diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs b/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
index 201aa48e3ec..2cd22633bc8 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
@@ -1115,6 +1115,7 @@ pub fn register_plugins(store: &mut rustc_lint::LintStore, sess: &Session, conf:
         LintId::of(&methods::FIND_MAP),
         LintId::of(&methods::INEFFICIENT_TO_STRING),
         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),
@@ -1276,7 +1277,6 @@ 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),
@@ -1457,7 +1457,6 @@ 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::RESULT_MAP_OR_INTO_OPTION),
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/methods/mod.rs b/clippy_lints/src/methods/mod.rs
index 07423111549..11013e98d59 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/methods/mod.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/methods/mod.rs
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ 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 33bbfff2011..00add20b7ae 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",