diff --git a/cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-190/ComparisonWithWiderType.ql b/cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-190/ComparisonWithWiderType.ql
index 3f330807304..7d9ef88adea 100644
--- a/cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-190/ComparisonWithWiderType.ql
+++ b/cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-190/ComparisonWithWiderType.ql
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * @kind problem
  * @problem.severity warning
  * @security-severity 7.8
- * @precision medium
+ * @precision high
  * @tags reliability
  *       security
  *       external/cwe/cwe-190