diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/onig/onig_6.9.9.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/onig/onig_6.9.9.bb
index b29437db1e..414d9bfc16 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/onig/onig_6.9.9.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/onig/onig_6.9.9.bb
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ SRC_URI = "\
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "60162bd3b9fc6f4886d4c7a07925ffd374167732f55dce8c491bfd9cd818a6cf"
 
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/releases/"
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)"
+
 BINCONFIG = "${bindir}/onig-config"
 
 inherit autotools binconfig-disabled ptest