diff --git a/meta-arm/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/trusted-firmware-a.inc b/meta-arm/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/trusted-firmware-a.inc
index 680313a0..48f51299 100644
--- a/meta-arm/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/trusted-firmware-a.inc
+++ b/meta-arm/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/trusted-firmware-a.inc
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ PACKAGE_ARCH = "${MACHINE_ARCH}"
 inherit deploy
 
 SRC_URI = "git://git.trustedfirmware.org/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a.git;protocol=https;name=tfa"
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX = "^v(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)$"
 
 COMPATIBLE_MACHINE ?= "invalid"
 COMPATIBLE_MACHINE_qemuarm64 ?= "qemuarm64"