diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index 1a32b1d2..5ebf7ea4 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Please report bugs via the
 
 Master [git repository](http://github.com/haskell/aeson):
 
-* `git clone git://github.com/haskell/aeson.git`
+* `git clone https://github.com/haskell/aeson.git`
 
 See what's changed in recent (and upcoming) releases:
 
diff --git a/aeson.cabal b/aeson.cabal
index f6500098..977e56ad 100644
--- a/aeson.cabal
+++ b/aeson.cabal
@@ -245,4 +245,4 @@ test-suite aeson-tests
 
 source-repository head
   type:     git
-  location: git://github.com/haskell/aeson.git
+  location: https://github.com/haskell/aeson.git