diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 63875a5d..ca6bb166 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 ### Changed
 - Plugin activation/deactivation give the full plugin name (instead of its slug).
 - Events regarding "options" and "transients" now differentiate site/network operations.
+- Events relating to HTTP error codes (outbound requests) are now classified according to their severity.
 - The word "blog" has been replaced by "site" in events messages.
 - Some help strings have been modified to be more clear.
 - Lower severity of serialized json messages (triggered by `wp_die` handler) from criticial to debug.
diff --git a/includes/listeners/class-corelistener.php b/includes/listeners/class-corelistener.php
index e5eebe1b..441c0902 100644
--- a/includes/listeners/class-corelistener.php
+++ b/includes/listeners/class-corelistener.php
@@ -1085,7 +1085,17 @@ public function http_api_debug( $response, $context, $class, $request, $url ) {
 			$message .= $verb . ' ' . $url;
 		}
 		if ( $error ) {
-			$this->logger->error( $message, $code );
+			if ( $code >= 500 ) {
+				$this->logger->error( $message, $code );
+			} elseif ( $code >= 400 ) {
+				$this->logger->warning( $message, $code );
+			} elseif ( $code >= 200 ) {
+				$this->logger->notice( $message, $code );
+			} elseif ( $code >= 100 ) {
+				$this->logger->info( $message, $code );
+			} else {
+				$this->logger->critical( $message, $code );
+			}
 		} else {
 			$this->logger->debug( $message, $code );
 		}