diff --git a/package/file/file.hash b/package/file/file.hash
index 08e8497471..7c15569c09 100644
--- a/package/file/file.hash
+++ b/package/file/file.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Locally calculated after verifying signature
-# ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-5.45.tar.gz.asc
+# https://astron.com/pub/file/file-5.45.tar.gz.asc
 # using key BE04995BA8F90ED0C0C176C471112AB16CB33B3A
 sha256  fc97f51029bb0e2c9f4e3bffefdaf678f0e039ee872b9de5c002a6d09c784d82  file-5.45.tar.gz
 sha256  0bfa856a9930bddadbef95d1be1cf4e163c0be618e76ea3275caaf255283e274  COPYING
diff --git a/package/file/file.mk b/package/file/file.mk
index b67fcaead4..27d9181d76 100644
--- a/package/file/file.mk
+++ b/package/file/file.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 FILE_VERSION = 5.45
-FILE_SITE = ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file
+FILE_SITE = https://astron.com/pub/file
 FILE_LICENSE = BSD-2-Clause, BSD-4-Clause (one file), BSD-3-Clause (one file)
 FILE_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING src/mygetopt.h src/vasprintf.c
 FILE_CPE_ID_VALID = YES