diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 59e249d488..8e4b88d395 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 - Consider effective price and effective priority fee in transaction replacement rules [\#2529](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/issues/2529)
-- GetTransactionCount should return the latest transaction count if it is greater than the transaction pool [\#2633](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/2633) 
+- GetTransactionCount should return the latest transaction count if it is greater than the transaction pool [\#2633](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/2633)
+- Set an idle timeout for metrics connections, to clean up ports when no longer used [\#2748](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/2748)
 
 ### Early Access Features
 
diff --git a/metrics/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/metrics/prometheus/MetricsHttpService.java b/metrics/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/metrics/prometheus/MetricsHttpService.java
index 82afd0b3c3..c18565fcbd 100644
--- a/metrics/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/metrics/prometheus/MetricsHttpService.java
+++ b/metrics/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/metrics/prometheus/MetricsHttpService.java
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ public class MetricsHttpService implements MetricsService {
             new HttpServerOptions()
                 .setHost(config.getHost())
                 .setPort(config.getPort())
+                .setIdleTimeout(60)
                 .setHandle100ContinueAutomatically(true)
                 .setCompressionSupported(true));