diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 4cb3b8e8..77edde39 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -54,4 +54,4 @@
 	url = https://github.com/videolan/dav1d.git
 [submodule "gst-plugins-rs"]
 	path = gst-plugins-rs
-	url = https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-rs.git
+	url = https://github.com/sdroege/gst-plugin-rs
diff --git a/media-converter/Cargo.lock b/media-converter/Cargo.lock
index 06e327e8..cd2109b5 100644
--- a/media-converter/Cargo.lock
+++ b/media-converter/Cargo.lock
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "gst-plugin-version-helper"
 version = "0.7.2"
-source = "git+https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-rs?tag=0.7.2#d0466b3eee114207f851b37cae0015c0e718f021"
+source = "git+https://github.com/sdroege/gst-plugin-rs?tag=0.7.2#d0466b3eee114207f851b37cae0015c0e718f021"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
 ]
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "gstreamer"
 version = "0.17.4"
-source = "git+https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer-rs?tag=0.17.4#6c9815f0594045ef668bf3fefbaf5e0846516d4b"
+source = "git+https://github.com/sdroege/gstreamer-rs?tag=0.17.4#6c9815f0594045ef668bf3fefbaf5e0846516d4b"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "cfg-if",
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "gstreamer-audio"
 version = "0.17.4"
-source = "git+https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer-rs?tag=0.17.4#6c9815f0594045ef668bf3fefbaf5e0846516d4b"
+source = "git+https://github.com/sdroege/gstreamer-rs?tag=0.17.4#6c9815f0594045ef668bf3fefbaf5e0846516d4b"
 dependencies = [
  "array-init",
  "bitflags",
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "gstreamer-audio-sys"
 version = "0.17.4"
-source = "git+https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer-rs?tag=0.17.4#6c9815f0594045ef668bf3fefbaf5e0846516d4b"
+source = "git+https://github.com/sdroege/gstreamer-rs?tag=0.17.4#6c9815f0594045ef668bf3fefbaf5e0846516d4b"
 dependencies = [
  "glib-sys",
  "gobject-sys",
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "gstreamer-base"
 version = "0.17.4"
-source = "git+https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer-rs?tag=0.17.4#6c9815f0594045ef668bf3fefbaf5e0846516d4b"
+source = "git+https://github.com/sdroege/gstreamer-rs?tag=0.17.4#6c9815f0594045ef668bf3fefbaf5e0846516d4b"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "cfg-if",
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "gstreamer-base-sys"
 version = "0.17.4"
-source = "git+https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer-rs?tag=0.17.4#6c9815f0594045ef668bf3fefbaf5e0846516d4b"
+source = "git+https://github.com/sdroege/gstreamer-rs?tag=0.17.4#6c9815f0594045ef668bf3fefbaf5e0846516d4b"
 dependencies = [
  "glib-sys",
  "gobject-sys",
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "gstreamer-sys"
 version = "0.17.4"
-source = "git+https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer-rs?tag=0.17.4#6c9815f0594045ef668bf3fefbaf5e0846516d4b"
+source = "git+https://github.com/sdroege/gstreamer-rs?tag=0.17.4#6c9815f0594045ef668bf3fefbaf5e0846516d4b"
 dependencies = [
  "glib-sys",
  "gobject-sys",
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "gstreamer-video"
 version = "0.17.4"
-source = "git+https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer-rs?tag=0.17.4#6c9815f0594045ef668bf3fefbaf5e0846516d4b"
+source = "git+https://github.com/sdroege/gstreamer-rs?tag=0.17.4#6c9815f0594045ef668bf3fefbaf5e0846516d4b"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "cfg-if",
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "gstreamer-video-sys"
 version = "0.17.4"
-source = "git+https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer-rs?tag=0.17.4#6c9815f0594045ef668bf3fefbaf5e0846516d4b"
+source = "git+https://github.com/sdroege/gstreamer-rs?tag=0.17.4#6c9815f0594045ef668bf3fefbaf5e0846516d4b"
 dependencies = [
  "glib-sys",
  "gobject-sys",
diff --git a/media-converter/Cargo.toml b/media-converter/Cargo.toml
index 1f889d1f..930c4c03 100644
--- a/media-converter/Cargo.toml
+++ b/media-converter/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ description = "Proton media converter"
 
 [dependencies]
 glib = "0.14"
-gstreamer = { git = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer-rs", tag = "0.17.4" }
-gstreamer-base = { git = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer-rs", tag = "0.17.4" }
-gstreamer-video = { git = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer-rs", tag = "0.17.4" }
-gstreamer-audio = { git = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer-rs", tag = "0.17.4" }
+gstreamer = { git = "https://github.com/sdroege/gstreamer-rs", tag = "0.17.4" }
+gstreamer-base = { git = "https://github.com/sdroege/gstreamer-rs", tag = "0.17.4" }
+gstreamer-video = { git = "https://github.com/sdroege/gstreamer-rs", tag = "0.17.4" }
+gstreamer-audio = { git = "https://github.com/sdroege/gstreamer-rs", tag = "0.17.4" }
 once_cell = "1.9"
 crc32fast = "1.3"
 array-init = "2.0"
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [build-dependencies]
-gst-plugin-version-helper = { git = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-rs", tag = "0.7.2" }
+gst-plugin-version-helper = { git = "https://github.com/sdroege/gst-plugin-rs", tag = "0.7.2" }
 
 [profile.release]
 lto = true
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ panic = 'unwind'
 opt-level = 1
 
 #if you need local modifications to gstreamer-rs you can point to it here
-#[patch.'https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer-rs']
+#[patch.'https://github.com/sdroege/gstreamer-rs']
 #gstreamer = { path = "../gstreamer-rs/gstreamer" }
 #gstreamer-base = { path = "../gstreamer-rs/gstreamer-base" }
 #gstreamer-video = { path = "../gstreamer-rs/gstreamer-video" }