diff --git a/recipes-multimedia/libva/libva-utils-intel_2.7.1.bb b/recipes-multimedia/libva/libva-utils-intel_2.7.1.bb
index fbad286f..6d0ad7c7 100644
--- a/recipes-multimedia/libva/libva-utils-intel_2.7.1.bb
+++ b/recipes-multimedia/libva/libva-utils-intel_2.7.1.bb
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 
 require recipes-graphics/libva/libva-utils_2.6.0.bb
 
-SRC_URI_remove = "git://github.com/intel/libva-utils.git;branch=v2.6-branch"
-SRC_URI_prepend = "git://github.com/intel/libva-utils.git;branch=v2.7-branch "
+SRC_URI_remove = "git://github.com/intel/libva-utils.git;branch=v2.6-branch;protocol=https"
+SRC_URI_prepend = "git://github.com/intel/libva-utils.git;branch=v2.7-branch;protocol=https "
 
 SRCREV = "5a24c635f6fb2b9ac31cab3360afca50e1860812"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"