diff --git a/lib/definitely-typed.ts b/lib/definitely-typed.ts
index e2cd325..e4fd205 100644
--- a/lib/definitely-typed.ts
+++ b/lib/definitely-typed.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { existsSync, mkdirSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs';
-import { get, STATUS_CODES } from "http";
+import { get, STATUS_CODES } from "https";
 import { homedir } from 'os';
 import parseGitConfig = require('parse-git-config');
 import { join as joinPaths } from "path";
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ async function getIndex(content: string, packageName: string): Promise<string> {
         "(Does not have to be to GitHub, " +
         "but prefer linking to a source code repository rather than to a project website.)";
     try {
-        const reg: Registry = JSON.parse(await loadString(`http://registry.npmjs.org/${packageName}`));
+        const reg: Registry = JSON.parse(await loadString(`https://registry.npmjs.org/${packageName}`));
         const { latest } = reg["dist-tags"];
         const { homepage } = reg.versions[latest];