diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f9f94b0..232ed7b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
       <!-- hive 8 brings in datanucleus via this repo -->
       <id>datanucleus</id>
       <name>datanucleus</name>
-      <url>http://www.datanucleus.org/downloads/maven2/</url>
+      <url>https://www.datanucleus.org/downloads/maven2/</url>
     </repository>
   </repositories>
   <dependencies>