diff --git a/tools/data_source/ucsc_tablebrowser.xml b/tools/data_source/ucsc_tablebrowser.xml
index 3a7154e23cc..fcf1d92c4e7 100644
--- a/tools/data_source/ucsc_tablebrowser.xml
+++ b/tools/data_source/ucsc_tablebrowser.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 <tool name="UCSC Main" id="ucsc_table_direct1" tool_type="data_source">
     <description>table browser</description>
     <command interpreter="python">data_source.py $output $__app__.config.output_size_limit</command>
-    <inputs action="http://genome.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/hgTables" check_values="false" method="get">
+    <inputs action="https://genome.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/hgTables" check_values="false" method="get">
         <display>go to UCSC Table Browser $GALAXY_URL</display>
         <param name="GALAXY_URL" type="baseurl" value="/tool_runner" />
         <param name="tool_id" type="hidden" value="ucsc_table_direct1" />