diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index e11be25b0234a7..7f9bd33e055db1 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ locally.
 ```text
 $ git clone git@github.com:username/node.git
 $ cd node
-$ git remote add upstream git://github.com/nodejs/node.git
+$ git remote add upstream https://github.com/nodejs/node.git
 ```
 
 #### Which branch?