diff --git a/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/StartArgs.java b/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/StartArgs.java
index 9a3ed1f9c2d..403eabac7d1 100644
--- a/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/StartArgs.java
+++ b/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/StartArgs.java
@@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ public class StartArgs
             }
         }
 
-        // to override default http://central.maven.org/maven2/
+        // to override default https://central.maven.org/maven2/
         if (key.equals("maven.repo.uri"))
         {
             this.mavenBaseUri = value;
diff --git a/jetty-start/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/fileinits/MavenLocalRepoFileInitializerTest.java b/jetty-start/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/fileinits/MavenLocalRepoFileInitializerTest.java
index 2e41e22bebc..89787060bda 100644
--- a/jetty-start/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/fileinits/MavenLocalRepoFileInitializerTest.java
+++ b/jetty-start/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/fileinits/MavenLocalRepoFileInitializerTest.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public class MavenLocalRepoFileInitializerTest
         assertThat("coords.classifier",coords.classifier,nullValue());
         
         assertThat("coords.toCentralURI", coords.toCentralURI().toASCIIString(), 
-                is("http://central.maven.org/maven2/org/eclipse/jetty/jetty-start/9.3.x/jetty-start-9.3.x.jar"));
+                is("https://central.maven.org/maven2/org/eclipse/jetty/jetty-start/9.3.x/jetty-start-9.3.x.jar"));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public class MavenLocalRepoFileInitializerTest
         assertThat("coords.classifier",coords.classifier,nullValue());
         
         assertThat("coords.toCentralURI", coords.toCentralURI().toASCIIString(), 
-                is("http://central.maven.org/maven2/org/eclipse/jetty/jetty-distribution/9.3.x/jetty-distribution-9.3.x.zip"));
+                is("https://central.maven.org/maven2/org/eclipse/jetty/jetty-distribution/9.3.x/jetty-distribution-9.3.x.zip"));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public class MavenLocalRepoFileInitializerTest
         assertThat("coords.classifier",coords.classifier,is("tests"));
         
         assertThat("coords.toCentralURI", coords.toCentralURI().toASCIIString(), 
-                is("http://central.maven.org/maven2/org/eclipse/jetty/jetty-http/9.3.x/jetty-http-9.3.x-tests.jar"));
+                is("https://central.maven.org/maven2/org/eclipse/jetty/jetty-http/9.3.x/jetty-http-9.3.x-tests.jar"));
     }
     
     @Test
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ public class MavenLocalRepoFileInitializerTest
         assertThat("coords.classifier",coords.classifier,is("tests"));
         
         assertThat("coords.toCentralURI", coords.toCentralURI().toASCIIString(), 
-                is("http://central.maven.org/maven2/org/eclipse/jetty/jetty-http/9.3.x/jetty-http-9.3.x-tests.jar"));
+                is("https://central.maven.org/maven2/org/eclipse/jetty/jetty-http/9.3.x/jetty-http-9.3.x-tests.jar"));
     }
 
     @Test