diff --git a/dev/conductor/core/lib/src/start.dart b/dev/conductor/core/lib/src/start.dart
index 41cb9077d85..c02bc1615e0 100644
--- a/dev/conductor/core/lib/src/start.dart
+++ b/dev/conductor/core/lib/src/start.dart
@@ -134,13 +134,13 @@ class StartCommand extends Command<void> {
       platform.environment,
     )!;
     final String frameworkMirror =
-        'https://github.com/$githubUsername/flutter.git';
+        'git@github.com:$githubUsername/flutter.git';
     final String engineUpstream = getValueFromEnvOrArgs(
       kEngineUpstreamOption,
       argumentResults,
       platform.environment,
     )!;
-    final String engineMirror = 'https://github.com/$githubUsername/engine.git';
+    final String engineMirror = 'git@github.com:$githubUsername/engine.git';
     final String candidateBranch = getValueFromEnvOrArgs(
       kCandidateOption,
       argumentResults,
diff --git a/dev/conductor/core/test/start_test.dart b/dev/conductor/core/test/start_test.dart
index f347cfb666b..7939b5614b7 100644
--- a/dev/conductor/core/test/start_test.dart
+++ b/dev/conductor/core/test/start_test.dart
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ void main() {
     const String checkoutsParentDirectory = '$flutterRoot/dev/tools/';
     const String githubUsername = 'user';
     const String frameworkMirror =
-        'https://github.com/$githubUsername/flutter.git';
-    const String engineMirror = 'https://github.com/$githubUsername/engine.git';
+        'git@github.com:$githubUsername/flutter.git';
+    const String engineMirror = 'git@github.com:$githubUsername/engine.git';
     const String candidateBranch = 'flutter-1.2-candidate.3';
     const String releaseChannel = 'beta';
     const String revision = 'abcd1234';