diff --git a/chord_drs/routes.py b/chord_drs/routes.py
index d16f7bf..6c1bdce 100644
--- a/chord_drs/routes.py
+++ b/chord_drs/routes.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ def build_blob_json(drs_blob: DrsBlob, inside_container: bool = False) -> DRSObj
         url_for("drs_service.object_download", object_id=drs_blob.id).lstrip("/")
     )
 
-    default_access_method: DRSAccessMethodDict = {
+    https_access_method: DRSAccessMethodDict = {
         "access_url": {
             # url_for external was giving weird results - build the URL by hand instead using the internal url_for
             "url": blob_url,
@@ -193,10 +193,10 @@ def build_blob_json(drs_blob: DrsBlob, inside_container: bool = False) -> DRSObj
             # out-of-band method, or the object's contents are public. This
             # will depend on how the service is deployed.
         },
-        "type": "http",
+        "type": "https",
     }
 
-    access_methods: list[DRSAccessMethodDict] = [default_access_method]
+    access_methods: list[DRSAccessMethodDict] = [https_access_method]
 
     if inside_container and data_source == DATA_SOURCE_LOCAL:
         access_methods.append({
diff --git a/tests/test_routes.py b/tests/test_routes.py
index 71780a6..dd485ba 100644
--- a/tests/test_routes.py
+++ b/tests/test_routes.py
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ def validate_object_fields(data, existing_id=None, with_internal_path=False):
     assert "size" in data
     assert "self_uri" in data
 
-    method_types = [method['type'] for method in data["access_methods"]]
-    assert "http" in method_types
+    method_types = [method["type"] for method in data["access_methods"]]
+    assert "https" in method_types
     if is_minio:
         assert "s3" in method_types
     elif is_local and with_internal_path: