diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 1bcd07855..cfeadeb7d 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "third_party/ninja"]
 	path = third_party/ninja
-	url = git://github.com/martine/ninja.git
+	url = https://github.com/martine/ninja.git
 [submodule "third_party/gyp"]
 	path = third_party/gyp
 	url = https://github.com/benvanik/gyp.git