diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ff9b356935..231405e029 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ before_install:
   - sudo apt-get install build-essential
   - mkdir protobuf_install
   - pushd protobuf_install
-  - wget http://protobuf.googlecode.com/files/protobuf-2.5.0.tar.gz
+  - wget https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases/download/v2.5.0/protobuf-2.5.0.tar.gz
   - tar xzf protobuf-2.5.0.tar.gz
   - cd  protobuf-2.5.0
   - ./configure
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9653ae767d..f084f50751 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Parquet-MR uses Maven to build and depends on both the thrift and protoc compile
 To build and install the protobuf compiler, run:
 
 ```
-wget http://protobuf.googlecode.com/files/protobuf-2.5.0.tar.gz
+wget https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases/download/v2.5.0/protobuf-2.5.0.tar.gz
 tar xzf protobuf-2.5.0.tar.gz
 cd  protobuf-2.5.0
 ./configure