diff --git a/R/search-pv.R b/R/search-pv.R
index 219bb22..300ceae 100644
--- a/R/search-pv.R
+++ b/R/search-pv.R
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #' @noRd
 get_base <- function(endpoint)
-  sprintf("http://www.patentsview.org/api/%s/query", endpoint)
+  sprintf("https://www.patentsview.org/api/%s/query", endpoint)
 
 #' @noRd
 tojson_2 <- function(x, ...) {