diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index a04dd211c8..85f3e98f94 100644
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ MAVEN REPOSITORY DOWNLOADS
 
 Release jars for the project are available from the central maven repository
 
-http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/springframework/security/
+https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/springframework/security/
 
 Note that milestone releases and snapshots are not uploaded to the central
 repository, but can be obtained from the Spring milestone repository, using the
@@ -78,4 +78,4 @@ CONTRIBUTING
 
 Contributions are welcome. Please refer to the Contributor Guidelines for details
 
-  https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-security/wiki/Contributor-Guidelines
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+  https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-security/wiki/Contributor-Guidelines