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@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ This will build the modules.
 
 Of course if you don't want to build locally you can grab artifacts from maven central:
 
-`http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/io/swagger/`
+`https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/io/swagger/`
 
 ## Sample Apps - *UPDATED*
 The samples have moved to [a new repository](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-samples) and contain various integrations and configurations.