diff --git a/lib/tools-download.js b/lib/tools-download.js
index 6cc8a05e4..b86e744ff 100644
--- a/lib/tools-download.js
+++ b/lib/tools-download.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || function (mod) {
 };
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
 exports.downloadAndExtract = downloadAndExtract;
-const http = __importStar(require("http"));
+const https = __importStar(require("https"));
 const path = __importStar(require("path"));
 const perf_hooks_1 = require("perf_hooks");
 const toolcache = __importStar(require("@actions/tool-cache"));
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ async function downloadAndExtract(codeqlURL, authorization, headers, tarVersion,
 }
 async function downloadAndExtractZstdWithStreaming(codeqlURL, authorization, headers, tarVersion, logger) {
     headers = Object.assign({ "User-Agent": "CodeQL Action", authorization }, headers);
-    const response = await new Promise((resolve) => http.get(codeqlURL, { headers }, (r) => resolve(r)));
+    const response = await new Promise((resolve) => https.get(codeqlURL, { headers }, (r) => resolve(r)));
     if (response.statusCode !== 200) {
         throw new Error(`Failed to download CodeQL bundle from ${codeqlURL}. HTTP status code: ${response.statusCode}.`);
     }
diff --git a/lib/tools-download.js.map b/lib/tools-download.js.map
index 234406908..da26f319e 100644
--- a/lib/tools-download.js.map
+++ b/lib/tools-download.js.map
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diff --git a/src/tools-download.ts b/src/tools-download.ts
index c419bb50c..1c31a673e 100644
--- a/src/tools-download.ts
+++ b/src/tools-download.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import * as http from "http";
-import { OutgoingHttpHeaders } from "http";
+import { IncomingMessage, OutgoingHttpHeaders } from "http";
+import * as https from "https";
 import * as path from "path";
 import { performance } from "perf_hooks";
 
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ async function downloadAndExtractZstdWithStreaming(
     { "User-Agent": "CodeQL Action", authorization },
     headers,
   );
-  const response = await new Promise<http.IncomingMessage>((resolve) =>
-    http.get(codeqlURL, { headers }, (r) => resolve(r)),
+  const response = await new Promise<IncomingMessage>((resolve) =>
+    https.get(codeqlURL, { headers }, (r) => resolve(r)),
   );
 
   if (response.statusCode !== 200) {