diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 8c8b2d2244617f3744c0cd54e3bdd6c00df6f1ff..65a79b0824265998bb86ff5d45a75418b07daa7e 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "tests/tests_api"]
 	path = tests/tests_api
-	url = https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/tests_api.git
+	url = ../tests_api.git