diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/json-c/json-c_0.17.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/json-c/json-c_0.17.bb
index b7b596212f..f4b7a32cea 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/json-c/json-c_0.17.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/json-c/json-c_0.17.bb
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ SRC_URI = "https://s3.amazonaws.com/json-c_releases/releases/${BP}.tar.gz \
            "
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "7550914d58fb63b2c3546f3ccfbe11f1c094147bd31a69dcd23714d7956159e6"
 
+# NVD uses full tag name including date
+CVE_VERSION = "0.17-20230812"
+
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "https://github.com/${BPN}/${BPN}/tags"
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "json-c-(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)-\d+"