diff --git a/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/HttpAppender.java b/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/HttpAppender.java
index 56d1ffb5e37..31e82e65eac 100644
--- a/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/HttpAppender.java
+++ b/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/HttpAppender.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public static class Builder<B extends Builder<B>> extends AbstractAppender.Build
         private SslConfiguration sslConfiguration;
 
         @PluginBuilderAttribute
-        private boolean verifyHostname = true;
+        private Boolean verifyHostname;
 
         @Override
         public HttpAppender build() {
@@ -81,6 +81,15 @@ public HttpAppender build() {
                 return null; // Return null if layout is missing
             }
 
+            if (verifyHostname != null) {
+                LOGGER.warn(
+                        "`verifyHostname` attribute of `HttpAppender` is deprecated and ignored. Use a `TlsConfiguration` element to configure this attribute.");
+            } else if (sslConfiguration != null) {
+                verifyHostname = sslConfiguration.isVerifyHostName();
+            } else {
+                verifyHostname = true;
+            }
+
             final HttpManager httpManager = new HttpURLConnectionManager(
                     getConfiguration(),
                     getConfiguration().getLoggerContext(),
@@ -123,7 +132,7 @@ public SslConfiguration getSslConfiguration() {
         }
 
         public boolean isVerifyHostname() {
-            return verifyHostname;
+            return Boolean.TRUE.equals(this.verifyHostname);
         }
 
         public B setUrl(final URL url) {
@@ -156,6 +165,7 @@ public B setSslConfiguration(final SslConfiguration sslConfiguration) {
             return asBuilder();
         }
 
+        @Deprecated
         public B setVerifyHostname(final boolean verifyHostname) {
             this.verifyHostname = verifyHostname;
             return asBuilder();
diff --git a/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/net/ssl/SslConfiguration.java b/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/net/ssl/SslConfiguration.java
index cb24113bd92..21861c09955 100644
--- a/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/net/ssl/SslConfiguration.java
+++ b/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/net/ssl/SslConfiguration.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
  */
 @NullMarked
 @Plugin(name = "Ssl", category = Core.CATEGORY_NAME, printObject = true)
-public class SslConfiguration {
+public class SslConfiguration implements TlsConfiguration {
 
     private static final StatusLogger LOGGER = StatusLogger.getLogger();
 
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ public static SslConfiguration createSSLConfiguration(
             @PluginElement("KeyStore") final KeyStoreConfiguration keyStoreConfig,
             @PluginElement("TrustStore") final TrustStoreConfiguration trustStoreConfig) {
         // @formatter:on
-        return new SslConfiguration(protocol, false, keyStoreConfig, trustStoreConfig);
+        return new SslConfiguration(protocol, true, keyStoreConfig, trustStoreConfig);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -234,22 +234,27 @@ public boolean equals(final Object obj) {
         return true;
     }
 
+    @Override
     public String getProtocol() {
         return protocol;
     }
 
+    @Override
     public boolean isVerifyHostName() {
         return verifyHostName;
     }
 
+    @Override
     public KeyStoreConfiguration getKeyStoreConfig() {
         return keyStoreConfig;
     }
 
+    @Override
     public TrustStoreConfiguration getTrustStoreConfig() {
         return trustStoreConfig;
     }
 
+    @Override
     public SSLContext getSslContext() {
         return sslContext;
     }
diff --git a/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/net/ssl/SslConfigurationFactory.java b/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/net/ssl/SslConfigurationFactory.java
index 2da16b886d0..deb11513d97 100644
--- a/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/net/ssl/SslConfigurationFactory.java
+++ b/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/net/ssl/SslConfigurationFactory.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static SslConfiguration createSslConfiguration(final PropertiesUtil props) {
             }
         }
         if (trustStoreConfiguration != null || keyStoreConfiguration != null) {
-            final boolean isVerifyHostName = props.getBooleanProperty(verifyHostName, false);
+            final boolean isVerifyHostName = props.getBooleanProperty(verifyHostName, true);
             return SslConfiguration.createSSLConfiguration(
                     null, keyStoreConfiguration, trustStoreConfiguration, isVerifyHostName);
         }
diff --git a/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/net/ssl/TlsConfiguration.java b/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/net/ssl/TlsConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0d013282c49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/net/ssl/TlsConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.logging.log4j.core.net.ssl;
+
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
+
+public interface TlsConfiguration {
+
+    String getProtocol();
+
+    boolean isVerifyHostName();
+
+    KeyStoreConfiguration getKeyStoreConfig();
+
+    TrustStoreConfiguration getTrustStoreConfig();
+
+    SSLContext getSslContext();
+}