diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 61b8c5ca..910d37e2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "access": "public"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@playkit-js/playkit-js": "^0.51.0",
+    "@playkit-js/playkit-js": "^0.51.1",
     "babel-cli": "^6.18.0",
     "babel-core": "^6.18.2",
     "babel-eslint": "^7.1.1",
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     "webpack-dev-server": "latest"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "@playkit-js/playkit-js": "^0.51.0",
+    "@playkit-js/playkit-js": "^0.51.1",
     "playkit-js-providers": "https://github.com/kaltura/playkit-js-providers.git#master"
   },
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/src/kava.js b/src/kava.js
index b192750f..7faad9e0 100644
--- a/src/kava.js
+++ b/src/kava.js
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ class Kava extends BasePlugin {
       bufferTimeSum: 0.0,
       playTimeSum: 0.0
     });
-
     // check the Resource Timing API is supported in the browser and we have a uiConfId
     if (performance && this.config.uiConfId) {
       let entry = performance.getEntriesByType('resource').find(entry => entry.name.match('embedPlaykitJs.*' + this.config.uiConfId));
@@ -196,7 +195,7 @@ class Kava extends BasePlugin {
    */
   sendAnalytics(model: Object): Promise<*> {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      OVPAnalyticsService.trackEvent(this.config.serviceUrl, model)
+      OVPAnalyticsService.trackEvent(Utils.Http.protocol + this.config.serviceUrl, model)
         .doHttpRequest()
         .then(
           response => {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 770b0ccf..415c9cb8 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 # yarn lockfile v1
 
 
-"@playkit-js/playkit-js@^0.47.0":
-  version "0.47.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@playkit-js/playkit-js/-/playkit-js-0.47.0.tgz#f6f0c52750b0ba9d0d7306d0bf6e4c281f1bb1c6"
-  integrity sha512-cBxVXf42Fwn8G5nzvwfbgzYSCrdgi7gkoqZdrb1ILTcXbJm2z9GTOnKXRwLNMxNFP6TCQb8ialzIsmELwDj28w==
+"@playkit-js/playkit-js@^0.51.1":
+  version "0.51.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@playkit-js/playkit-js/-/playkit-js-0.51.1.tgz#e3c8b2be386f2102a35e2fe093569b86d5ff9f08"
+  integrity sha512-osrQUxZ1+1m9QitxvsCvFY036ot1bTgrsoitrFh642vJvYe6Qd3UdTHs9Z5IPTG9LCKgLaAmiaCNeIh+cE8DfQ==
   dependencies:
     js-logger "^1.3.0"
     ua-parser-js "^0.7.13"