diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs b/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
index dfc2a26b06b2c..f6942f18476c1 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
@@ -1106,6 +1106,7 @@ pub fn register_plugins(store: &mut rustc_lint::LintStore, sess: &Session, conf:
         LintId::of(&methods::FILTER_MAP_NEXT),
         LintId::of(&methods::FIND_MAP),
         LintId::of(&methods::MAP_FLATTEN),
+        LintId::of(&methods::NEW_RET_NO_SELF),
         LintId::of(&methods::OPTION_MAP_UNWRAP_OR),
         LintId::of(&methods::OPTION_MAP_UNWRAP_OR_ELSE),
         LintId::of(&methods::RESULT_MAP_UNWRAP_OR_ELSE),
@@ -1267,7 +1268,6 @@ pub fn register_plugins(store: &mut rustc_lint::LintStore, sess: &Session, conf:
         LintId::of(&methods::ITER_NTH_ZERO),
         LintId::of(&methods::ITER_SKIP_NEXT),
         LintId::of(&methods::MANUAL_SATURATING_ARITHMETIC),
-        LintId::of(&methods::NEW_RET_NO_SELF),
         LintId::of(&methods::OK_EXPECT),
         LintId::of(&methods::OPTION_AND_THEN_SOME),
         LintId::of(&methods::OPTION_AS_REF_DEREF),
@@ -1450,7 +1450,6 @@ pub fn register_plugins(store: &mut rustc_lint::LintStore, sess: &Session, conf:
         LintId::of(&methods::ITER_NTH_ZERO),
         LintId::of(&methods::ITER_SKIP_NEXT),
         LintId::of(&methods::MANUAL_SATURATING_ARITHMETIC),
-        LintId::of(&methods::NEW_RET_NO_SELF),
         LintId::of(&methods::OK_EXPECT),
         LintId::of(&methods::OPTION_MAP_OR_NONE),
         LintId::of(&methods::SHOULD_IMPLEMENT_TRAIT),
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/methods/mod.rs b/clippy_lints/src/methods/mod.rs
index 527508af8a319..7d7a375ddac37 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/methods/mod.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/methods/mod.rs
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ declare_clippy_lint! {
     /// }
     /// ```
     pub NEW_RET_NO_SELF,
-    style,
+    pedantic,
     "not returning `Self` in a `new` method"
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lintlist/mod.rs b/src/lintlist/mod.rs
index 8a6d0af5f8a70..0a565f4466fef 100644
--- a/src/lintlist/mod.rs
+++ b/src/lintlist/mod.rs
@@ -1447,7 +1447,7 @@ pub static ref ALL_LINTS: Vec<Lint> = vec![
     },
     Lint {
         name: "new_ret_no_self",
-        group: "style",
+        group: "pedantic",
         desc: "not returning `Self` in a `new` method",
         deprecation: None,
         module: "methods",