diff --git a/upstream-info/libevent.yaml b/upstream-info/libevent.yaml
index 6491b4592074473bd7ceec3331095e8f51d33805..d1789c637b262b9024c1c562290b257eab238b4e 100644
--- a/upstream-info/libevent.yaml
+++ b/upstream-info/libevent.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 version_control: github
 src_repo:  libevent/libevent
-tag_prefix: ^release-
+tag_pattern: release-(.*)-stable
 separator: .