diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/kscript/app/DependencyUtil.kt b/src/main/kotlin/kscript/app/DependencyUtil.kt
index e892d154..77de5343 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/kscript/app/DependencyUtil.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/kscript/app/DependencyUtil.kt
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ fun decodeEnv(value: String): String {
 }
 
 fun resolveDependenciesViaAether(depIds: List<String>, customRepos: List<MavenRepo>, loggingEnabled: Boolean): List<Artifact> {
-    val jcenter = RemoteRepository("jcenter", "default", "http://jcenter.bintray.com/")
+    val jcenter = RemoteRepository("jcenter", "default", "https://jcenter.bintray.com/")
     val customRemoteRepos = customRepos.map { mavenRepo ->
         RemoteRepository(mavenRepo.id, "default", mavenRepo.url).apply {
             if (!mavenRepo.user.isNullOrEmpty() && !mavenRepo.password.isNullOrEmpty()) {
@@ -139,4 +139,4 @@ object DependencyUtil {
     fun main(args: Array<String>) {
         System.err.println(resolveDependencies(args.toList(), loggingEnabled = false))
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}