diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ex/exonerate/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ex/exonerate/package.nix
index 0c629edf12d9..3c8668e26574 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ex/exonerate/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ex/exonerate/package.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "exonerate";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/software/vertebrategenomics/exonerate/exonerate-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz";
+    url = "https://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/software/vertebrategenomics/exonerate/exonerate-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "0hj0m9xygiqsdxvbg79wq579kbrx1mdrabi2bzqz2zn9qwfjcjgq";
   };