diff --git a/tar.be0 b/tar.be0
index 4bfd96d32..e0ff54d80 100755
--- a/tar.be0
+++ b/tar.be0
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 ## The source URL(s) define the location of the sources that will be
 ## downloaded. Version variables may be used to simplify reuse of this bee-file.
 
-SRCURL[0]="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/tar-${PKGVERSION}.tar.xz"
+SRCURL[0]="https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/tar-${PKGVERSION}.tar.xz"
 
 ###############################################################################
 ## Add URLs/pathes to patch files to the PATCHURL array.