diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/leptonica/leptonica_1.82.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/leptonica/leptonica_1.82.0.bb
index c0a2b45a48..daf1f873a7 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/leptonica/leptonica_1.82.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/leptonica/leptonica_1.82.0.bb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ LICENSE = "BSD-2-Clause"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://leptonica-license.txt;md5=809b282cea2df68975fbe0ffe02b560f"
 
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/releases"
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://www.leptonica.org/source/leptonica-${PV}.tar.gz"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "155302ee914668c27b6fe3ca9ff2da63b245f6d62f3061c8f27563774b8ae2d6"