diff --git a/cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Format/WrongTypeFormatArguments.ql b/cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Format/WrongTypeFormatArguments.ql
index 7f0a4833cb5..5842b9474f7 100644
--- a/cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Format/WrongTypeFormatArguments.ql	
+++ b/cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Format/WrongTypeFormatArguments.ql	
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * @kind problem
  * @problem.severity error
  * @security-severity 7.5
- * @precision medium
+ * @precision high
  * @id cpp/wrong-type-format-argument
  * @tags reliability
  *       correctness