diff --git a/hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/changelog/5_3_0/2372-throw-error-on-protocol-aware-url.yaml b/hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/changelog/5_3_0/2372-throw-error-on-protocol-aware-url.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..25cadc11dce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/changelog/5_3_0/2372-throw-error-on-protocol-aware-url.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+type: change
+issue: 2372
+title: "ElasticsearchHibernatePropertiesBuilder will now reject any REST url which is protocol-aware. Protocol information should be set in the protocol field of the builder."
+
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/search/elastic/ElasticsearchHibernatePropertiesBuilderTest.java b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/search/elastic/ElasticsearchHibernatePropertiesBuilderTest.java
index e99b73d632a..acca2706551 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/search/elastic/ElasticsearchHibernatePropertiesBuilderTest.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/search/elastic/ElasticsearchHibernatePropertiesBuilderTest.java
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ class ElasticsearchHibernatePropertiesBuilderTest {
 	@Test
 	public void testRestUrlCannotContainProtocol() {
 		String host = "localhost:9200";
-		String protocolHost = "http://" + host;
+		String protocolHost = "https://" + host;
 		String failureMessage = "Elasticsearch URL cannot include a protocol, that is a separate property. Remove http:// or https:// from this URL.";
 
 		myPropertiesBuilder
-			.setProtocol("http")
+			.setProtocol("https")
 			.setUsername("whatever")
 			.setPassword("whatever");