diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/shadow/shadow_4.16.0.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/shadow/shadow_4.16.0.bb
index 1fcf82bb01..b7282d7933 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/shadow/shadow_4.16.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/shadow/shadow_4.16.0.bb
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ SRC_URI:append:class-native = " \
            file://commonio.c-fix-unexpected-open-failure-in-chroot-env.patch \
            "
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "1744f339e07a2b41056347ddd612839762ff565d7e9494fb049428002fa2e7e0"
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "releases/tag/v?(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)$"
 
 # Additional Policy files for PAM
 PAM_SRC_URI = "file://pam.d/chfn \