diff --git a/src/common/updates.cpp b/src/common/updates.cpp
index c84566f57..2140aeaa7 100644
--- a/src/common/updates.cpp
+++ b/src/common/updates.cpp
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ namespace tools
 
   std::string get_update_url(const std::string &software, const std::string &subdir, const std::string &buildtag, const std::string &version)
   {
-    static const char base[] = "https://updates.getmonero.org/";
+    static const char base[] = "http://updates.getmonero.org/";
 #ifdef _WIN32
     static const char extension[] = ".zip";
 #else