diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gnu-config/gnu-config_git.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/gnu-config/gnu-config_git.bb
index 794e39546c..f4bc752d9f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gnu-config/gnu-config_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gnu-config/gnu-config_git.bb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ INHIBIT_DEFAULT_DEPS = "1"
 SRCREV = "805517123cbfe33d17c989a18e78c5789fab0437"
 PV = "20210722+git${SRCPV}"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://git.savannah.gnu.org/config.git;branch=master \
+SRC_URI = "git://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/config.git;protocol=https;branch=master \
            file://gnu-configize.in"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_COMMITS = "1"