diff --git a/plugin/pom.xml b/plugin/pom.xml
index 0ac19fc2d..9e3c14e5f 100644
--- a/plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/plugin/pom.xml
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@
   </build>
 
   <scm>
-    <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/${gitHubRepo}.git</connection>
+    <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/${gitHubRepo}.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:${gitHubRepo}.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/${gitHubRepo}</url>
     <tag>${scmTag}</tag>