diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index c08167170..38c0ad87c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "templates"]
 	path = templates
-	url = https://github.com/jgm/pandoc-templates.git
+	url = git@github.com:jgm/pandoc-templates.git