diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/githubPullRequest.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/githubPullRequest.ts
index e2e4f17efb..18aef2b54c 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/githubPullRequest.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/githubPullRequest.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import { InputError, CustomErrorBase } from '@backstage/errors';
 import { createPullRequest } from 'octokit-plugin-create-pull-request';
 import globby from 'globby';
 
-class GithubResponseError extends CustomErrorBase {}
+class GithubResponseError extends CustomErrorBase { }
 
 type CreatePullRequestResponse = {
   data: { html_url: string };
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ export const defaultClientFactory = async ({
   }
 
   const { token } = await credentialsProvider.getCredentials({
-    url: `${host}/${encodeURIComponent(owner)}/${encodeURIComponent(repo)}`,
+    url: `https://${host}/${encodeURIComponent(owner)}/${encodeURIComponent(repo)}`,
   });
 
   if (!token) {