diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-dtc_1.8.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-dtc_1.8.1.bb
index 314107883f..4c362f513d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-dtc_1.8.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-dtc_1.8.1.bb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only | BSD-2-Clause"
 
 DEPENDS = "flex-native bison-native swig-native python3-setuptools-scm-native libyaml dtc"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/dtc/dtc.git;branch=main \
+SRC_URI = "git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/dtc/dtc.git;branch=main;protocol=https \
            "
 
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX = "v(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)"