diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6a3e418f65..e2020a50a6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
   </licenses>
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/components/trunk</connection>
-    <developerConnection>scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/components/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/components/trunk</developerConnection>
     <url>http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/maven/components/trunk</url>
   </scm>
   <organization>
@@ -222,4 +222,4 @@
       <url>scp://minotaur.apache.org/www/maven.apache.org/maven2/</url>
     </site>
   </distributionManagement>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>