diff --git a/napalm_procurve/procurve.py b/napalm_procurve/procurve.py
index 698fca2..43cd376 100644
--- a/napalm_procurve/procurve.py
+++ b/napalm_procurve/procurve.py
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ class ProcurveDriver(ConfigLifecycleMixin, SwitchDriver):
             "-o", "BatchMode=no",
             "-o", "KexAlgorithms=+diffie-hellman-group1-sha1,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1",
             "-o", "HostKeyAlgorithms=+ssh-rsa",
-            "-p", str(self.port or 22),
+            "-p", "22",  # always SSH port — self.port is the REST API port (443)
             f"{self.username}@{self.hostname}",
             "show running-config",
         ]