diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/fontforge/libspiro_20221101.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/fontforge/libspiro_20221101.bb
index 0adac8464e..c65a2d8edb 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/fontforge/libspiro_20221101.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/fontforge/libspiro_20221101.bb
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504"
 SRC_URI = "https://github.com/fontforge/libspiro/releases/download/${PV}/libspiro-dist-${PV}.tar.gz"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "5984fb5af3e4e1f927f3a74850b705a711fb86284802a5e6170b09786440e8be"
 
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "https://github.com/fontforge/libspiro/releases"
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "(?P<pver>\d+)"
+
 inherit autotools
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"