diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/json-c/json-c_0.15.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/json-c/json-c_0.15.bb
index 4da30bc50c..b3679e0135 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/json-c/json-c_0.15.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/json-c/json-c_0.15.bb
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ SRC_URI = " \
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "b8d80a1ddb718b3ba7492916237bbf86609e9709fb007e7f7d4322f02341a4c6"
 
+# NVD uses full tag name including date
+CVE_VERSION = "0.15-20200726"
+
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "https://github.com/${BPN}/${BPN}/tags"
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "json-c-(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)-\d+"