diff --git a/bootstrapvz/base/bootstrapinfo.py b/bootstrapvz/base/bootstrapinfo.py
index 2990d24..30a54f3 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/base/bootstrapinfo.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/base/bootstrapinfo.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class BootstrapInformation(object):
 		self.volume = load_volume(self.manifest.volume, manifest.system['bootloader'])
 
 		# The default apt mirror
-		self.apt_mirror = self.manifest.packages.get('mirror', 'http://http.debian.net/debian')
+		self.apt_mirror = self.manifest.packages.get('mirror', 'http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/')
 
 		# Create the manifest_vars dictionary
 		self.manifest_vars = self.__create_manifest_vars(self.manifest, {'apt_mirror': self.apt_mirror})
diff --git a/manifests/README.rst b/manifests/README.rst
index 8422bcf..5a32501 100644
--- a/manifests/README.rst
+++ b/manifests/README.rst
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ variety of sources.
    Default: ``false``
 -  ``mirror``: The default aptitude mirror.
    ``optional``
-   Default: ``http://http.debian.net/debian``
+   Default: ``http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/``
 -  ``sources``: A map of additional sources that should be added to
    the aptitude sources list. The key becomes the filename in
    ``/etc/apt/sources.list.d/`` (with ``.list`` appended to it), while