diff --git a/dev-lang/python/python-2.6.9.recipe b/dev-lang/python/python-2.6.9.recipe
index a97f285e6..ad02a3ba3 100644
--- a/dev-lang/python/python-2.6.9.recipe
+++ b/dev-lang/python/python-2.6.9.recipe
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ OSI-approved open source license.
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.python.org"
 LICENSE="Python"
 COPYRIGHT="1990-2012, Python Software Foundation"
-SRC_URI="http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.6.9/Python-2.6.9.tar.xz"
+SRC_URI="https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.6.9/Python-2.6.9.tar.xz"
 CHECKSUM_MD5="933a811f11e3db3d73ae492f6c3a7a76"
 REVISION="1"
 ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"