diff --git a/kubernetes/aai/charts/aai-traversal/resources/config/application.properties b/kubernetes/aai/charts/aai-traversal/resources/config/application.properties
index 1ad208f..8d35e2f 100644
--- a/kubernetes/aai/charts/aai-traversal/resources/config/application.properties
+++ b/kubernetes/aai/charts/aai-traversal/resources/config/application.properties
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 # JMS bind address host port
 jms.bind.address=tcp://localhost:61647
 dmaap.ribbon.listOfServers=message-router.{{ include "common.namespace" . }}:3905
+dmaap.ribbon.transportType=https
 
 # Schema related attributes for the oxm and edges
 # Any additional schema related attributes should start with prefix schema