diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/uriparser/uriparser_0.9.6.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/uriparser/uriparser_0.9.7.bb
similarity index 67%
rename from meta-oe/recipes-support/uriparser/uriparser_0.9.6.bb
rename to meta-oe/recipes-support/uriparser/uriparser_0.9.7.bb
index 0d45a155954..421263e62b7 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/uriparser/uriparser_0.9.6.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/uriparser/uriparser_0.9.7.bb
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=fcc5a53146c2401f4b4f6a3bdf3f0168"
 
 SRC_URI = "https://github.com/${BPN}/${BPN}/releases/download/${BP}/${BP}.tar.gz"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "10e6f90d359c1087c45f907f95e527a8aca84422251081d1533231e031a084ff"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "11553b2abd2b5728a6c88e35ab08e807d0a0f23c44920df937778ce8cc4d40ff"
 
-UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "https://github.com/${BPN}/${BPN}/releases"
+inherit cmake github-releases
 
-inherit cmake
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "releases/tag/${BPN}-(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)"
 
 EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-DURIPARSER_BUILD_DOCS:BOOL=OFF -DURIPARSER_BUILD_TESTS:BOOL=OFF"