diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 0ba0f4e4..f81e342c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	url = https://github.com/glennrp/libpng
 [submodule "extlib/freetype"]
 	path = extlib/freetype
-	url = http://git.sv.nongnu.org/r/freetype/freetype2.git
+	url = https://git.savannah.nongnu.org/r/freetype/freetype2.git/
 [submodule "extlib/libdxfrw"]
 	path = extlib/libdxfrw
 	url = https://github.com/solvespace/libdxfrw.git