diff --git a/meta-security/recipes-security/nikto/nikto_2.1.6.bb b/meta-security/recipes-security/nikto/nikto_2.1.6.bb
index 242f3ac..8542d69 100644
--- a/meta-security/recipes-security/nikto/nikto_2.1.6.bb
+++ b/meta-security/recipes-security/nikto/nikto_2.1.6.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COMMON_LICENSE_DIR}/GPL-2.0-only;md5=801f80980d171dd6425610833a22dbe6"
 
 SRCREV = "f1bbd1a8756c076c8fd4f4dd0bc34a8ef215ae79"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/sullo/nikto.git \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/sullo/nikto.git;branch=master;protocol=https \
            file://location.patch"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git/program"