diff --git a/packages/node-core/src/integrations/http/index.ts b/packages/node-core/src/integrations/http/index.ts
index 8f81f28c8eb6..e89af730302d 100644
--- a/packages/node-core/src/integrations/http/index.ts
+++ b/packages/node-core/src/integrations/http/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { IncomingMessage, RequestOptions } from 'node:http';
-import { defineIntegration } from '@sentry/core';
+import { debug, defineIntegration } from '@sentry/core';
+import { DEBUG_BUILD } from '../../debug-build';
 import { generateInstrumentOnce } from '../../otel/instrument';
 import type { SentryHttpInstrumentationOptions } from './SentryHttpInstrumentation';
 import { SentryHttpInstrumentation } from './SentryHttpInstrumentation';
@@ -62,10 +63,10 @@ interface HttpOptions {
 
   /**
    * Do not capture spans for incoming HTTP requests with the given status codes.
-   * By default, spans with 404 status code are ignored.
+   * By default, spans with some 3xx and 4xx status codes are ignored (see @default).
    * Expects an array of status codes or a range of status codes, e.g. [[300,399], 404] would ignore 3xx and 404 status codes.
    *
-   * @default `[[401, 404], [300, 399]]`
+   * @default `[[401, 404], [301, 303], [305, 399]]`
    */
   dropSpansForIncomingRequestStatusCodes?: (number | [number, number])[];
 
@@ -115,7 +116,9 @@ export const instrumentSentryHttp = generateInstrumentOnce<SentryHttpInstrumenta
 export const httpIntegration = defineIntegration((options: HttpOptions = {}) => {
   const dropSpansForIncomingRequestStatusCodes = options.dropSpansForIncomingRequestStatusCodes ?? [
     [401, 404],
-    [300, 399],
+    // 300 and 304 are possibly valid status codes we do not want to filter
+    [301, 303],
+    [305, 399],
   ];
 
   return {
@@ -133,18 +136,12 @@ export const httpIntegration = defineIntegration((options: HttpOptions = {}) =>
       // Drop transaction if it has a status code that should be ignored
       if (event.type === 'transaction') {
         const statusCode = event.contexts?.trace?.data?.['http.response.status_code'];
-        if (
-          typeof statusCode === 'number' &&
-          dropSpansForIncomingRequestStatusCodes.some(code => {
-            if (typeof code === 'number') {
-              return code === statusCode;
-            }
-
-            const [min, max] = code;
-            return statusCode >= min && statusCode <= max;
-          })
-        ) {
-          return null;
+        if (typeof statusCode === 'number') {
+          const shouldDrop = shouldFilterStatusCode(statusCode, dropSpansForIncomingRequestStatusCodes);
+          if (shouldDrop) {
+            DEBUG_BUILD && debug.log('Dropping transaction due to status code', statusCode);
+            return null;
+          }
         }
       }
 
@@ -152,3 +149,17 @@ export const httpIntegration = defineIntegration((options: HttpOptions = {}) =>
     },
   };
 });
+
+/**
+ * If the given status code should be filtered for the given list of status codes/ranges.
+ */
+function shouldFilterStatusCode(statusCode: number, dropForStatusCodes: (number | [number, number])[]): boolean {
+  return dropForStatusCodes.some(code => {
+    if (typeof code === 'number') {
+      return code === statusCode;
+    }
+
+    const [min, max] = code;
+    return statusCode >= min && statusCode <= max;
+  });
+}
diff --git a/packages/node/src/integrations/http.ts b/packages/node/src/integrations/http.ts
index 60999b108872..dc7b48b4862c 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/integrations/http.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/integrations/http.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { diag } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import type { HttpInstrumentationConfig } from '@opentelemetry/instrumentation-http';
 import { HttpInstrumentation } from '@opentelemetry/instrumentation-http';
 import type { Span } from '@sentry/core';
-import { defineIntegration, getClient, hasSpansEnabled } from '@sentry/core';
+import { debug, defineIntegration, getClient, hasSpansEnabled } from '@sentry/core';
 import type { HTTPModuleRequestIncomingMessage, NodeClient } from '@sentry/node-core';
 import {
   type SentryHttpInstrumentationOptions,
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   NODE_VERSION,
   SentryHttpInstrumentation,
 } from '@sentry/node-core';
+import { DEBUG_BUILD } from '../debug-build';
 import type { NodeClientOptions } from '../types';
 
 const INTEGRATION_NAME = 'Http';
@@ -84,10 +85,10 @@ interface HttpOptions {
 
   /**
    * Do not capture spans for incoming HTTP requests with the given status codes.
-   * By default, spans with 404 status code are ignored.
+   * By default, spans with some 3xx and 4xx status codes are ignored (see @default).
    * Expects an array of status codes or a range of status codes, e.g. [[300,399], 404] would ignore 3xx and 404 status codes.
    *
-   * @default `[[401, 404], [300, 399]]`
+   * @default `[[401, 404], [301, 303], [305, 399]]`
    */
   dropSpansForIncomingRequestStatusCodes?: (number | [number, number])[];
 
@@ -195,7 +196,9 @@ export function _shouldUseOtelHttpInstrumentation(
 export const httpIntegration = defineIntegration((options: HttpOptions = {}) => {
   const dropSpansForIncomingRequestStatusCodes = options.dropSpansForIncomingRequestStatusCodes ?? [
     [401, 404],
-    [300, 399],
+    // 300 and 304 are possibly valid status codes we do not want to filter
+    [301, 303],
+    [305, 399],
   ];
 
   return {
@@ -225,18 +228,12 @@ export const httpIntegration = defineIntegration((options: HttpOptions = {}) =>
       // Drop transaction if it has a status code that should be ignored
       if (event.type === 'transaction') {
         const statusCode = event.contexts?.trace?.data?.['http.response.status_code'];
-        if (
-          typeof statusCode === 'number' &&
-          dropSpansForIncomingRequestStatusCodes.some(code => {
-            if (typeof code === 'number') {
-              return code === statusCode;
-            }
-
-            const [min, max] = code;
-            return statusCode >= min && statusCode <= max;
-          })
-        ) {
-          return null;
+        if (typeof statusCode === 'number') {
+          const shouldDrop = shouldFilterStatusCode(statusCode, dropSpansForIncomingRequestStatusCodes);
+          if (shouldDrop) {
+            DEBUG_BUILD && debug.log('Dropping transaction due to status code', statusCode);
+            return null;
+          }
         }
       }
 
@@ -282,3 +279,17 @@ function getConfigWithDefaults(options: Partial<HttpOptions> = {}): HttpInstrume
 
   return instrumentationConfig;
 }
+
+/**
+ * If the given status code should be filtered for the given list of status codes/ranges.
+ */
+function shouldFilterStatusCode(statusCode: number, dropForStatusCodes: (number | [number, number])[]): boolean {
+  return dropForStatusCodes.some(code => {
+    if (typeof code === 'number') {
+      return code === statusCode;
+    }
+
+    const [min, max] = code;
+    return statusCode >= min && statusCode <= max;
+  });
+}