diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/xwayland/xwayland_21.1.1.bb b/meta/recipes-graphics/xwayland/xwayland_21.1.1.bb
index faf166f788..f5db7cc5db 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/xwayland/xwayland_21.1.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/xwayland/xwayland_21.1.1.bb
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=5df87950af51ac2c5822094553ea1880"
 SRC_URI = "https://www.x.org/archive/individual/xserver/xwayland-${PV}.tar.xz"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "31f261ce51bbee76a6ca3ec02aa367ffa2b5efa2b98412df57ccefd7a19003ce"
 
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "xwayland-(?P<pver>\d+(\.(?!90\d)\d+)+)\.tar"
+
 inherit meson features_check
 REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "x11 opengl"