diff --git a/rally/deploy/engines/devstack.py b/rally/deploy/engines/devstack.py
index 7aa5a1c0cc..c336886c72 100644
--- a/rally/deploy/engines/devstack.py
+++ b/rally/deploy/engines/devstack.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class DevstackEngine(engine.EngineFactory):
     Sample of a configuration:
         {
             "type": "DevstackEngine",
-            "devstack_repo": "git://example.com/devstack/",
+            "devstack_repo": "https://example.com/devstack/",
             "localrc": {
                 "ADMIN_PASSWORD": "secret"
             },
diff --git a/rally/verification/verifiers/tempest/tempest.py b/rally/verification/verifiers/tempest/tempest.py
index a7d1563353..40fd029203 100644
--- a/rally/verification/verifiers/tempest/tempest.py
+++ b/rally/verification/verifiers/tempest/tempest.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class Tempest(object):
         print("Please wait while tempest is being cloned. "
               "This could take a few minutes...")
         subprocess.check_call(["git", "clone",
-                               "git://github.com/openstack/tempest",
+                               "https://github.com/openstack/tempest",
                                Tempest.tempest_base_path])
 
     def install(self):
diff --git a/tests/verification/verifiers/test_tempest.py b/tests/verification/verifiers/test_tempest.py
index e46679c75f..df6ab2ad51 100644
--- a/tests/verification/verifiers/test_tempest.py
+++ b/tests/verification/verifiers/test_tempest.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class TempestTestCase(test.TestCase):
     def test__clone(self, mock_sp):
         self.verifier._clone()
         mock_sp.check_call.assert_called_once_with(
-            ['git', 'clone', 'git://github.com/openstack/tempest',
+            ['git', 'clone', 'https://github.com/openstack/tempest',
              tempest.Tempest.tempest_base_path])
 
     @mock.patch(TEMPEST_PATH + '.tempest.Tempest._initialize_testr')