diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ You will need to have [Maven](http://maven.apache.org/) installed in order to bu
 > the `pom.xml` file.
 
 ```
-$ git clone git@github.com:bigdatagenomics/adam.git
+$ git clone https://github.com/bigdatagenomics/adam.git
 $ cd adam
 $ export "MAVEN_OPTS=-Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m"
 $ mvn clean package -DskipTests