diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7cab46580a..d128e0b5c8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ release.
   ([#318](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/pull/318))
 - Encourage setting `network.transport` when reporting port numbers
   ([#289](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/pull/289))
+- BREAKING: Add `url.scheme` to `http.client.*` metrics
+  ([#357](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/pull/357))
 
 ## v1.21.0 (2023-07-13)
 
diff --git a/docs/http/http-metrics.md b/docs/http/http-metrics.md
index 6b10380650..101ce3c5c0 100644
--- a/docs/http/http-metrics.md
+++ b/docs/http/http-metrics.md
@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@ of `[ 0.005, 0.01, 0.025, 0.05, 0.075, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 2.5, 5, 7.5, 10
 | [`server.address`](../general/attributes.md) | string | Host identifier of the ["URI origin"](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110.html#name-uri-origin) HTTP request is sent to. [4] | `example.com` | Required |
 | [`server.port`](../general/attributes.md) | int | Port identifier of the ["URI origin"](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110.html#name-uri-origin) HTTP request is sent to. [5] | `80`; `8080`; `443` | Conditionally Required: [6] |
 | [`server.socket.address`](../general/attributes.md) | string | Server address of the socket connection - IP address or Unix domain socket name. [7] | `10.5.3.2` | Recommended: If different than `server.address`. |
+| [`url.scheme`](../url/url.md) | string | The [URI scheme](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3986#section-3.1) component identifying the used protocol. | `https`; `ftp`; `telnet` | Required |
 
 **[1]:** If the request fails with an error before response status code was sent or received,
 `error.type` SHOULD be set to exception type or a component-specific low cardinality error code.
@@ -560,6 +561,7 @@ This metric is optional.
 | [`server.address`](../general/attributes.md) | string | Host identifier of the ["URI origin"](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110.html#name-uri-origin) HTTP request is sent to. [4] | `example.com` | Required |
 | [`server.port`](../general/attributes.md) | int | Port identifier of the ["URI origin"](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110.html#name-uri-origin) HTTP request is sent to. [5] | `80`; `8080`; `443` | Conditionally Required: [6] |
 | [`server.socket.address`](../general/attributes.md) | string | Server address of the socket connection - IP address or Unix domain socket name. [7] | `10.5.3.2` | Recommended: If different than `server.address`. |
+| [`url.scheme`](../url/url.md) | string | The [URI scheme](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3986#section-3.1) component identifying the used protocol. | `https`; `ftp`; `telnet` | Required |
 
 **[1]:** If the request fails with an error before response status code was sent or received,
 `error.type` SHOULD be set to exception type or a component-specific low cardinality error code.
@@ -656,6 +658,7 @@ This metric is optional.
 | [`server.address`](../general/attributes.md) | string | Host identifier of the ["URI origin"](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110.html#name-uri-origin) HTTP request is sent to. [4] | `example.com` | Required |
 | [`server.port`](../general/attributes.md) | int | Port identifier of the ["URI origin"](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110.html#name-uri-origin) HTTP request is sent to. [5] | `80`; `8080`; `443` | Conditionally Required: [6] |
 | [`server.socket.address`](../general/attributes.md) | string | Server address of the socket connection - IP address or Unix domain socket name. [7] | `10.5.3.2` | Recommended: If different than `server.address`. |
+| [`url.scheme`](../url/url.md) | string | The [URI scheme](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3986#section-3.1) component identifying the used protocol. | `https`; `ftp`; `telnet` | Required |
 
 **[1]:** If the request fails with an error before response status code was sent or received,
 `error.type` SHOULD be set to exception type or a component-specific low cardinality error code.
diff --git a/model/metrics/http.yaml b/model/metrics/http.yaml
index 53ad230d28..a5ceceb288 100644
--- a/model/metrics/http.yaml
+++ b/model/metrics/http.yaml
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ groups:
           additional filters are applied.
 
           If the request has completed successfully, instrumentations SHOULD NOT set `error.type`.
+      - ref: url.scheme
+        requirement_level: required
 
   - id: metric.http.server.request.duration
     type: metric