diff --git a/meta-openpower/recipes-bsp/libekb/libekb_git.bb b/meta-openpower/recipes-bsp/libekb/libekb_git.bb
index ccaad57..0d0be70 100644
--- a/meta-openpower/recipes-bsp/libekb/libekb_git.bb
+++ b/meta-openpower/recipes-bsp/libekb/libekb_git.bb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 SRCREV_libekb = "9a8b5a419f2058e7e1d4bb97a1f91bd2d343f86a"
 SRCREV_ekb = "${EKB_REV}"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://git@github.com/open-power/libekb_p10;branch="main";name=libekb \
+SRC_URI = "git://git@github.com/open-power/libekb_p10;branch="main";name=libekb;protocol=https \
            ${EKB_URI};name=ekb;destsuffix=git/ekb \
            "