diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses_6.0.bb b/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses_6.0.bb
index 8587287542..e877d67e60 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses_6.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses_6.0.bb
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ SRC_URI += "file://tic-hang.patch \
 SRCREV = "c6b034b4d69f8c9092c2a1b5d5bb718282b2a522"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 EXTRA_OECONF += "--with-abi-version=5"
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX = "(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+(\+\d+)*)"