diff --git a/README b/README
index 49a9fd09cd..441c33eb2f 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Submitting patches
 
 The QEMU source code is maintained under the GIT version control system.
 
-   git clone git://git.qemu.org/qemu.git
+   git clone https://git.qemu.org/git/qemu.git
 
 When submitting patches, one common approach is to use 'git
 format-patch' and/or 'git send-email' to format & send the mail to the
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ the QEMU website
 
 The QEMU website is also maintained under source control.
 
-  git clone git://git.qemu.org/qemu-web.git
+  git clone https://git.qemu.org/git/qemu-web.git
   https://www.qemu.org/2017/02/04/the-new-qemu-website-is-up/
 
 A 'git-publish' utility was created to make above process less
diff --git a/pc-bios/README b/pc-bios/README
index 90f0fa7aa7..b572e9eb00 100644
--- a/pc-bios/README
+++ b/pc-bios/README
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   legacy x86 software to communicate with an attached serial console as
   if a video card were attached.  The master sources reside in a subversion
   repository at http://sgabios.googlecode.com/svn/trunk.  A git mirror is
-  available at git://git.qemu.org/sgabios.git.
+  available at https://git.qemu.org/git/sgabios.git.
 
 - The PXE roms come from the iPXE project. Built with BANNER_TIME 0.
   Sources available at http://ipxe.org.  Vendor:Device ID -> ROM mapping:
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 - The u-boot binary for e500 comes from the upstream denx u-boot project where
   it was compiled using the qemu-ppce500 target.
-  A git mirror is available at: git://git.qemu.org/u-boot.git
+  A git mirror is available at: https://git.qemu.org/git/u-boot.git
   The hash used to compile the current version is: 2072e72
 
 - Skiboot (https://github.com/open-power/skiboot/) is an OPAL