diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/socketcan/canutils_4.0.6.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/socketcan/canutils_4.0.6.bb
index ab4710e81f..6989531c81 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/socketcan/canutils_4.0.6.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/socketcan/canutils_4.0.6.bb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=94d55d512a9ba36caa9b7df079bae19f"
 DEPENDS = "libsocketcan"
 
 SRCREV = "299dff7f5322bf0348dcdd60071958ebedf5f09d"
-SRC_URI = "git://git.pengutronix.de/git/tools/canutils.git;protocol=git;branch=master \
+SRC_URI = "git://git.pengutronix.de/git/tools/canutils.git;protocol=https;branch=master \
     file://0001-canutils-candump-Add-error-frame-s-handling.patch \
 "