diff --git a/src/ByteBard.AsyncAPI.Bindings/Http/HttpMessageBinding.cs b/src/ByteBard.AsyncAPI.Bindings/Http/HttpMessageBinding.cs
index 5a76874..0a8fc0f 100644
--- a/src/ByteBard.AsyncAPI.Bindings/Http/HttpMessageBinding.cs
+++ b/src/ByteBard.AsyncAPI.Bindings/Http/HttpMessageBinding.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 namespace ByteBard.AsyncAPI.Bindings.Http
 {
     using System;
-    using System.Net;
     using ByteBard.AsyncAPI.Models;
     using ByteBard.AsyncAPI.Readers;
     using ByteBard.AsyncAPI.Readers.ParseNodes;
@@ -25,9 +24,10 @@ public class HttpMessageBinding : MessageBinding<HttpMessageBinding>
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The HTTP response status code according to RFC 9110. `statusCode` is only relevant for messages referenced by the Operation Reply Object.
+        /// Stored as an integer so that codes without a <see cref="System.Net.HttpStatusCode"/> member (e.g. 425, 499, 520) are represented as-is.
         /// Note: This field is only serialized in AsyncAPI V3.
         /// </summary>
-        public HttpStatusCode? StatusCode { get; set; }
+        public int? StatusCode { get; set; }
 
         public override string BindingKey => "http";
 
@@ -35,16 +35,26 @@ public class HttpMessageBinding : MessageBinding<HttpMessageBinding>
         {
             { "bindingVersion", (a, n) => { a.BindingVersion = n.GetScalarValue(); } },
             { "headers", (a, n) => { a.Headers = AsyncApiJsonSchemaDeserializer.LoadSchema(n); } },
-            { "statusCode", (a, n) =>
-                {
-                    if (int.TryParse(n.GetScalarValue(), out var code))
-                    {
-                        a.StatusCode = (HttpStatusCode)code;
-                    }
-                }
-            },
+            { "statusCode", (a, n) => { a.StatusCode = LoadStatusCode(n); } },
         };
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Reads the status code, reporting values outside the RFC 9110 range (100-599) as errors.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>An out-of-range value is still kept so the document can be written back unchanged.</remarks>
+        private static int LoadStatusCode(ParseNode node)
+        {
+            var code = node.GetIntegerValue();
+            if (code < 100 || code > 599)
+            {
+                node.Context.Diagnostic.Errors.Add(new AsyncApiError(
+                    node.Context.GetLocation(),
+                    $"statusCode {code} is not a valid HTTP status code. It must be between 100 and 599."));
+            }
+
+            return code;
+        }
+
         public override void SerializeV2(IAsyncApiWriter writer)
         {
             if (writer is null)
@@ -71,7 +81,7 @@ public override void SerializeV3(IAsyncApiWriter writer)
 
             if (this.StatusCode.HasValue)
             {
-                writer.WriteRequiredProperty(AsyncApiConstants.StatusCode, (int)this.StatusCode.Value);
+                writer.WriteRequiredProperty(AsyncApiConstants.StatusCode, this.StatusCode.Value);
             }
 
             writer.WriteOptionalProperty(AsyncApiConstants.BindingVersion, this.BindingVersion ?? V3BindingVersion);
diff --git a/test/ByteBard.AsyncAPI.Tests/Bindings/Http/HttpBindings_Should.cs b/test/ByteBard.AsyncAPI.Tests/Bindings/Http/HttpBindings_Should.cs
index b66eb67..f1b25ef 100644
--- a/test/ByteBard.AsyncAPI.Tests/Bindings/Http/HttpBindings_Should.cs
+++ b/test/ByteBard.AsyncAPI.Tests/Bindings/Http/HttpBindings_Should.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 namespace ByteBard.AsyncAPI.Tests.Bindings.Http
 {
     using System.Linq;
-    using System.Net;
     using FluentAssertions;
     using ByteBard.AsyncAPI.Bindings;
     using ByteBard.AsyncAPI.Bindings.Http;
@@ -156,7 +155,7 @@ public void V3_HttpMessageBinding_IncludesStatusCode()
                 {
                     Description = "response headers",
                 },
-                StatusCode = HttpStatusCode.OK,
+                StatusCode = 200,
             });
 
             // Act
@@ -179,7 +178,7 @@ public void V2_HttpMessageBinding_OmitsStatusCode()
                 {
                     Description = "response headers",
                 },
-                StatusCode = HttpStatusCode.OK,
+                StatusCode = 200,
             });
 
             // Act
@@ -189,5 +188,79 @@ public void V2_HttpMessageBinding_OmitsStatusCode()
             actual.Should().NotContain("statusCode");
             actual.Should().Contain("bindingVersion: 0.2.0");
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void V3_HttpMessageBinding_ReadsStatusCode()
+        {
+            var yaml =
+                """
+                bindings:
+                  http:
+                    statusCode: 404
+                """;
+
+            var settings = new AsyncApiReaderSettings { Bindings = BindingsCollection.Http };
+            var message = new AsyncApiStringReader(settings).ReadFragment<AsyncApiMessage>(yaml, AsyncApiVersion.AsyncApi3_0, out var diagnostics);
+
+            diagnostics.Errors.Should().BeEmpty();
+            ((HttpMessageBinding)message.Bindings["http"]).StatusCode.Should().Be(404);
+        }
+
+        [TestCase("not-found")]
+        [TestCase("200.5")]
+        public void V3_HttpMessageBinding_WithInvalidStatusCode_ReportsError(string statusCode)
+        {
+            var yaml =
+                "bindings:\n" +
+                "  http:\n" +
+                "    statusCode: " + statusCode + "\n";
+
+            var settings = new AsyncApiReaderSettings { Bindings = BindingsCollection.Http };
+            new AsyncApiStringReader(settings).ReadFragment<AsyncApiMessage>(yaml, AsyncApiVersion.AsyncApi3_0, out var diagnostics);
+
+            diagnostics.Errors.Should().ContainSingle().Which.Message.Should().Contain("could not parse to integer");
+        }
+
+        [TestCase(100)]
+        [TestCase(599)]
+        [TestCase(425)] // Too Early (RFC 8470), not a System.Net.HttpStatusCode member
+        [TestCase(499)] // nginx client closed request
+        [TestCase(520)] // Cloudflare unknown error
+        public void V3_HttpMessageBinding_WithValidStatusCode_ReportsNoErrorAndRoundTrips(int statusCode)
+        {
+            var yaml =
+                "bindings:\n" +
+                "  http:\n" +
+                "    statusCode: " + statusCode + "\n";
+
+            var settings = new AsyncApiReaderSettings { Bindings = BindingsCollection.Http };
+            var message = new AsyncApiStringReader(settings).ReadFragment<AsyncApiMessage>(yaml, AsyncApiVersion.AsyncApi3_0, out var diagnostics);
+
+            diagnostics.Errors.Should().BeEmpty();
+            ((HttpMessageBinding)message.Bindings["http"]).StatusCode.Should().Be(statusCode);
+            message.SerializeAsYaml(AsyncApiVersion.AsyncApi3_0).Should().Contain("statusCode: " + statusCode);
+        }
+
+        [TestCase(0)]
+        [TestCase(42)]
+        [TestCase(99)]
+        [TestCase(600)]
+        [TestCase(-200)]
+        public void V3_HttpMessageBinding_WithOutOfRangeStatusCode_ReportsErrorAndKeepsValue(int statusCode)
+        {
+            var yaml =
+                "bindings:\n" +
+                "  http:\n" +
+                "    statusCode: " + statusCode + "\n";
+
+            var settings = new AsyncApiReaderSettings { Bindings = BindingsCollection.Http };
+            var message = new AsyncApiStringReader(settings).ReadFragment<AsyncApiMessage>(yaml, AsyncApiVersion.AsyncApi3_0, out var diagnostics);
+
+            var error = diagnostics.Errors.Should().ContainSingle().Subject;
+            error.Message.Should().Contain("must be between 100 and 599");
+            error.Pointer.Should().EndWith("statusCode");
+            ((HttpMessageBinding)message.Bindings["http"]).StatusCode.Should().Be(statusCode);
+            message.SerializeAsYaml(AsyncApiVersion.AsyncApi3_0).Should().Contain("statusCode: " + statusCode);
+        }
     }
 }