diff --git a/.settings.xml b/.settings.xml
index 5e68d0e9..70447908 100644
--- a/.settings.xml
+++ b/.settings.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 				<repository>
 					<id>spring-snapshots</id>
 					<name>Spring Snapshots</name>
-					<url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot-local</url>
+					<url>https://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot-local</url>
 					<snapshots>
 						<enabled>true</enabled>
 					</snapshots>
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 				<repository>
 					<id>spring-milestones</id>
 					<name>Spring Milestones</name>
-					<url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-milestone-local</url>
+					<url>https://repo.spring.io/libs-milestone-local</url>
 					<snapshots>
 						<enabled>false</enabled>
 					</snapshots>
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 				<repository>
 					<id>spring-releases</id>
 					<name>Spring Releases</name>
-					<url>http://repo.spring.io/release</url>
+					<url>https://repo.spring.io/release</url>
 					<snapshots>
 						<enabled>false</enabled>
 					</snapshots>
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 				<pluginRepository>
 					<id>spring-snapshots</id>
 					<name>Spring Snapshots</name>
-					<url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot-local</url>
+					<url>https://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot-local</url>
 					<snapshots>
 						<enabled>true</enabled>
 					</snapshots>
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 				<pluginRepository>
 					<id>spring-milestones</id>
 					<name>Spring Milestones</name>
-					<url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-milestone-local</url>
+					<url>https://repo.spring.io/libs-milestone-local</url>
 					<snapshots>
 						<enabled>false</enabled>
 					</snapshots>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-examples/kubernetes-zipkin-example/README.md b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-examples/kubernetes-zipkin-example/README.md
index 88cbdd35..db1650c6 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-examples/kubernetes-zipkin-example/README.md
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-examples/kubernetes-zipkin-example/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ To deploy the Zipkin server and store the traces under a MySQL server, execute t
 and next to deploy the Zipkin application
 
 ```
-kubectl create -f http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/io/fabric8/zipkin/zipkin-starter-minimal/0.1.9/zipkin-starter-minimal-0.1.9-kubernetes.yml
+kubectl create -f https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/io/fabric8/zipkin/zipkin-starter-minimal/0.1.9/zipkin-starter-minimal-0.1.9-kubernetes.yml
 
 cat << EOF | kubectl create -f -
 kind: PersistentVolume
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ oc policy add-role-to-user view --serviceaccount=default
 To deploy the Zipkin server and store the traces under a MySQL server, execute the following commands to deploy the Zipkin application
 
 ```
-oc create -f http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/io/fabric8/zipkin/zipkin-starter-minimal/0.1.9/zipkin-starter-minimal-0.1.9-openshift.yml
+oc create -f https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/io/fabric8/zipkin/zipkin-starter-minimal/0.1.9/zipkin-starter-minimal-0.1.9-openshift.yml
 oc delete pvc/mysql-data
 
 cat << EOF | oc create -f -