diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/http/JDKHttpConnection.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/http/JDKHttpConnection.java
index bde5e1da2..ed37feab3 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/http/JDKHttpConnection.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/http/JDKHttpConnection.java
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ public void setHostnameVerifier(HostnameVerifier hostnameverifier) {
 	public void configure(KeyManager[] km, TrustManager[] tm,
 			SecureRandom random) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException,
 			KeyManagementException {
-		SSLContext ctx = SSLContext.getInstance("SSL"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		SSLContext ctx = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS"); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		ctx.init(km, tm, random);
 		((HttpsURLConnection) wrappedUrlConnection).setSSLSocketFactory(ctx
 				.getSocketFactory());