diff --git a/media-gfx/blender/blender-2.79b.recipe b/media-gfx/blender/blender-2.79b.recipe
index 5aa3bc08e..4f6d95a35 100644
--- a/media-gfx/blender/blender-2.79b.recipe
+++ b/media-gfx/blender/blender-2.79b.recipe
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ benefit from its unified pipeline and responsive development process."
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.blender.org/"
 COPYRIGHT="2002-2017 Blender Foundation"
 LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"
-REVISION="2"
-SOURCE_URI="http://download.blender.org/source/blender-$portVersion.tar.gz"
+REVISION="3"
+SOURCE_URI="https://download.blender.org/source/blender-$portVersion.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="4c944c304a49e68ac687ea06f5758204def049b66dc211e1cffa1857716393bc"
 PATCHES="blender-$portVersion.patchset"
 ADDITIONAL_FILES="blender.rdef.in"