diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp_0.8.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp_0.8.0.bb
index 44ac0687a7..29e53fcf04 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp_0.8.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp_0.8.0.bb
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=6a8aaf0595c2efc1a9c2e0913e9c1a2c"
 # yaml-cpp releases are stored as archive files in github.
 # download the exact revision of release
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
-SRCREV = "f7320141120f720aecc4c32be25586e7da9eb978"
+SRCREV = "28f93bdec6387d42332220afa9558060c8016795"
+PV .= "+git"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"