diff --git a/tools/wget_semver b/tools/wget_semver
index d0705f3..369d0e7 100755
--- a/tools/wget_semver
+++ b/tools/wget_semver
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ function usage() {
 }
 
 function get_github() {
-	local all_releases=$(git ls-remote --tags --sort="v:refname" git://github.com/"$REPO_NAME" | grep -Eo "v?([0-9]+\.){2}[0-9]+$" )
+	local all_releases=$(git ls-remote --tags --sort="v:refname" https://github.com/"$REPO_NAME" | grep -Eo "v?([0-9]+\.){2}[0-9]+$")
 
 	# extract only VERSION without 'v'
 	local non_v_release=$(echo "$all_releases" | grep -v v | tail -n1 | cut -f2 | cut -d '/' -f3)
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ function get_github() {
 	# extract remaining version including 'v'
 	local v_release=$(echo "$all_releases" | tail -n1 | cut -f2 | cut -d '/' -f3)
 	v_release=${v_release%^\{\}} # remove extra characters ^{} from github
-	
+
 	# compare which newer from non_v_release to v_release
 	if [ -n "$non_v_release" ] && [ "v$non_v_release" \> "$v_release" ]; then
 		echo $non_v_release