diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mapserver/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mapserver/package.py
index a2bb66053b7738a317084e68518af0b38b6e51df..245ea1c714e6012e20e9fc824d25fceca0d60e03 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mapserver/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mapserver/package.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class Mapserver(CMakePackage):
        to content"""
 
     homepage = "http://www.mapserver.org/"
-    url      = "http://download.osgeo.org/mapserver/mapserver-7.2.1.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://download.osgeo.org/mapserver/mapserver-7.2.1.tar.gz"
 
     version('7.2.1', sha256='9459a7057d5a85be66a41096a5d804f74665381186c37077c94b56e784db6102')