diff --git a/.chloggen/newdefaultserverconfig.yaml b/.chloggen/newdefaultserverconfig.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2effa96730e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/newdefaultserverconfig.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: enhancement
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. otlpreceiver)
+component: confighttp
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Add `confighttp.NewDefaultServerConfig()` to instantiate the default HTTP server configuration
+
+# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
+issues: [9655]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
+
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: [api]
diff --git a/config/confighttp/confighttp.go b/config/confighttp/confighttp.go
index b210fa0dd8df..d594a1d33559 100644
--- a/config/confighttp/confighttp.go
+++ b/config/confighttp/confighttp.go
@@ -281,6 +281,13 @@ type ServerConfig struct {
 	ResponseHeaders map[string]configopaque.String `mapstructure:"response_headers"`
 }
 
+// NewDefaultServerConfig returns ServerConfig type object with default values.
+// Currently, config options are not added as they are initialized with 'zero value' by GoLang as default.
+// We encourage to use this function to create an object of ServerConfig.
+func NewDefaultServerConfig() ServerConfig {
+	return ServerConfig{}
+}
+
 // ToListener creates a net.Listener.
 func (hss *ServerConfig) ToListener(ctx context.Context) (net.Listener, error) {
 	listener, err := net.Listen("tcp", hss.Endpoint)
diff --git a/receiver/otlpreceiver/factory.go b/receiver/otlpreceiver/factory.go
index 4b148c40be31..a3c9f1d5f749 100644
--- a/receiver/otlpreceiver/factory.go
+++ b/receiver/otlpreceiver/factory.go
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ func NewFactory() receiver.Factory {
 
 // createDefaultConfig creates the default configuration for receiver.
 func createDefaultConfig() component.Config {
+	serverConfig := confighttp.NewDefaultServerConfig()
+	serverConfig.Endpoint = localhostgate.EndpointForPort(httpPort)
 	return &Config{
 		Protocols: Protocols{
 			GRPC: &configgrpc.ServerConfig{
@@ -50,9 +52,7 @@ func createDefaultConfig() component.Config {
 				ReadBufferSize: 512 * 1024,
 			},
 			HTTP: &HTTPConfig{
-				ServerConfig: &confighttp.ServerConfig{
-					Endpoint: localhostgate.EndpointForPort(httpPort),
-				},
+				ServerConfig:   &serverConfig,
 				TracesURLPath:  defaultTracesURLPath,
 				MetricsURLPath: defaultMetricsURLPath,
 				LogsURLPath:    defaultLogsURLPath,
diff --git a/receiver/otlpreceiver/factory_test.go b/receiver/otlpreceiver/factory_test.go
index d844760947f7..4e59c7f17577 100644
--- a/receiver/otlpreceiver/factory_test.go
+++ b/receiver/otlpreceiver/factory_test.go
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ func TestCreateTracesReceiver(t *testing.T) {
 			Transport: confignet.TransportTypeTCP,
 		},
 	}
+	defaultServerConfig := confighttp.NewDefaultServerConfig()
+	defaultServerConfig.Endpoint = testutil.GetAvailableLocalAddress(t)
 	defaultHTTPSettings := &HTTPConfig{
-		ServerConfig: &confighttp.ServerConfig{
-			Endpoint: testutil.GetAvailableLocalAddress(t),
-		},
+		ServerConfig:   &defaultServerConfig,
 		TracesURLPath:  defaultTracesURLPath,
 		MetricsURLPath: defaultMetricsURLPath,
 		LogsURLPath:    defaultLogsURLPath,
@@ -152,10 +152,10 @@ func TestCreateMetricReceiver(t *testing.T) {
 			Transport: confignet.TransportTypeTCP,
 		},
 	}
+	defaultServerConfig := confighttp.NewDefaultServerConfig()
+	defaultServerConfig.Endpoint = testutil.GetAvailableLocalAddress(t)
 	defaultHTTPSettings := &HTTPConfig{
-		ServerConfig: &confighttp.ServerConfig{
-			Endpoint: testutil.GetAvailableLocalAddress(t),
-		},
+		ServerConfig:   &defaultServerConfig,
 		TracesURLPath:  defaultTracesURLPath,
 		MetricsURLPath: defaultMetricsURLPath,
 		LogsURLPath:    defaultLogsURLPath,
@@ -246,10 +246,10 @@ func TestCreateLogReceiver(t *testing.T) {
 			Transport: confignet.TransportTypeTCP,
 		},
 	}
+	defaultServerConfig := confighttp.NewDefaultServerConfig()
+	defaultServerConfig.Endpoint = testutil.GetAvailableLocalAddress(t)
 	defaultHTTPSettings := &HTTPConfig{
-		ServerConfig: &confighttp.ServerConfig{
-			Endpoint: testutil.GetAvailableLocalAddress(t),
-		},
+		ServerConfig:   &defaultServerConfig,
 		TracesURLPath:  defaultTracesURLPath,
 		MetricsURLPath: defaultMetricsURLPath,
 		LogsURLPath:    defaultLogsURLPath,