diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 50b83a59cd..bebf3ea829 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/node/protos"]
 	path = packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/node/protos
-	url = git@github.com:open-telemetry/opentelemetry-proto.git
+	url = https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-proto.git