diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 434d01b3d5f..4ab7f3ca5b6 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 	url = https://github.com/gflags/gflags.git
 [submodule "third_party/googletest"]
 	path = third_party/googletest
-	url = git://github.com/google/googletest
+	url = https://github.com/google/googletest.git