diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson_1.3.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson_1.3.1.bb
index 3a4bb14f09..9cc0cc31ab 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson_1.3.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson_1.3.1.bb
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ SRC_URI = "${GITHUB_BASE_URI}/download/${PV}/meson-${PV}.tar.gz \
            file://0002-Support-building-allarch-recipes-again.patch \
            "
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "6020568bdede1643d4fb41e28215be38eff5d52da28ac7d125457c59e0032ad7"
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)$"
 
 inherit python_setuptools_build_meta github-releases