diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/poco/poco_1.11.0.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/poco/poco_1.11.0.bb
index 5f63910..c364f72 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/poco/poco_1.11.0.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/poco/poco_1.11.0.bb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 DEPENDS = "libpcre zlib"
 
 SRC_URI = " \
-    git://github.com/pocoproject/poco.git;branch=master \
+    git://github.com/pocoproject/poco.git;branch=master;protocol=https \
     file://0001-fix-missing-expat-definition.patch \
     file://run-ptest \
    "