diff --git a/elements/debian-minimal/environment.d/10-debian-minimal.bash b/elements/debian-minimal/environment.d/10-debian-minimal.bash
index 7e5536a73..0e26dac6f 100644
--- a/elements/debian-minimal/environment.d/10-debian-minimal.bash
+++ b/elements/debian-minimal/environment.d/10-debian-minimal.bash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 export DISTRO_NAME=debian
 export DIB_RELEASE=${DIB_RELEASE:-unstable}
-export DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR=${DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR:-http://http.debian.net/debian}
+export DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR=${DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR:-http://httpredir.debian.org/debian}