diff --git a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/devtool/devtool-upgrade-test2_git.bb b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/devtool/devtool-upgrade-test2_git.bb
index 203f4b61c2..bc3690a8e3 100644
--- a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/devtool/devtool-upgrade-test2_git.bb
+++ b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/devtool/devtool-upgrade-test2_git.bb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SRCREV = "1a3e1343761b30750bed70e0fd688f6d3c7b3717"
 PV = "0.1+git${SRCPV}"
 PR = "r2"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://git.yoctoproject.org/dbus-wait;branch=master"
+SRC_URI = "git://git.yoctoproject.org/dbus-wait;branch=master;protocol=https"
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_COMMITS = "1"
 RECIPE_NO_UPDATE_REASON = "This recipe is used to test devtool upgrade feature"
 
diff --git a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/devtool/devtool-upgrade-test2_git.bb.upgraded b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/devtool/devtool-upgrade-test2_git.bb.upgraded
index 3d45fc4857..c0eda29089 100644
--- a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/devtool/devtool-upgrade-test2_git.bb.upgraded
+++ b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/devtool/devtool-upgrade-test2_git.bb.upgraded
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DEPENDS = "dbus"
 SRCREV = "6cc6077a36fe2648a5f993fe7c16c9632f946517"
 PV = "0.1+git${SRCPV}"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://git.yoctoproject.org/dbus-wait;branch=master"
+SRC_URI = "git://git.yoctoproject.org/dbus-wait;branch=master;protocol=https"
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_COMMITS = "1"
 RECIPE_NO_UPDATE_REASON = "This recipe is used to test devtool upgrade feature"
 
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
index dc0fc35062..16660d46e2 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ class DevtoolAddTests(DevtoolBase):
     def test_devtool_add_fetch_git(self):
         tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='devtoolqa')
         self.track_for_cleanup(tempdir)
-        url = 'gitsm://git.yoctoproject.org/mraa'
+        url = 'gitsm://git.yoctoproject.org/mraa;protocol=https'
         url_branch = '%s;branch=master' % url
         checkrev = 'ae127b19a50aa54255e4330ccfdd9a5d058e581d'
         testrecipe = 'mraa'
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ class DevtoolAddTests(DevtoolBase):
         self.track_for_cleanup(self.workspacedir)
         self.add_command_to_tearDown('bitbake -c cleansstate %s' % testrecipe)
         self.add_command_to_tearDown('bitbake-layers remove-layer */workspace')
-        result = runCmd('devtool add %s %s -a -f %s' % (testrecipe, srcdir, url))
+        result = runCmd('devtool add %s %s -a "%s"' % (testrecipe, srcdir, url))
         self.assertExists(os.path.join(self.workspacedir, 'conf', 'layer.conf'), 'Workspace directory not created: %s' % result.output)
         self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(os.path.join(srcdir, 'imraa', 'imraa.c')), 'Unable to find imraa/imraa.c in source directory')
         # Test devtool status
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/externalsrc.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/externalsrc.py
index 1d800dc82c..c127d254e3 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/externalsrc.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/externalsrc.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class ExternalSrc(OESelftestTestCase):
     #     so we check only that a recipe with externalsrc can be parsed
     def test_externalsrc_srctree_hash_files(self):
         test_recipe = "git-submodule-test"
-        git_url = "git://git.yoctoproject.org/git-submodule-test"
+        git_url = "https://git.yoctoproject.org/git-submodule-test"
         externalsrc_dir = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="externalsrc").name
 
         self.write_config(
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/sstatetests.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/sstatetests.py
index 4a32af902f..831991dee8 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/sstatetests.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/sstatetests.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class SStateTests(SStateBase):
         # Use dbus-wait as a local git repo we can add a commit between two builds in
         pn = 'dbus-wait'
         srcrev = '6cc6077a36fe2648a5f993fe7c16c9632f946517'
-        url = 'git://git.yoctoproject.org/dbus-wait'
+        url = 'https://git.yoctoproject.org/dbus-wait'
         result = runCmd('git clone %s noname' % url, cwd=tempdir)
         srcdir = os.path.join(tempdir, 'noname')
         result = runCmd('git reset --hard %s' % srcrev, cwd=srcdir)