diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fb7de78f7..7a7244602 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Features
+
+- Add correct breadcrumb levels for 4xx/5xx response codes ([#2549](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-ruby/pull/2549))
+
 ### Miscellaneous
 
 - Deprecate `enable_tracing` in favor of `traces_sample_rate = 1.0` [#2535](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-ruby/pull/2535)
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/utils/http_tracing.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/utils/http_tracing.rb
index 136e78d99..c8e100003 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/utils/http_tracing.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/utils/http_tracing.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def set_propagation_headers(req)
 
       def record_sentry_breadcrumb(request_info, response_status)
         crumb = Sentry::Breadcrumb.new(
-          level: :info,
+          level: get_level(response_status),
           category: self.class::BREADCRUMB_CATEGORY,
           type: "info",
           data: { status: response_status, **request_info }
@@ -55,6 +55,20 @@ def build_nested_query(value, prefix = nil)
           "#{URI.encode_www_form_component(prefix)}=#{URI.encode_www_form_component(value)}"
         end
       end
+
+      private
+
+      def get_level(status)
+        return :info unless status && status.is_a?(Integer)
+
+if status >= 500
+  :error
+elsif status >= 400
+  :warning
+else
+  :info
+end
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/breadcrumb/http_logger_spec.rb b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/breadcrumb/http_logger_spec.rb
index a4fab84ed..a92c4c81a 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/breadcrumb/http_logger_spec.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/breadcrumb/http_logger_spec.rb
@@ -56,6 +56,17 @@
         { status: 200, method: "POST", url: "http://example.com/path", query: "foo=bar", body: 'quz=qux' }
       )
     end
+
+    { 200 => :info, 302 => :info, 400 => :warning, 404 => :warning, 500 => :error, 502 => :error }.each do |status, level|
+      it "has correct level #{level} for #{status}" do
+        stub_normal_response(code: status)
+        response = Net::HTTP.get_response(URI("http://example.com/path?foo=bar"))
+
+        crumb = Sentry.get_current_scope.breadcrumbs.peek
+        expect(crumb.level).to eq(level)
+        expect(crumb.data[:status]).to eq(status)
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   context "with config.send_default_pii = false" do
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/excon_spec.rb b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/excon_spec.rb
index 96574622a..9ab671aad 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/excon_spec.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/excon_spec.rb
@@ -117,24 +117,43 @@
         })
       end
 
-      it "records breadcrumbs" do
-        Excon.stub({}, { body: "", status: 200 })
+      context "breadcrumbs" do
+        it "records correct data in breadcrumbs" do
+          Excon.stub({}, { body: "", status: 200 })
 
-        transaction = Sentry.start_transaction
-        Sentry.get_current_scope.set_span(transaction)
+          transaction = Sentry.start_transaction
+          Sentry.get_current_scope.set_span(transaction)
+
+          _response = Excon.get("http://example.com/path?foo=bar", mock: true)
 
-        _response = Excon.get("http://example.com/path?foo=bar", mock: true)
+          transaction.span_recorder.spans.last
 
-        transaction.span_recorder.spans.last
+          crumb = Sentry.get_current_scope.breadcrumbs.peek
+          expect(crumb.category).to eq("http")
+          expect(crumb.level).to eq(:info)
+          expect(crumb.data[:status]).to eq(200)
+          expect(crumb.data[:method]).to eq("GET")
+          expect(crumb.data[:url]).to eq("http://example.com/path")
+          expect(crumb.data[:query]).to eq("foo=bar")
+          expect(crumb.data[:body]).to be(nil)
+        end
+
+        { 200 => :info, 400 => :warning, 500 => :error }.each do |status, level|
+          it "has correct level #{level} for #{status}" do
+            Excon.stub({}, { body: "", status: status })
+
+            transaction = Sentry.start_transaction
+            Sentry.get_current_scope.set_span(transaction)
 
-        crumb = Sentry.get_current_scope.breadcrumbs.peek
+            _response = Excon.get("http://example.com/path?foo=bar", mock: true)
 
-        expect(crumb.category).to eq("http")
-        expect(crumb.data[:status]).to eq(200)
-        expect(crumb.data[:method]).to eq("GET")
-        expect(crumb.data[:url]).to eq("http://example.com/path")
-        expect(crumb.data[:query]).to eq("foo=bar")
-        expect(crumb.data[:body]).to be(nil)
+            transaction.span_recorder.spans.last
+
+            crumb = Sentry.get_current_scope.breadcrumbs.peek
+            expect(crumb.level).to eq(level)
+            expect(crumb.data[:status]).to eq(status)
+          end
+        end
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/faraday_spec.rb b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/faraday_spec.rb
index 0cb69fe39..77e90db0a 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/faraday_spec.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/faraday_spec.rb
@@ -65,6 +65,18 @@
           stub.post("/test") do
             [200, { "Content-Type" => "application/json" }, { hello: "world" }.to_json]
           end
+
+          stub.get("/200") do
+            [200, { "Content-Type" => "text/html" }, "<h1>hello world</h1>"]
+          end
+
+          stub.get("/400") do
+            [400, { "Content-Type" => "text/html" }, "<h1>bad request</h1>"]
+          end
+
+          stub.get("/500") do
+            [500, { "Content-Type" => "text/html" }, "<h1>server error</h1>"]
+          end
         end
       end
     end
@@ -94,22 +106,39 @@
       })
     end
 
-    it "records breadcrumbs" do
-      transaction = Sentry.start_transaction
-      Sentry.get_current_scope.set_span(transaction)
+    context "breadcrumbs" do
+      it "records correct data in breadcrumbs" do
+        transaction = Sentry.start_transaction
+        Sentry.get_current_scope.set_span(transaction)
 
-      _response = http.get("/test?foo=bar")
+        _response = http.get("/test?foo=bar")
 
-      transaction.span_recorder.spans.last
+        transaction.span_recorder.spans.last
 
-      crumb = Sentry.get_current_scope.breadcrumbs.peek
+        crumb = Sentry.get_current_scope.breadcrumbs.peek
+        expect(crumb.category).to eq("http")
+        expect(crumb.level).to eq(:info)
+        expect(crumb.data[:status]).to eq(200)
+        expect(crumb.data[:method]).to eq("GET")
+        expect(crumb.data[:url]).to eq("http://example.com/test")
+        expect(crumb.data[:query]).to eq("foo=bar")
+        expect(crumb.data[:body]).to be(nil)
+      end
+
+      { 200 => :info, 400 => :warning, 500 => :error }.each do |status, level|
+        it "has correct level #{level} for #{status}" do
+          transaction = Sentry.start_transaction
+          Sentry.get_current_scope.set_span(transaction)
 
-      expect(crumb.category).to eq("http")
-      expect(crumb.data[:status]).to eq(200)
-      expect(crumb.data[:method]).to eq("GET")
-      expect(crumb.data[:url]).to eq("http://example.com/test")
-      expect(crumb.data[:query]).to eq("foo=bar")
-      expect(crumb.data[:body]).to be(nil)
+          _response = http.get("/#{status}")
+
+          transaction.span_recorder.spans.last
+
+          crumb = Sentry.get_current_scope.breadcrumbs.peek
+          expect(crumb.level).to eq(level)
+          expect(crumb.data[:status]).to eq(status)
+        end
+      end
     end
 
     it "records POST request body" do