diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs b/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
index c995be5ed..06e21a527 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
@@ -1138,6 +1138,7 @@ pub fn register_plugins(store: &mut rustc_lint::LintStore, sess: &Session, conf:
         LintId::of(&loops::EXPLICIT_INTO_ITER_LOOP),
         LintId::of(&loops::EXPLICIT_ITER_LOOP),
         LintId::of(&macro_use::MACRO_USE_IMPORTS),
+        LintId::of(&match_on_vec_items::MATCH_ON_VEC_ITEMS),
         LintId::of(&matches::MATCH_BOOL),
         LintId::of(&matches::SINGLE_MATCH_ELSE),
         LintId::of(&methods::FILTER_MAP),
@@ -1283,7 +1284,6 @@ pub fn register_plugins(store: &mut rustc_lint::LintStore, sess: &Session, conf:
         LintId::of(&map_clone::MAP_CLONE),
         LintId::of(&map_unit_fn::OPTION_MAP_UNIT_FN),
         LintId::of(&map_unit_fn::RESULT_MAP_UNIT_FN),
-        LintId::of(&match_on_vec_items::MATCH_ON_VEC_ITEMS),
         LintId::of(&matches::INFALLIBLE_DESTRUCTURING_MATCH),
         LintId::of(&matches::MATCH_AS_REF),
         LintId::of(&matches::MATCH_OVERLAPPING_ARM),
@@ -1647,7 +1647,6 @@ pub fn register_plugins(store: &mut rustc_lint::LintStore, sess: &Session, conf:
         LintId::of(&loops::NEVER_LOOP),
         LintId::of(&loops::REVERSE_RANGE_LOOP),
         LintId::of(&loops::WHILE_IMMUTABLE_CONDITION),
-        LintId::of(&match_on_vec_items::MATCH_ON_VEC_ITEMS),
         LintId::of(&mem_discriminant::MEM_DISCRIMINANT_NON_ENUM),
         LintId::of(&mem_replace::MEM_REPLACE_WITH_UNINIT),
         LintId::of(&methods::CLONE_DOUBLE_REF),
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/match_on_vec_items.rs b/clippy_lints/src/match_on_vec_items.rs
index 4071406cc..421571d2f 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/match_on_vec_items.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/match_on_vec_items.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ declare_clippy_lint! {
     /// }
     /// ```
     pub MATCH_ON_VEC_ITEMS,
-    correctness,
+    pedantic,
     "matching on vector elements can panic"
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lintlist/mod.rs b/src/lintlist/mod.rs
index 72675c251..f337db72b 100644
--- a/src/lintlist/mod.rs
+++ b/src/lintlist/mod.rs
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ pub static ref ALL_LINTS: Vec<Lint> = vec![
     },
     Lint {
         name: "match_on_vec_items",
-        group: "correctness",
+        group: "pedantic",
         desc: "matching on vector elements can panic",
         deprecation: None,
         module: "match_on_vec_items",