diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/driverctl/driverctl_0.111.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/driverctl/driverctl_0.111.bb
index f5f542c541..bf80757cfc 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/driverctl/driverctl_0.111.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/driverctl/driverctl_0.111.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "systemd"
 DEPENDS = "systemd"
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += "bash bash-completion"
 
-SRC_URI = " git://gitlab.com/driverctl/driverctl.git;branch=master"
+SRC_URI = " git://gitlab.com/driverctl/driverctl.git;protocol=https;branch=master"
 SRCREV = "fa9dce43d1a667d6e6e26895fbed01b3b04362c9"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"