diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 680360b0..1f139fba 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # we require a pinned dev branch to get some edge features that
 # are often untested in tractor's CI and/or being tested by us
 # first before committing as core features in tractor's base.
--e git+git://github.com/goodboy/tractor.git@master#egg=tractor
+-e git+ssh://git@github.com/goodboy/tractor.git@master#egg=tractor
 
 # `pyqtgraph` peeps keep breaking, fixing, improving so might as well
 # pin this to a dev branch that we have more control over especially
 # as more graphics stuff gets hashed out.
--e git+git://github.com/pikers/pyqtgraph.git@piker_pin#egg=pyqtgraph
+-e git+ssh://git@github.com/pikers/pyqtgraph.git@piker_pin#egg=pyqtgraph