diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index c58945aa9fc..5584a018c66 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [submodule "vendor/http-parser"]
 	path = vendor/http-parser
-	url = git://github.com/nodejs/http-parser.git
+	url = https://github.com/nodejs/http-parser.git
 	branch = 54f55a2