diff --git a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/mboxd/mboxd_git.bb b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/mboxd/mboxd_git.bb
index 3f2ae86..2070266 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/mboxd/mboxd_git.bb
+++ b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/mboxd/mboxd_git.bb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
-SRC_URI += "git://github.com/openbmc/mboxbridge.git"
+SRC_URI += "git://github.com/openbmc/mboxbridge.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
 
 SRC_URI += "file://99-aspeed-lpc-ctrl.rules"