diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index ca6a48f0b..44fa6fdf6 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "vendor/libgit2"]
 	path = vendor/libgit2
-	url = git://github.com/libgit2/libgit2.git
+	url = https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2.git