diff --git a/src/cli/VersionChecker.cpp b/src/cli/VersionChecker.cpp
index b77a030d..53507974 100644
--- a/src/cli/VersionChecker.cpp
+++ b/src/cli/VersionChecker.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ namespace cryfs {
 
     optional<ptree> VersionChecker::_getVersionInfo(shared_ptr<HttpClient> httpClient) {
         long timeoutMsec = 2000;
-        optional<string> response = httpClient->get("http://www.cryfs.org/version_info.json", timeoutMsec);
+        optional<string> response = httpClient->get("https://www.cryfs.org/version_info.json", timeoutMsec);
         if (response == none) {
             return none;
         }
diff --git a/test/cli/VersionCheckerTest.cpp b/test/cli/VersionCheckerTest.cpp
index 55cd961c..fad42836 100644
--- a/test/cli/VersionCheckerTest.cpp
+++ b/test/cli/VersionCheckerTest.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public:
     }
 
     void setVersionInfo(const string &versionInfo) {
-        http->addWebsite("http://www.cryfs.org/version_info.json", versionInfo);
+        http->addWebsite("https://www.cryfs.org/version_info.json", versionInfo);
     }
 
 private: