diff --git a/newapkbuild.in b/newapkbuild.in
index b2712d5..19f822a 100644
--- a/newapkbuild.in
+++ b/newapkbuild.in
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ newaport() {
 	cd "$pkgname"
 
 	if [ -z "$source" ] && [ -n "$sourceforge" ]; then
-		source="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/$pn/$pn-$pv.tar.gz"
+		source="https://downloads.sourceforge.net/$pn/$pn-$pv.tar.gz"
 	fi
 
 	if [ -z "$depends" ] &&[ "$buildtype" = "python" ]; then