diff --git a/typo3/sysext/rte_ckeditor/Resources/Public/JavaScript/Plugins/autolinking.js b/typo3/sysext/rte_ckeditor/Resources/Public/JavaScript/Plugins/autolinking.js
index f0cfda1..b206b00 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/rte_ckeditor/Resources/Public/JavaScript/Plugins/autolinking.js
+++ b/typo3/sysext/rte_ckeditor/Resources/Public/JavaScript/Plugins/autolinking.js
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ CKEDITOR.plugins.add('autolinking', {
           a.appendChild(range.extractContents());
           a.href = a.innerHTML = a.innerHTML.replace(/<[^>]+>/g, '');
           href = a.getAttribute('href').replace(new RegExp(fillChar, 'g'), '');
-          href = /^(?:https?:\/\/)/ig.test(href) ? href : 'http://' + href;
+          href = /^(?:https?:\/\/)/ig.test(href) ? href : 'https://' + href;
           a.href = html(href);
 
           range.insertNode(a);