diff --git a/providers/sftp/src/airflow/providers/sftp/hooks/sftp.py b/providers/sftp/src/airflow/providers/sftp/hooks/sftp.py
index 6e175f670ea81..fc3b5e0588244 100644
--- a/providers/sftp/src/airflow/providers/sftp/hooks/sftp.py
+++ b/providers/sftp/src/airflow/providers/sftp/hooks/sftp.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
 import asyncssh
 from asgiref.sync import sync_to_async
+from paramiko.config import SSH_PORT
 
 from airflow.exceptions import (
     AirflowException,
@@ -703,10 +704,10 @@ class SFTPHookAsync(BaseHook):
     def __init__(  # nosec: B107
         self,
         sftp_conn_id: str = default_conn_name,
-        host: str = "",
-        port: int = 22,
-        username: str = "",
-        password: str = "",
+        host: str | None = None,
+        port: int | None = None,
+        username: str | None = None,
+        password: str | None = None,
         known_hosts: str = default_known_hosts,
         key_file: str = "",
         passphrase: str = "",
@@ -762,11 +763,19 @@ async def _get_conn(self) -> asyncssh.SSHClientConnection:
         if conn.extra is not None:
             self._parse_extras(conn)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
 
-        conn_config: dict[str, Any] = {
-            "host": conn.host,
-            "port": conn.port,
-            "username": conn.login,
-            "password": conn.password,
+        def _get_value(self_val, conn_val, default=None):
+            """Return the first non-None value among self, conn, default."""
+            if self_val is not None:
+                return self_val
+            if conn_val is not None:
+                return conn_val
+            return default
+
+        conn_config = {
+            "host": _get_value(self.host, conn.host),
+            "port": _get_value(self.port, conn.port, SSH_PORT),
+            "username": _get_value(self.username, conn.login),
+            "password": _get_value(self.password, conn.password),
         }
         if self.key_file:
             conn_config.update(client_keys=self.key_file)
diff --git a/providers/sftp/tests/unit/sftp/hooks/test_sftp.py b/providers/sftp/tests/unit/sftp/hooks/test_sftp.py
index 2342b93d2f058..2ca563438ec70 100644
--- a/providers/sftp/tests/unit/sftp/hooks/test_sftp.py
+++ b/providers/sftp/tests/unit/sftp/hooks/test_sftp.py
@@ -886,6 +886,67 @@ async def test_connection_private(self, mock_get_connection, mock_import_private
 
         mock_connect.assert_called_with(**expected_connection_details)
 
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    @patch("asyncssh.connect", new_callable=AsyncMock)
+    @patch("airflow.providers.sftp.hooks.sftp.SFTPHookAsync.get_connection")
+    async def test_connection_port_default_to_22(self, mock_get_connection, mock_connect):
+        from unittest.mock import Mock, call
+
+        mock_get_connection.return_value = Mock(
+            host="localhost",
+            port=None,
+            login="username",
+            password="password",
+            extra="{}",
+            extra_dejson={},
+        )
+
+        hook = SFTPHookAsync()
+        await hook._get_conn()
+        assert mock_connect.mock_calls == [
+            call(
+                host="localhost",
+                # Even if the port is not specified in conn_config, it should still default to 22.
+                # This behavior is consistent with STPHook.
+                port=22,
+                username="username",
+                password="password",
+                known_hosts=None,
+            ),
+        ]
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    @patch("asyncssh.connect", new_callable=AsyncMock)
+    @patch("airflow.providers.sftp.hooks.sftp.SFTPHookAsync.get_connection")
+    async def test_init_argument_not_ignored(self, mock_get_connection, mock_connect):
+        from unittest.mock import Mock, call
+
+        mock_get_connection.return_value = Mock(
+            host="localhost",
+            port=None,
+            login="username",
+            password="password",
+            extra="{}",
+            extra_dejson={},
+        )
+
+        hook = SFTPHookAsync(
+            host="localhost-from-init",
+            port=25,
+            username="username-from-init",
+            password="password-from-init",
+        )
+        await hook._get_conn()
+        assert mock_connect.mock_calls == [
+            call(
+                host="localhost-from-init",
+                port=25,
+                username="username-from-init",
+                password="password-from-init",
+                known_hosts=None,
+            ),
+        ]
+
     @patch("airflow.providers.sftp.hooks.sftp.SFTPHookAsync._get_conn")
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_list_directory_path_does_not_exist(self, mock_hook_get_conn):