diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 433217cccd1e1c9410d936f329a7ae8fb9a13fe2..48d3461f2c74367ca99bf06c255c4cda8c984537 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -103,9 +103,10 @@
   tags:
     - jmasar-test
 
-- name: check that we can connect to the jmasar service on port 80
+- name: check that we can connect to the jmasar service on port 443
   uri:
-    url: http://{{ jmasar_server_name }}/version
+    url: https://{{ jmasar_server_name }}/version
+    validate_certs: false
   register: jmasar_web_request
   until: jmasar_web_request.status == 200
   retries: 10