diff --git a/meta-hpe/meta-gxp/classes/gxp-bootblock-n-poc.bbclass b/meta-hpe/meta-gxp/classes/gxp-bootblock-n-poc.bbclass
index fb35701..6e96ee2 100644
--- a/meta-hpe/meta-gxp/classes/gxp-bootblock-n-poc.bbclass
+++ b/meta-hpe/meta-gxp/classes/gxp-bootblock-n-poc.bbclass
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 
 BBRANCH = "master"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/HewlettPackard/gxp-bootblock.git;branch=${BBRANCH}"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/HewlettPackard/gxp-bootblock.git;branch=${BBRANCH};protocol=https"
 SRCREV = "bab416f8ca8c8465d308cfeb7f8d5abc21ba343b"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"