diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sqlite/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sqlite/package.py
index 78c2e14b34043fba943e6bd069506ff3ca643a36..c57ee723233b9486772fcaed79f3c9df19f922d0 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sqlite/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sqlite/package.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class Sqlite(Package):
     homepage = "www.sqlite.org"
 
     version('3.8.5', '0544ef6d7afd8ca797935ccc2685a9ed',
-            url='http://www.sqlite.org/2014/sqlite-autoconf-3080500.tar.gz')
+            url='https://www.sqlite.org/2014/sqlite-autoconf-3080500.tar.gz')
 
     def get_arch(self):
         arch = architecture.Arch()