diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs b/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
index 7dcf7a260c87a..a6d07c1f519be 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
@@ -1402,6 +1402,7 @@ pub fn register_plugins(store: &mut rustc_lint::LintStore, sess: &Session, conf:
         LintId::of(&unnecessary_wraps::UNNECESSARY_WRAPS),
         LintId::of(&unnested_or_patterns::UNNESTED_OR_PATTERNS),
         LintId::of(&unused_self::UNUSED_SELF),
+        LintId::of(&upper_case_acronyms::UPPER_CASE_ACRONYMS),
         LintId::of(&wildcard_imports::ENUM_GLOB_USE),
         LintId::of(&wildcard_imports::WILDCARD_IMPORTS),
         LintId::of(&zero_sized_map_values::ZERO_SIZED_MAP_VALUES),
@@ -1700,7 +1701,6 @@ pub fn register_plugins(store: &mut rustc_lint::LintStore, sess: &Session, conf:
         LintId::of(&unused_unit::UNUSED_UNIT),
         LintId::of(&unwrap::PANICKING_UNWRAP),
         LintId::of(&unwrap::UNNECESSARY_UNWRAP),
-        LintId::of(&upper_case_acronyms::UPPER_CASE_ACRONYMS),
         LintId::of(&useless_conversion::USELESS_CONVERSION),
         LintId::of(&vec::USELESS_VEC),
         LintId::of(&vec_init_then_push::VEC_INIT_THEN_PUSH),
@@ -1819,7 +1819,6 @@ pub fn register_plugins(store: &mut rustc_lint::LintStore, sess: &Session, conf:
         LintId::of(&types::FN_TO_NUMERIC_CAST_WITH_TRUNCATION),
         LintId::of(&unsafe_removed_from_name::UNSAFE_REMOVED_FROM_NAME),
         LintId::of(&unused_unit::UNUSED_UNIT),
-        LintId::of(&upper_case_acronyms::UPPER_CASE_ACRONYMS),
         LintId::of(&write::PRINTLN_EMPTY_STRING),
         LintId::of(&write::PRINT_LITERAL),
         LintId::of(&write::PRINT_WITH_NEWLINE),
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/upper_case_acronyms.rs b/clippy_lints/src/upper_case_acronyms.rs
index 61e7031716a9d..b593fd0a69966 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/upper_case_acronyms.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/upper_case_acronyms.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ declare_clippy_lint! {
     /// struct HttpResponse;
     /// ```
     pub UPPER_CASE_ACRONYMS,
-    style,
+    pedantic,
     "capitalized acronyms are against the naming convention"
 }