diff --git a/include/version.mk b/include/version.mk
index 7d3c1ad640..b7f42e13bb 100644
--- a/include/version.mk
+++ b/include/version.mk
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ VERSION_CODE:=$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_VERSION_CODE))
 VERSION_CODE:=$(if $(VERSION_CODE),$(VERSION_CODE),$(REVISION))
 
 VERSION_REPO:=$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_VERSION_REPO))
-VERSION_REPO:=$(if $(VERSION_REPO),$(VERSION_REPO),http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots)
+VERSION_REPO:=$(if $(VERSION_REPO),$(VERSION_REPO),https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots)
 
 VERSION_DIST:=$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_VERSION_DIST))
 VERSION_DIST:=$(if $(VERSION_DIST),$(VERSION_DIST),OpenWrt)
diff --git a/package/base-files/image-config.in b/package/base-files/image-config.in
index 3432db525a..b5cd90f615 100644
--- a/package/base-files/image-config.in
+++ b/package/base-files/image-config.in
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ if VERSIONOPT
 	config VERSION_REPO
 		string
 		prompt "Release repository"
-		default "http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots"
+		default "https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots"
 		help
 			This is the repository address embedded in the image, it defaults
 			to the trunk snapshot repo; the url may contain the following placeholders: