diff --git a/lib/MetaCPAN/Script/River.pm b/lib/MetaCPAN/Script/River.pm
index 8909fcfe8..975154368 100644
--- a/lib/MetaCPAN/Script/River.pm
+++ b/lib/MetaCPAN/Script/River.pm
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ has river_url => (
     isa      => Uri,
     coerce   => 1,
     required => 1,
-    default  => 'http://neilb.org/river-of-cpan.json.gz',
+    default  => 'https://neilb.org/river-of-cpan.json.gz',
 );
 
 sub run {