diff --git a/rebar.config b/rebar.config
index f66afe54..a12fe6ba 100644
--- a/rebar.config
+++ b/rebar.config
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 {xref_queries, [{"(XC - UC) || (XU - X - B - \"(cluster_info|dtrace|yz_kv|yz_stat|basho_bench_config)\" : Mod)", []}]}.
 
 {deps, [
-       {riak_kv, ".*", {git, "git://github.com/basho/riak_kv.git", {branch, "riak_ts-develop"}}},
-       {merge_index, ".*", {git, "git://github.com/basho/merge_index.git", {tag, "2.0.4"}}}
+       {riak_kv, ".*", {git, "https://github.com/basho/riak_kv.git", {branch, "riak_ts-develop"}}},
+       {merge_index, ".*", {git, "https://github.com/basho/merge_index.git", {tag, "2.0.4"}}}
        ]}.
 
 {erl_first_files, ["src/riak_search_backend.erl"]}.