diff --git a/java/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-078/ExecUnescaped.ql b/java/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-078/ExecUnescaped.ql
index d50f583bbfe..afa675c7f7b 100644
--- a/java/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-078/ExecUnescaped.ql
+++ b/java/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-078/ExecUnescaped.ql
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * @kind problem
  * @problem.severity error
  * @security-severity 9.8
- * @precision high
+ * @precision medium
  * @id java/concatenated-command-line
  * @tags security
  *       external/cwe/cwe-078