
 
 # Not a release recipe, try our hardest to not pull this in implicitly
 DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "-1"
diff --git a/meta-arm/recipes-security/optee/optee-examples_git.bb b/meta-arm/recipes-security/optee/optee-examples_git.bb
index e0c85660..4fda635b 100644
--- a/meta-arm/recipes-security/optee/optee-examples_git.bb
+++ b/meta-arm/recipes-security/optee/optee-examples_git.bb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ require recipes-security/optee/optee-examples.inc
 # v4.8.0
 SRCREV = "3ef17eb1f309def91113637f95f67613b1d89119"
 PV .= "+git"
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_COMMITS = "1"
 
 # Not a release recipe, try our hardest to not pull this in implicitly
 DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "-1"
diff --git a/meta-arm/recipes-security/optee/optee-os-tadevkit_git.bb b/meta-arm/recipes-security/optee/optee-os-tadevkit_git.bb
index 78588b81..64765df0 100644
--- a/meta-arm/recipes-security/optee/optee-os-tadevkit_git.bb
+++ b/meta-arm/recipes-security/optee/optee-os-tadevkit_git.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require recipes-security/optee/optee-os_${PV}.bb
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_COMMITS = "1"
 
 SUMMARY = "OP-TEE Trusted OS TA devkit"
 DESCRIPTION = "OP-TEE TA devkit for build TAs"
diff --git a/meta-arm/recipes-security/optee/optee-os_git.bb b/meta-arm/recipes-security/optee/optee-os_git.bb
index 244ff9b7..03b0f1cc 100644
--- a/meta-arm/recipes-security/optee/optee-os_git.bb
+++ b/meta-arm/recipes-security/optee/optee-os_git.bb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ DEPENDS += "dtc-native"
 # v4.8.0
 SRCREV = "86660925433a8d4d1b19cfa5fe940081d77b34b4"
 PV .= "+git"
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_COMMITS = "1"
 
 # Not a release recipe, try our hardest to not pull this in implicitly
 DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "-1"
diff --git a/meta-arm/recipes-security/optee/optee-test_git.bb b/meta-arm/recipes-security/optee/optee-test_git.bb
index 37b00908..1d4ee44e 100644
--- a/meta-arm/recipes-security/optee/optee-test_git.bb
+++ b/meta-arm/recipes-security/optee/optee-test_git.bb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ require recipes-security/optee/optee-test.inc
 # v4.8.0
 SRCREV = "6569cd7b13e1b37b37069e090d592adca7d3926d"
 PV .= "+git"
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_COMMITS = "1"
 
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                     file://LICENSE-BSD;md5=dca16d6efa93b55d0fd662ae5cd6feeb \