diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/poppler/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/poppler/package.py
index 3feb832778b..3d168c1cdcf 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/poppler/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/poppler/package.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class Poppler(CMakePackage):
     # Only needed to run `make test`
     resource(
         name='test',
-        git='git://git.freedesktop.org/git/poppler/test',
+        git='https://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/poppler/test',
         placement='testdata'
     )