--- a/lib/CPAN/SQLite.pm
+++ b/lib/CPAN/SQLite.pm
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     die qq{The '$CPAN' directory doesn't exist} unless (-d $CPAN);
     $update_indices = (-f File::Spec->catfile($CPAN, 'MIRRORING.FROM')) ? 0 : 1;
   }
-  push @$urllist, q{http://www.cpan.org/};
+  push @$urllist, q{https://www.cpan.org/};
   $db_dir ||= cwd;
   my $self = {
     %args,