diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/gcr/gcr3_3.40.0.bb b/meta/recipes-gnome/gcr/gcr3_3.40.0.bb
index 5318768db6..8d0f1e972a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-gnome/gcr/gcr3_3.40.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-gnome/gcr/gcr3_3.40.0.bb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ CFLAGS += "-D_GNU_SOURCE"
 GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS = "meson"
 GTKDOC_MESON_OPTION = "gtk_doc"
 inherit gnomebase gtk-icon-cache gtk-doc features_check upstream-version-is-even vala gobject-introspection gettext mime mime-xdg
-UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "[^\d\.](?P<pver>\d+\.(?!9\d+)(\d*[02468])+(\.\d+)+)\.tar"
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "[^\d\.](?P<pver>3.(?!9\d+)\d+(\.\d+)+)\.tar"
 
 SRC_URI = " \
 	https://download.gnome.org/sources/gcr/3.40/gcr-${PV}.tar.xz;name=archive \