diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d19cd060..35fb6a31 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ Tabula has bindings for JRuby and R. If you end up writing bindings for another
    `rbenv`, ensure that JRuby is being used.
 
     ~~~
-    git clone git://github.com/tabulapdf/tabula.git
+    git clone https://github.com/tabulapdf/tabula.git
     cd tabula
 
     gem install bundler -v 1.17.3