diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/shared-mime-info/shared-mime-info_git.bb b/meta/recipes-support/shared-mime-info/shared-mime-info_git.bb
index f0d5bc62e9..7a060b09ad 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/shared-mime-info/shared-mime-info_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/shared-mime-info/shared-mime-info_git.bb
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ SRCREV = "829b26d85e7d89a0caee03046c3bce373f04c80a"
 PV = "1.15"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX = "Release-(?P<pver>(\d+(\-\d+)+))"
+UPSTREAM_VERSION_UNKNOWN = "1"
+
 inherit autotools pkgconfig gettext python3native mime
 
 EXTRA_OECONF = "--disable-update-mimedb"