diff --git a/leiningen-core/src/leiningen/core/project.clj b/leiningen-core/src/leiningen/core/project.clj
index 3a8099eee..c20e3ee2b 100755
--- a/leiningen-core/src/leiningen/core/project.clj
+++ b/leiningen-core/src/leiningen/core/project.clj
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 (def default-repositories
   (with-meta
     [["central" {:url "http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/"}]
-     ["clojars" {:url "http://releases.clojars.org/repo/"}]]
+     ["clojars" {:url "https://clojars.org/repo/"}]]
     {:reduce add-repo}))
 
 (def deploy-repositories