diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/resources/spring/spring-dspace-addon-import-services.xml b/dspace-api/src/main/resources/spring/spring-dspace-addon-import-services.xml
index 6b0ef3e9b9..c758966f44 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/resources/spring/spring-dspace-addon-import-services.xml
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/resources/spring/spring-dspace-addon-import-services.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     <bean id="ArXivImportService"
           class="org.dspace.importer.external.arxiv.service.ArXivImportMetadataSourceServiceImpl" scope="singleton">
         <property name="metadataFieldMapping" ref="ArXivMetadataFieldMapping"/>
-        <property name="baseAddress" value="http://export.arxiv.org/api/query"/>
+        <property name="baseAddress" value="https://export.arxiv.org/api/query"/>
     </bean>
     <bean id="ArXivMetadataFieldMapping"
           class="org.dspace.importer.external.arxiv.metadatamapping.ArXivFieldMapping">