diff --git a/net/ddns-scripts/Makefile b/net/ddns-scripts/Makefile
index e3a57cf4d7..100f1b7c3b 100644
--- a/net/ddns-scripts/Makefile
+++ b/net/ddns-scripts/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=ddns-scripts
 PKG_VERSION:=2.8.4
-PKG_RELEASE:=7
+PKG_RELEASE:=8
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
 
diff --git a/net/ddns-scripts/files/usr/share/ddns/default/variomedia.de.json b/net/ddns-scripts/files/usr/share/ddns/default/variomedia.de.json
index fa86f4e62f..5b2e566b58 100644
--- a/net/ddns-scripts/files/usr/share/ddns/default/variomedia.de.json
+++ b/net/ddns-scripts/files/usr/share/ddns/default/variomedia.de.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
 	"name": "variomedia.de",
 	"ipv4": {
-		"url": "http://[USERNAME]:[PASSWORD]@dyndns.variomedia.de/nic/update?hostname=[DOMAIN]&myip=[IP]",
+		"url": "https://[USERNAME]:[PASSWORD]@dyndns.variomedia.de/nic/update?hostname=[DOMAIN]&myip=[IP]",
 		"answer": "good|nochg"
 	},
 	"ipv6": {
-		"url": "http://[USERNAME]:[PASSWORD]@dyndns.variomedia.de/nic/update?hostname=[DOMAIN]&myip=[IP]",
+		"url": "https://[USERNAME]:[PASSWORD]@dyndns.variomedia.de/nic/update?hostname=[DOMAIN]&myip=[IP]",
 		"answer": "good|nochg"
 	}
 }