diff --git a/upstream-info/libevent.yaml b/upstream-info/libevent.yaml
index 2ae88c97b514909e1067676ce610389195249b02..6491b4592074473bd7ceec3331095e8f51d33805 100644
--- a/upstream-info/libevent.yaml
+++ b/upstream-info/libevent.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 version_control: github
 src_repo:  libevent/libevent
-tag_prefix: ^v
+tag_prefix: ^release-
 separator: .