diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs b/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
index 59d87aa96dcf..8a73824ce4c4 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
@@ -1132,6 +1132,7 @@ pub fn register_plugins(store: &mut rustc_lint::LintStore, sess: &Session, conf:
         LintId::of(methods::INEFFICIENT_TO_STRING),
         LintId::of(methods::MAP_FLATTEN),
         LintId::of(methods::MAP_UNWRAP_OR),
+        LintId::of(misc::FLOAT_CMP),
         LintId::of(misc::USED_UNDERSCORE_BINDING),
         LintId::of(misc_early::UNSEPARATED_LITERAL_SUFFIX),
         LintId::of(mut_mut::MUT_MUT),
@@ -1365,7 +1366,6 @@ pub fn register_plugins(store: &mut rustc_lint::LintStore, sess: &Session, conf:
         LintId::of(minmax::MIN_MAX),
         LintId::of(misc::CMP_NAN),
         LintId::of(misc::CMP_OWNED),
-        LintId::of(misc::FLOAT_CMP),
         LintId::of(misc::MODULO_ONE),
         LintId::of(misc::SHORT_CIRCUIT_STATEMENT),
         LintId::of(misc::TOPLEVEL_REF_ARG),
@@ -1729,7 +1729,6 @@ pub fn register_plugins(store: &mut rustc_lint::LintStore, sess: &Session, conf:
         LintId::of(methods::ZST_OFFSET),
         LintId::of(minmax::MIN_MAX),
         LintId::of(misc::CMP_NAN),
-        LintId::of(misc::FLOAT_CMP),
         LintId::of(misc::MODULO_ONE),
         LintId::of(non_octal_unix_permissions::NON_OCTAL_UNIX_PERMISSIONS),
         LintId::of(open_options::NONSENSICAL_OPEN_OPTIONS),
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/misc.rs b/clippy_lints/src/misc.rs
index 538fa4e1678f..0f32cd9164e2 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/misc.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/misc.rs
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ declare_clippy_lint! {
     /// if (y - x).abs() > error_margin { }
     /// ```
     pub FLOAT_CMP,
-    correctness,
+    pedantic,
     "using `==` or `!=` on float values instead of comparing difference with an epsilon"
 }