diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 139bde91c72..2a17690bb86 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## Unreleased
+* `opentelemetry-exporter-collector-proto`
+  * [#2331](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/2331) fix(opentelemetry-exporter-collector-proto): Change default HTTP exporter port to 55681 ([@NathanielRN](https://github.com/NathanielRN))
 
 ## 0.23.0
 
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-proto/src/CollectorTraceExporter.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-proto/src/CollectorTraceExporter.ts
index 124eee5a2d4..2715f884749 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-proto/src/CollectorTraceExporter.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-proto/src/CollectorTraceExporter.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import {
 import { ServiceClientType } from './types';
 import { getEnv, baggageUtils } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 
-const DEFAULT_COLLECTOR_URL = 'http://localhost:4317/v1/traces';
+const DEFAULT_COLLECTOR_URL = 'http://localhost:55681/v1/traces';
 
 /**
  * Collector Trace Exporter for Node with protobuf