diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs b/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
index b106113c2a9..cb9fcfca8a1 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
@@ -1115,7 +1115,6 @@ 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),
@@ -1277,6 +1276,7 @@ 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),
@@ -1456,6 +1456,7 @@ 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 c539e0360fb..be9b369112a 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,
-    pedantic,
+    style,
     "not returning `Self` in a `new` method"
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lintlist/mod.rs b/src/lintlist/mod.rs
index b3c77f3f481..edebaff9f14 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: "pedantic",
+        group: "style",
         desc: "not returning `Self` in a `new` method",
         deprecation: None,
         module: "methods",