diff --git a/qa/qa_rapi.py b/qa/qa_rapi.py
index f4db02112a10df9b2586f7efbe2c27975829c45f..ce0cfdec84ecc60acec6f531f5b82c17028a432d 100644
--- a/qa/qa_rapi.py
+++ b/qa/qa_rapi.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def _DoTests(uris):
   for uri, verify in uris:
     assert uri.startswith("/")
 
-    url = "http://%s:%s%s" % (host, port, uri)
+    url = "https://%s:%s%s" % (host, port, uri)
 
     print "Testing %s ..." % url