diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/zeromq/czmq_4.2.1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/zeromq/czmq_4.2.1.bb
index 5ae72df862..f90b2cab13 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/zeromq/czmq_4.2.1.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/zeromq/czmq_4.2.1.bb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ SRC_URI[md5sum] = "471e9ec120fc66a2fe2aae14359e3cfa"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "5d720a204c2a58645d6f7643af15d563a712dad98c9d32c1ed913377daa6ac39"
 
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "https://github.com/zeromq/${BPN}/releases"
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)"
 
 inherit cmake pkgconfig