diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 15bfd73710..2efc35c494 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ release.
   ([#387](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/pull/387))
 - Add cardinality warning about two opt-in HTTP metric attributes
   ([#401](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/pull/401))
+- Change `server.port` from recommended to conditionally required on HTTP server semconv.
+  ([#399](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/pull/399))
 
 ## v1.22.0 (2023-10-12)
 
diff --git a/docs/http/http-spans.md b/docs/http/http-spans.md
index 67351f738c..a5e74fdd29 100644
--- a/docs/http/http-spans.md
+++ b/docs/http/http-spans.md
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ For an HTTP server span, `SpanKind` MUST be `Server`.
 | [`network.peer.address`](../general/attributes.md) | string | Peer address of the network connection - IP address or Unix domain socket name. | `10.1.2.80`; `/tmp/my.sock` | Recommended |
 | [`network.peer.port`](../general/attributes.md) | int | Peer port number of the network connection. | `65123` | Recommended |
 | [`server.address`](../general/attributes.md) | string | Name of the local HTTP server that received the request. [4] | `example.com`; `10.1.2.80`; `/tmp/my.sock` | Recommended |
-| [`server.port`](../general/attributes.md) | int | Port of the local HTTP server that received the request. [5] | `80`; `8080`; `443` | Recommended: [6] |
+| [`server.port`](../general/attributes.md) | int | Port of the local HTTP server that received the request. [5] | `80`; `8080`; `443` | Conditionally Required: [6] |
 | [`url.path`](../url/url.md) | string | The [URI path](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3986#section-3.3) component [7] | `/search` | Required |
 | [`url.query`](../url/url.md) | string | The [URI query](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3986#section-3.4) component [8] | `q=OpenTelemetry` | Conditionally Required: If and only if one was received/sent. |
 | [`url.scheme`](../url/url.md) | string | The [URI scheme](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3986#section-3.1) component identifying the used protocol. | `http`; `https` | Required |
diff --git a/model/http-common.yaml b/model/http-common.yaml
index f10e7de342..921f3f1e3a 100644
--- a/model/http-common.yaml
+++ b/model/http-common.yaml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ groups:
             if it's sent in absolute-form.
           - Port identifier of the `Host` header
         requirement_level:
-          recommended: If not default (`80` for `http` scheme, `443` for `https`).
+          conditionally_required: If not default (`80` for `http` scheme, `443` for `https`).
       - ref: url.scheme
         requirement_level: required
         examples: ["http", "https"]