diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index ba8ab10b7c145bae55a2ea2de0d3536fef16db77..3c81bb56f1091c1221c36e7b0b9d5c9a7548d68e 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "user-mgmt-ui"]
 	path = user-mgmt-ui
-	url = https://gitlab.geant.org/gn4-3-wp8-t3.1-soc/soctools-user-mgmt-ui
+	url = https://gitlab.geant.org/gn4-3-wp8-t3.1-soc/soctools-user-mgmt-ui.git