diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 7883b9e..1fa97d5 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ es_major_version: "2.x"
 es_version: "2.3.4"
 es_version_lock: false
 es_use_repository: true
-es_apt_key: "http://packages.elasticsearch.org/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch"
-es_apt_url: "deb http://packages.elastic.co/elasticsearch/{{ es_major_version }}/debian stable main"
+es_apt_key: "https://packages.elasticsearch.org/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch"
+es_apt_url: "deb https://packages.elastic.co/elasticsearch/{{ es_major_version }}/debian stable main"
 es_start_service: true
 es_java_install: true
 update_java: false
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ es_xpack_features: []
 #These are used for internal operations performed by ansible.
 #They do not effect the current configuration
 es_api_host: "localhost"
-es_api_port: 9200
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+es_api_port: 9200
diff --git a/tasks/elasticsearch-Debian.yml b/tasks/elasticsearch-Debian.yml
index 1a8ed44..8107680 100644
--- a/tasks/elasticsearch-Debian.yml
+++ b/tasks/elasticsearch-Debian.yml
@@ -5,15 +5,19 @@
 - set_fact: force_install=yes
   when: es_allow_downgrades
 
+- name: Debian - Install apt-transport-https to support https APT downloads
+  apt: name=apt-transport-https state=present
+  when: es_use_repository
+
 - name: Debian - Add Elasticsearch repository key
   apt_key: url="{{ es_apt_key }}" state=present
   when: es_use_repository and es_apt_key
 
-- name: Debian - add elasticsearch repository
+- name: Debian - Add elasticsearch repository
   apt_repository: repo="{{ es_apt_url }}" state=present
   when: es_use_repository
 
-- name: Debian - include versionlock
+- name: Debian - Include versionlock
   include: elasticsearch-Debian-version-lock.yml
   when: es_version_lock
 
@@ -33,4 +37,4 @@
 
 # ansible uri module requires httplib2
 - name: python-httplib2
-  apt: name=python-httplib2
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+  apt: name=python-httplib2