diff --git a/recipes-protocols/libtango/libtango.inc b/recipes-protocols/libtango/libtango.inc
index 3fd5a05..a5cae99 100644
--- a/recipes-protocols/libtango/libtango.inc
+++ b/recipes-protocols/libtango/libtango.inc
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ SUMMARY = "Tango Controls kernel library"
 LICENSE = "LGPL-3.0"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=8195c2d9416e5fc98eb30ee334511b73"
 
+# cppTango repo is a total mess with tags, we need to grab the release tarball
 SRC_URI = "https://gitlab.com/tango-controls/cppTango/-/archive/${PV}/cppTango-${PV}.tar.gz"
-
 S = "${WORKDIR}/cppTango-${PV}"
 
 DEPENDS = "omniorb-native omniorb tango-idl zeromq cppzmq jpeg"
diff --git a/recipes-protocols/libtango/libtango_9.5.0.bb b/recipes-protocols/libtango/libtango_9.5.0.bb
index dc67004..b5c85fb 100644
--- a/recipes-protocols/libtango/libtango_9.5.0.bb
+++ b/recipes-protocols/libtango/libtango_9.5.0.bb
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 require libtango.inc
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "8f8cd49d5287f66f84088a1cf2fa427c98a4a567fb81cce8479e1b14c4307b16"
+
+PREFERRED_VERSION_tango-idl = "5.1.%"