diff --git a/README.dev b/README.dev
--- a/README.dev
+++ b/README.dev
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 python3 -m swh.storage.api.server ~/.config/swh/storage.yml
 ```
 
-This runs a local swh-storage api at 5000 port.
+This runs a local swh-storage api at 5002 port.
 
 
 # And then what?
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 storage:
   cls: remote
   args:
-    url: http://localhost:5000/
+    url: http://localhost:5002/
 ```
 
 You could directly define a local storage with the following snippet:
diff --git a/swh/storage/api/server.py b/swh/storage/api/server.py
--- a/swh/storage/api/server.py
+++ b/swh/storage/api/server.py
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@
 @click.command()
 @click.argument('config-path', required=1)
 @click.option('--host', default='0.0.0.0', help="Host to run the server")
-@click.option('--port', default=5000, type=click.INT,
+@click.option('--port', default=5002, type=click.INT,
               help="Binding port of the server")
 @click.option('--debug/--nodebug', default=True,
               help="Indicates if the server should run in debug mode")
diff --git a/swh/storage/provenance/tasks.py b/swh/storage/provenance/tasks.py
--- a/swh/storage/provenance/tasks.py
+++ b/swh/storage/provenance/tasks.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     'storage': ('dict', {
         'cls': 'remote',
         'args': {
-            'url': 'http://localhost:5000/'
+            'url': 'http://localhost:5002/'
         },
     }),
     'revision_packet_size': ('int', 100),
diff --git a/swh/storage/vault/api/server.py b/swh/storage/vault/api/server.py
--- a/swh/storage/vault/api/server.py
+++ b/swh/storage/vault/api/server.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 @click.command()
 @click.argument('config-path', required=1)
 @click.option('--host', default='0.0.0.0', help="Host to run the server")
-@click.option('--port', default=5000, type=click.INT,
+@click.option('--port', default=5005, type=click.INT,
               help="Binding port of the server")
 @click.option('--debug/--nodebug', default=True,
               help="Indicates if the server should run in debug mode")