diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9c09183b198..a047af49195 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ release.
   ([#2290](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/pull/2290))
 - Add semantic conventions for [CloudEvents](https://cloudevents.io).
   ([#1978](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/pull/1978))
+- `net.peer.name` moved from common http attributes to just client http attributes.
+  ([#9999](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/pull/9999))
 
 ### Compatibility
 
diff --git a/semantic_conventions/trace/http.yaml b/semantic_conventions/trace/http.yaml
index 85b9febb9f4..898eadc69c9 100644
--- a/semantic_conventions/trace/http.yaml
+++ b/semantic_conventions/trace/http.yaml
@@ -111,8 +111,6 @@ groups:
         required:
           conditional: If and only if a request was retried.
         examples: 3
-      - ref: net.peer.name
-        sampling_relevant: true
       - ref: net.peer.ip
         sampling_relevant: true
       - ref: net.peer.port
@@ -125,6 +123,9 @@ groups:
     extends: http
     span_kind: client
     brief: 'Semantic Convention for HTTP Client'
+    attributes:
+      - ref: net.peer.name
+        sampling_relevant: true
     constraints:
       - any_of:
           - [http.url]
diff --git a/specification/trace/semantic_conventions/http.md b/specification/trace/semantic_conventions/http.md
index 16806a1a45e..a29d343e8a5 100644
--- a/specification/trace/semantic_conventions/http.md
+++ b/specification/trace/semantic_conventions/http.md
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ Don't set the span status description if the reason can be inferred from `http.s
 | `http.response_content_length_uncompressed` | int | The size of the uncompressed response payload body after transport decoding. Not set if transport encoding not used. | `5493` | No |
 | `http.retry_count` | int | The ordinal number of request re-sending attempt. | `3` | If and only if a request was retried. |
 | [`net.peer.ip`](span-general.md) | string | Remote address of the peer (dotted decimal for IPv4 or [RFC5952](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5952) for IPv6) | `127.0.0.1` | No |
-| [`net.peer.name`](span-general.md) | string | Remote hostname or similar, see note below. | `example.com` | No |
 | [`net.peer.port`](span-general.md) | int | Remote port number. | `80`; `8080`; `443` | No |
 
 **[1]:** `http.url` MUST NOT contain credentials passed via URL in form of `https://username:password@www.example.com/`. In such case the attribute's value should be `https://www.example.com/`.
@@ -102,7 +101,6 @@ Following attributes MUST be provided **at span creation time** (when provided a
 * `http.host`
 * `http.scheme`
 * [`net.peer.ip`](span-general.md)
-* [`net.peer.name`](span-general.md)
 * [`net.peer.port`](span-general.md)
 <!-- endsemconv -->
 
@@ -146,6 +144,9 @@ If set, `http.url` must be the originally requested URL,
 before any HTTP-redirects that may happen when executing the request.
 
 <!-- semconv http.client -->
+| Attribute  | Type | Description  | Examples  | Required |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+| [`net.peer.name`](span-general.md) | string | Remote hostname or similar, see note below. | `example.com` | See below |
 
 **Additional attribute requirements:** At least one of the following sets of attributes is required:
 
@@ -153,6 +154,10 @@ before any HTTP-redirects that may happen when executing the request.
 * `http.scheme`, `http.host`, `http.target`
 * `http.scheme`, [`net.peer.name`](span-general.md), [`net.peer.port`](span-general.md), `http.target`
 * `http.scheme`, [`net.peer.ip`](span-general.md), [`net.peer.port`](span-general.md), `http.target`
+
+Following attributes MUST be provided **at span creation time** (when provided at all), so they can be considered for sampling decisions:
+
+* [`net.peer.name`](span-general.md)
 <!-- endsemconv -->
 
 Note that in some cases `http.host` might be different