diff --git a/ruby/ql/src/queries/performance/DatabaseQueryInLoop.ql b/ruby/ql/src/queries/performance/DatabaseQueryInLoop.ql
index 835fe620984..b34ee080fcd 100644
--- a/ruby/ql/src/queries/performance/DatabaseQueryInLoop.ql
+++ b/ruby/ql/src/queries/performance/DatabaseQueryInLoop.ql
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
  * @problem.severity info
  * @precision high
  * @id rb/database-query-in-loop
- * @tags performance
- *       quality
+ * @tags quality
+ *       reliability
+ *       performance
  */
 
 import ruby
diff --git a/ruby/ql/src/queries/variables/DeadStoreOfLocal.ql b/ruby/ql/src/queries/variables/DeadStoreOfLocal.ql
index 808ce42dd85..849fb8ecd5a 100644
--- a/ruby/ql/src/queries/variables/DeadStoreOfLocal.ql
+++ b/ruby/ql/src/queries/variables/DeadStoreOfLocal.ql
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
  * @kind problem
  * @problem.severity warning
  * @id rb/useless-assignment-to-local
- * @tags maintainability
- *       quality
+ * @tags quality
+ *       maintainability
+ *       useless-code
  *       external/cwe/cwe-563
  * @precision high
  */