diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index ae789e2..f7c5f8b 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
         <delete file="${store.dir}/temp_final.jar"/>
     </target>    
 
-    <property name="ivy.install.version" value="2.1.0-rc2" />
+    <property name="ivy.install.version" value="2.5.0" />
     <condition property="ivy.home" value="${env.IVY_HOME}">
         <isset property="env.IVY_HOME" />
     </condition>
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
 
         <mkdir dir="${ivy.jar.dir}"/>
         <!-- download Ivy from web site so that it can be used even without any special installation -->
-        <get src="http://repo2.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/ivy/ivy/${ivy.install.version}/ivy-${ivy.install.version}.jar" 
+        <get src="https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/ivy/ivy/${ivy.install.version}/ivy-${ivy.install.version}.jar" 
              dest="${ivy.jar.file}" usetimestamp="true"/>
     </target>