diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/protobuf/protobuf_4.25.5.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/protobuf/protobuf_4.25.5.bb
index 470c368cf3..ded2c9b11b 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/protobuf/protobuf_4.25.5.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/protobuf/protobuf_4.25.5.bb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DEPENDS:append:class-target = " protobuf-native"
 
 SRCREV = "9d0ec0f92b5b5fdeeda11f9dcecc1872ff378014"
 
-SRC_URI = "gitsm://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf.git;branch=25.x;protocol=https \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf.git;branch=25.x;protocol=https \
            file://run-ptest \
            file://0001-examples-Makefile-respect-CXX-LDFLAGS-variables-fix-.patch \
            "