diff --git a/.circleci/config-2_1.yml b/.circleci/config-2_1.yml
index 7d547177d4..f0a8b0bf61 100644
--- a/.circleci/config-2_1.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config-2_1.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ default_env_vars: &default_env_vars
     CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     #Skip all syncing to disk to avoid performance issues in flaky CI environments
     CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ commands:
     - run:
         name: Clone Cassandra Repository (via git)
         command: |
-          git clone --single-branch --depth 1 --branch $CIRCLE_BRANCH git://github.com/$CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME/$CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME.git ~/cassandra
+          git clone --single-branch --depth 1 --branch $CIRCLE_BRANCH https://github.com/$CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME/$CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME.git ~/cassandra
 
   clone_dtest:
     steps:
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ commands:
           export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
           cd ~/cassandra
           mkdir ~/dtest_jars
-          git remote add apache git://github.com/apache/cassandra.git
+          git remote add apache https://github.com/apache/cassandra.git
           for branch in cassandra-2.2 cassandra-3.0 cassandra-3.11 trunk; do
             # check out the correct cassandra version:
             git remote set-branches --add apache '$branch'
diff --git a/.circleci/config-2_1.yml.high_res.patch b/.circleci/config-2_1.yml.high_res.patch
index ffe37e28d3..b4c0ae6189 100644
--- a/.circleci/config-2_1.yml.high_res.patch
+++ b/.circleci/config-2_1.yml.high_res.patch
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 +++ .circleci/config-2_1.yml.HIGHRES	2021-10-18 11:22:50.000000000 +0100
 @@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
      CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-     DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+     DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
      DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
 -    CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
 -    CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index d2eb8918c6..e0ca8c08ed 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ jobs:
     - run:
         name: Clone Cassandra Repository (via git)
         command: |
-          git clone --single-branch --depth 1 --branch $CIRCLE_BRANCH git://github.com/$CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME/$CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME.git ~/cassandra
+          git clone --single-branch --depth 1 --branch $CIRCLE_BRANCH https://github.com/$CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME/$CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME.git ~/cassandra
     - run:
         name: Build Cassandra
         command: |
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -1500,7 +1500,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -1538,7 +1538,7 @@ jobs:
           export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
           cd ~/cassandra
           mkdir ~/dtest_jars
-          git remote add apache git://github.com/apache/cassandra.git
+          git remote add apache https://github.com/apache/cassandra.git
           for branch in cassandra-2.2 cassandra-3.0 cassandra-3.11 trunk; do
             # check out the correct cassandra version:
             git remote set-branches --add apache '$branch'
@@ -1594,7 +1594,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml.HIGHRES b/.circleci/config.yml.HIGHRES
index c02d2ab6a0..714dd33667 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml.HIGHRES
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml.HIGHRES
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 2048M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 512M
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 2048M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 512M
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 2048M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 512M
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 2048M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 512M
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ jobs:
     - run:
         name: Clone Cassandra Repository (via git)
         command: |
-          git clone --single-branch --depth 1 --branch $CIRCLE_BRANCH git://github.com/$CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME/$CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME.git ~/cassandra
+          git clone --single-branch --depth 1 --branch $CIRCLE_BRANCH https://github.com/$CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME/$CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME.git ~/cassandra
     - run:
         name: Build Cassandra
         command: |
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 2048M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 512M
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 2048M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 512M
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 2048M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 512M
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 2048M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 512M
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 2048M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 512M
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 2048M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 512M
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 2048M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 512M
@@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 2048M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 512M
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 2048M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 512M
@@ -1500,7 +1500,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 2048M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 512M
@@ -1538,7 +1538,7 @@ jobs:
           export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
           cd ~/cassandra
           mkdir ~/dtest_jars
-          git remote add apache git://github.com/apache/cassandra.git
+          git remote add apache https://github.com/apache/cassandra.git
           for branch in cassandra-2.2 cassandra-3.0 cassandra-3.11 trunk; do
             # check out the correct cassandra version:
             git remote set-branches --add apache '$branch'
@@ -1594,7 +1594,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 2048M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 512M
diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml.LOWRES b/.circleci/config.yml.LOWRES
index d2eb8918c6..e0ca8c08ed 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml.LOWRES
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml.LOWRES
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ jobs:
     - run:
         name: Clone Cassandra Repository (via git)
         command: |
-          git clone --single-branch --depth 1 --branch $CIRCLE_BRANCH git://github.com/$CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME/$CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME.git ~/cassandra
+          git clone --single-branch --depth 1 --branch $CIRCLE_BRANCH https://github.com/$CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME/$CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME.git ~/cassandra
     - run:
         name: Build Cassandra
         command: |
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -1500,7 +1500,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -1538,7 +1538,7 @@ jobs:
           export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
           cd ~/cassandra
           mkdir ~/dtest_jars
-          git remote add apache git://github.com/apache/cassandra.git
+          git remote add apache https://github.com/apache/cassandra.git
           for branch in cassandra-2.2 cassandra-3.0 cassandra-3.11 trunk; do
             # check out the correct cassandra version:
             git remote set-branches --add apache '$branch'
@@ -1594,7 +1594,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml.MIDRES b/.circleci/config.yml.MIDRES
index 972387b52f..673a945587 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml.MIDRES
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml.MIDRES
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ jobs:
     - run:
         name: Clone Cassandra Repository (via git)
         command: |
-          git clone --single-branch --depth 1 --branch $CIRCLE_BRANCH git://github.com/$CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME/$CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME.git ~/cassandra
+          git clone --single-branch --depth 1 --branch $CIRCLE_BRANCH https://github.com/$CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME/$CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME.git ~/cassandra
     - run:
         name: Build Cassandra
         command: |
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -1500,7 +1500,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
@@ -1538,7 +1538,7 @@ jobs:
           export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
           cd ~/cassandra
           mkdir ~/dtest_jars
-          git remote add apache git://github.com/apache/cassandra.git
+          git remote add apache https://github.com/apache/cassandra.git
           for branch in cassandra-2.2 cassandra-3.0 cassandra-3.11 trunk; do
             # check out the correct cassandra version:
             git remote set-branches --add apache '$branch'
@@ -1594,7 +1594,7 @@ jobs:
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_EXTENSIONS: true
     - CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON: true
     - CASSANDRA_SKIP_SYNC: true
-    - DTEST_REPO: git://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
+    - DTEST_REPO: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-dtest.git
     - DTEST_BRANCH: trunk
     - CCM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 1024M
     - CCM_HEAP_NEWSIZE: 256M
diff --git a/.circleci/generate.sh b/.circleci/generate.sh
index f9d5ddfb89..4f9430572a 100755
--- a/.circleci/generate.sh
+++ b/.circleci/generate.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ print_help()
   echo "   -h Generate config.yml using high resources"
   echo "   -e <key=value> Environment variables to be used in the generated config.yml, e.g.:"
   echo "                   -e DTEST_BRANCH=CASSANDRA-8272"
-  echo "                   -e DTEST_REPO=git://github.com/adelapena/cassandra-dtest.git"
+  echo "                   -e DTEST_REPO=https://github.com/adelapena/cassandra-dtest.git"
   echo "                   -e REPEATED_UTEST_TARGET=testsome"
   echo "                   -e REPEATED_UTEST_CLASS=org.apache.cassandra.cql3.ViewTest"
   echo "                   -e REPEATED_UTEST_METHODS=testCompoundPartitionKey,testStaticTable"
diff --git a/.circleci/readme.md b/.circleci/readme.md
index 044adfc0e6..ab7d5a9483 100644
--- a/.circleci/readme.md
+++ b/.circleci/readme.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ dtest repo and branch with MIDRES config you can run:
 
 ```
 generate.sh -m \
-  -e DTEST_REPO=git://github.com/adelapena/cassandra-dtest.git \
+  -e DTEST_REPO=https://github.com/adelapena/cassandra-dtest.git \
   -e DTEST_BRANCH=CASSANDRA-8272 
 ```