diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 82b8e1319b74172b9299e014eceb3803ae142cde..637c9b503b4d5aea224689a5ef602540ba942c73 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "faser-common"]
 	   path = faser-common
-	   url = https://gitlab.cern.ch/faser/faser-common.git
+	   url = https://:@gitlab.cern.ch:8443/faser/faser-common.git