diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/http-get/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/http-get/package.py
index 9c174f7ef0..897f6f5fc1 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/http-get/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/http-get/package.py
@@ -12,15 +12,15 @@ class HttpGet(MakefilePackage):
     It does not do gopher, ftp, file, news, or any other type of URL,
     only HTTP. It can be configured to do HTTPS fetches as well."""
 
-    homepage = "http://www.acme.com/software/http_get/"
-    url      = "http://www.acme.com/software/http_get/http_get_23May2018.tar.gz"
+    homepage = "https://www.acme.com/software/http_get/"
+    url      = "https://www.acme.com/software/http_get/http_get_23May2018.tar.gz"
 
-    version('2018-05-23', sha256='7d46ce25e53b6d3e27a99c1853c3054a046cc97d5e30a713a7ec986cfe7c4fe0')
+    version('2018-05-23', sha256='f04e9d911fbc0cdb7c4ebe91dae1cc951ea14b657f48309c3952dcc938bb2e0d')
 
     def url_for_version(self, version):
         ver = datetime.datetime.strptime(str(version), '%Y-%m-%d').date()
         verstr = datetime.datetime.strftime(ver, '%d%b%Y')
-        return "http://www.acme.com/software/http_get/http_get_{0}.tar.gz".format(verstr)
+        return "https://www.acme.com/software/http_get/http_get_{0}.tar.gz".format(verstr)
 
     def edit(self, spec, prefix):
         makefile = FileFilter("Makefile")