diff --git a/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/sparse-checkout.yml b/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/sparse-checkout.yml
index 5b36bf48e..69db80fc8 100644
--- a/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/sparse-checkout.yml
+++ b/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/sparse-checkout.yml
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ steps:
             } else {
               Write-Host "Repository $($repository.Name) is being initialized."
 
-              Write-Host "git clone --no-checkout --filter=tree:0 git://github.com/$($repository.Name) ."
-              git clone --no-checkout --filter=tree:0 git://github.com/$($repository.Name) .
+              Write-Host "git clone --no-checkout --filter=tree:0 https://github.com/$($repository.Name) ."
+              git clone --no-checkout --filter=tree:0 https://github.com/$($repository.Name) .
 
               Write-Host "git sparse-checkout init"
               git sparse-checkout init