diff --git a/package/bitstream-vera/bitstream-vera.hash b/package/bitstream-vera/bitstream-vera.hash
index bb31b17a4a..54deb2661c 100644
--- a/package/bitstream-vera/bitstream-vera.hash
+++ b/package/bitstream-vera/bitstream-vera.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# From http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/ttf-bitstream-vera/1.10/ttf-bitstream-vera-1.10.tar.bz2.sha256sum
+# From https://download.gnome.org/sources/ttf-bitstream-vera/1.10/ttf-bitstream-vera-1.10.tar.bz2.sha256sum
 sha256  db5b27df7bbb318036ebdb75acd3e98f1bd6eb6608fb70a67d478cd243d178dc  ttf-bitstream-vera-1.10.tar.bz2
 # locally computed
 sha256  3361d054759a2fc686a2c058be82deaf9c2e6fe549be9004d7935a6c1736315d  COPYRIGHT.TXT
diff --git a/package/bitstream-vera/bitstream-vera.mk b/package/bitstream-vera/bitstream-vera.mk
index f487d637c2..2c9dc1a5cb 100644
--- a/package/bitstream-vera/bitstream-vera.mk
+++ b/package/bitstream-vera/bitstream-vera.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 BITSTREAM_VERA_VERSION = 1.10
-BITSTREAM_VERA_SITE = http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/ttf-bitstream-vera/$(BITSTREAM_VERA_VERSION)
+BITSTREAM_VERA_SITE = https://download.gnome.org/sources/ttf-bitstream-vera/$(BITSTREAM_VERA_VERSION)
 BITSTREAM_VERA_SOURCE = ttf-bitstream-vera-$(BITSTREAM_VERA_VERSION).tar.bz2
 BITSTREAM_VERA_TARGET_DIR = $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera
 BITSTREAM_VERA_LICENSE = BitstreamVera