diff --git a/bin/helpers/capabilityHelper.js b/bin/helpers/capabilityHelper.js
index 4e6cb2bd..06c9ebee 100644
--- a/bin/helpers/capabilityHelper.js
+++ b/bin/helpers/capabilityHelper.js
@@ -286,6 +286,9 @@ const validate = (bsConfig, args) => {
     if (!Utils.isUndefined(bsConfig.run_settings.nodeVersion) && typeof(bsConfig.run_settings.nodeVersion) === 'string' && !bsConfig.run_settings.nodeVersion.match(/^(\d+\.)?(\d+\.)?(\*|\d+)$/))
         logger.warn(Constants.validationMessages.NODE_VERSION_PARSING_ERROR);
 
+    if(!Utils.isUndefined(cypressConfigFile.port)) {
+      logger.warn(Constants.userMessages.CYPRESS_PORT_WARNING.replace("<x>", cypressConfigFile.port));
+    }
     resolve(cypressConfigFile);
   });
 }
diff --git a/bin/helpers/constants.js b/bin/helpers/constants.js
index cdb19579..eb032384 100644
--- a/bin/helpers/constants.js
+++ b/bin/helpers/constants.js
@@ -113,7 +113,9 @@ const userMessages = {
   SPEC_LIMIT_SUCCESS_MESSAGE:
     "Spec timeout specified as <x> minutes. If any of your specs exceed the specified time limit, it would be forcibly killed by BrowserStack",
   NO_CONNECTION_WHILE_UPDATING_UPLOAD_PROGRESS_BAR:
-    "Unable to determine zip upload progress due to undefined/null connection request"
+    "Unable to determine zip upload progress due to undefined/null connection request",
+  CYPRESS_PORT_WARNING:
+    "The requested port number <x> is ignored. The default BrowserStack port will be used for this execution"
 };
 
 const validationMessages = {
diff --git a/test/unit/bin/helpers/capabilityHelper.js b/test/unit/bin/helpers/capabilityHelper.js
index 59beed8b..b8f7a8b7 100644
--- a/test/unit/bin/helpers/capabilityHelper.js
+++ b/test/unit/bin/helpers/capabilityHelper.js
@@ -962,11 +962,20 @@ describe("capabilityHelper.js", () => {
           run_settings: {
             cypress_proj_dir: "random path",
             cypressConfigFilePath: "random path",
-            cypressProjectDir: "random path"
+            cypressProjectDir: "random path",
+            cypress_config_filename: "cypress.json",
+            spec_timeout: 10,
+            cypressTestSuiteType: Constants.CYPRESS_V9_AND_OLDER_TYPE
           },
           connection_settings: {local: false}
         };
+        loggerWarningSpy = sinon.stub(logger, 'warn');
+      });
+
+      afterEach(function() {
+        loggerWarningSpy.restore();
       });
+
       it("validate cypress json is present", () => {
         //Stub for cypress json validation
         sinon.stub(fs, 'existsSync').returns(false);
@@ -1046,6 +1055,19 @@ describe("capabilityHelper.js", () => {
           });
       });
 
+      it("should warn if port is passed in cypress config file", async () => {
+        //Stub for cypress json validation
+        sinon.stub(fs, 'existsSync').returns(true);
+        sinon.stub(fs, 'readFileSync').returns('{ "port": 23455}');
+
+        await capabilityHelper
+          .validate(bsConfig, { parallels: 2 })
+
+        sinon.assert.calledWith(loggerWarningSpy, Constants.userMessages.CYPRESS_PORT_WARNING.replace('<x>', 23455));
+        fs.existsSync.restore();
+        fs.readFileSync.restore();
+      });
+
       context("cypress config file set to false", () => {
         beforeEach(function() {
           readFileSpy = sinon.stub(fs, 'readFileSync');