diff --git a/cms/templates/widgets/footer.html b/cms/templates/widgets/footer.html
index b1828017b9..e62a850a6a 100644
--- a/cms/templates/widgets/footer.html
+++ b/cms/templates/widgets/footer.html
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ from openedx.core.djangolib.markup import HTML, Text
       </div>
 
       <div class="footer-about-openedx">
-        <a href="http://open.edx.org" title="${_("Powered by Open edX")}">
+        <a href="https://open.edx.org" title="${_("Powered by Open edX")}">
           <img alt="${_("Powered by Open edX")}" src="https://files.edx.org/openedx-logos/edx-openedx-logo-tag.png">
         </a>
       </div>
diff --git a/common/djangoapps/edxmako/shortcuts.py b/common/djangoapps/edxmako/shortcuts.py
index 61aec6a30a..58df2f75e1 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/edxmako/shortcuts.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/edxmako/shortcuts.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def marketing_link(name):
         # Using urljoin here allows us to enable a marketing site and set
         # a site ROOT, but still specify absolute URLs for other marketing
         # URLs in the MKTG_URLS setting
-        # e.g. urljoin('http://marketing.com', 'http://open-edx.org/about') >>> 'http://open-edx.org/about'
+        # e.g. urljoin('https://marketing.com', 'https://open-edx.org/about') >>> 'https://open-edx.org/about'
         return urljoin(marketing_urls.get('ROOT'), marketing_urls.get(name))
     # only link to the old pages when the marketing site isn't on
     elif not enable_mktg_site and name in link_map:
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/branding/api.py b/lms/djangoapps/branding/api.py
index afe700326e..b085b407cb 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/branding/api.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/branding/api.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def get_footer(is_secure=True, language=settings.LANGUAGE_CODE):
             # ...
         ],
         "openedx_link": {
-            "url": "http://open.edx.org",
+            "url": "https://open.edx.org",
             "title": "Powered by Open edX",
             "image": "http://example.com/openedx.png"
         }
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/branding/tests/test_api.py b/lms/djangoapps/branding/tests/test_api.py
index 8d6a3c45cf..4cb0c33fc1 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/branding/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/branding/tests/test_api.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class TestFooter(TestCase):
                 {'url': 'https://edx.org/about-us', 'name': 'about', 'title': 'About'},
                 {'url': business_url, 'name': 'enterprise', 'title': '\xe9dX for Business'},
                 {'url': 'https://edx.org/affiliate-program', 'name': 'affiliates', 'title': 'Affiliates'},
-                {'url': 'http://open.edx.org', 'name': 'openedx', 'title': 'Open edX'},
+                {'url': 'https://open.edx.org', 'name': 'openedx', 'title': 'Open edX'},
                 {'url': 'https://edx.org/careers', 'name': 'careers', 'title': 'Careers'},
                 {'url': 'https://edx.org/news-announcements', 'name': 'news', 'title': 'News'},
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class TestFooter(TestCase):
             'mobile_links': [],
             'logo_image': 'https://edx.org/static/images/logo.png',
             'openedx_link': {
-                'url': 'http://open.edx.org',
+                'url': 'https://open.edx.org',
                 'image': 'https://files.edx.org/openedx-logos/edx-openedx-logo-tag.png',
                 'title': 'Powered by Open edX'
             },
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/branding/views.py b/lms/djangoapps/branding/views.py
index eda392052e..813a19d3cc 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/branding/views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/branding/views.py
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ def footer(request):
                 # ...
             ],
             "openedx_link": {
-                "url": "http://open.edx.org",
+                "url": "https://open.edx.org",
                 "title": "Powered by Open edX",
                 "image": "http://example.com/openedx.png"
             },
diff --git a/lms/envs/common.py b/lms/envs/common.py
index 108322b371..e3167b8c14 100644
--- a/lms/envs/common.py
+++ b/lms/envs/common.py
@@ -1585,8 +1585,8 @@ PARENTAL_CONSENT_AGE_LIMIT = 13
 # Constants for the footer used on the site and shared with other sites
 # (such as marketing and the blog) via the branding API.
 
-# URL for OpenEdX displayed in the footer
-FOOTER_OPENEDX_URL = "http://open.edx.org"
+# URL for Open edX displayed in the footer
+FOOTER_OPENEDX_URL = "https://open.edx.org"
 
 # URL for the OpenEdX logo image
 # We use logo images served from files.edx.org so we can (roughly) track
diff --git a/lms/templates/index_overlay.html b/lms/templates/index_overlay.html
index eb69e0532b..9cd7a0f970 100644
--- a/lms/templates/index_overlay.html
+++ b/lms/templates/index_overlay.html
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ from openedx.core.djangolib.markup import HTML, Text
 %>
 
 <h1>${Text(_(u"Welcome to {platform_name}")).format(platform_name=settings.PLATFORM_NAME)}</h1>
-## Translators: 'Open edX' is a registered trademark, please keep this untranslated. See http://open.edx.org for more information.
+## Translators: 'Open edX' is a registered trademark, please keep this untranslated. See https://open.edx.org for more information.
 <p>${Text(_("It works! Powered by Open edX{registered_trademark}")).format(registered_trademark=HTML("<sup style='font-size: 65%'>&reg;</sup>"))}</p>