diff --git a/elements/hadoop-mapr/README.rst b/elements/hadoop-mapr/README.rst
index 267a5129..a4ebd4e9 100644
--- a/elements/hadoop-mapr/README.rst
+++ b/elements/hadoop-mapr/README.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Creates images with local mirrors of MapR repositories:
 `core <http://package.mapr.com/releases/>`_ and
 `ecosystem <http://package.mapr.com/releases/ecosystem-4.x/>`_.
 Installs `OpenJDK <http://http://openjdk.java.net/>`_ and
-`Scala <http://www.scala-lang.org/>`_.
+`Scala <https://www.scala-lang.org/>`_.
 
 In order to create the MapR images with ``diskimage-create.sh``, use the
 following syntax to select the ``MapR`` plugin:
diff --git a/elements/hadoop-mapr/install.d/41-scala b/elements/hadoop-mapr/install.d/41-scala
index c1454e6a..1ddd0355 100755
--- a/elements/hadoop-mapr/install.d/41-scala
+++ b/elements/hadoop-mapr/install.d/41-scala
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ echo "START: installing Scala"
 #Current available version
 DEF_VERSION="2.11.6"
 
-RETURN_CODE="$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" http://www.scala-lang.org/)"
+RETURN_CODE="$(curl -s -L -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" https://www.scala-lang.org/)"
 
 if [ "$RETURN_CODE" != "200" ]; then
-    echo "http://www.scala-lang.org is unreachable" && exit 1
+    echo "https://www.scala-lang.org is unreachable" && exit 1
 fi
 
 if [ -n "${SCALA_VERSION:-}" ]; then
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ elif [ "trusty" == "${DIB_RELEASE:-}" ]; then
     # scale >= 2.12 for ubuntu depends on openjdk-8, not available on trusty
     VERSION=${DEF_VERSION}
 else
-    VERSION="$(curl -s --fail http://www.scala-lang.org| tr -d '\n' | sed 's/^.*<div[^<]\+scala-version">[^0-9]\+\([0-9\.\?]\+\)<.\+$/\1/')"
+    VERSION="$(curl -s -L --fail https://www.scala-lang.org| tr -d '\n' | sed 's/^.*<div[^<]\+scala-version">[^0-9]\+\([0-9\.\?]\+\)<.\+$/\1/')"
 
     if [ $? != 0 -o -z "${VERSION}" ]; then
         echo "Installing default version $DEF_VERSION"
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ fi
 
 PKG=scala-${VERSION}
 
-URL="http://downloads.lightbend.com/scala/${VERSION}"
+URL="https://downloads.lightbend.com/scala/${VERSION}"
 
 if [ "$DISTRO_NAME" = "ubuntu" ]; then
     wget -N ${URL}/${PKG}.deb