diff --git a/spack_repo/packages/icon-nwp/package.py b/spack_repo/packages/icon-nwp/package.py
index 2071ad89e4d1193032e23cbf6298eac3912a53b6..246409259dcf512c8a522e1f5ec79da5c8496a74 100644
--- a/spack_repo/packages/icon-nwp/package.py
+++ b/spack_repo/packages/icon-nwp/package.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class IconNwp(Package):
     Recipe to build ICON-NWP using the LMU gitlab repository.
     """
 
-    git = "ssh://git@gitlab.dkrz.de/icon/icon-nwp.git"
+    git = "https://gitlab.dkrz.de/icon/icon-nwp.git"
     homepage = "https://code.mpimet.mpg.de/projects/iconpublic"
     # maintainers("oriol.tinto")
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class IconNwp(Package):
     version("master", branch="master")
 
     # FIXME: Workaround to deal with different sources. The default is using dkrz's through ssh.
-    variant("source", values=('dkrz', 'dkrz_https', 'lmu'), default='dkrz',
+    variant("source", values=('dkrz', 'dkrz_https', 'lmu'), default='dkrz_https',
             description='Select the source of the ICON: dkrz (ssh), dkrz_https, lmu (ssh)')
     custom_fetchers = {
         "dkrz": "ssh://git@gitlab.dkrz.de/icon/icon-nwp.git",