diff --git a/cpp/ql/integration-tests/query-suite/cpp-code-scanning.qls.expected b/cpp/ql/integration-tests/query-suite/cpp-code-scanning.qls.expected
index 57d240fd7958..6875fbf43def 100644
--- a/cpp/ql/integration-tests/query-suite/cpp-code-scanning.qls.expected
+++ b/cpp/ql/integration-tests/query-suite/cpp-code-scanning.qls.expected
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ ql/cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Arithmetic/SignedOverflowCheck.ql
 ql/cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Conversion/CastArrayPointerArithmetic.ql
 ql/cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Format/SnprintfOverflow.ql
 ql/cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Format/WrongNumberOfFormatArguments.ql
+ql/cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Format/WrongTypeFormatArguments.ql
 ql/cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Memory Management/AllocaInLoop.ql
 ql/cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Memory Management/PointerOverflow.ql
 ql/cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Memory Management/ReturnStackAllocatedMemory.ql
diff --git a/cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Format/WrongTypeFormatArguments.ql b/cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Format/WrongTypeFormatArguments.ql
index 7f0a4833cb59..5842b9474f74 100644
--- a/cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Format/WrongTypeFormatArguments.ql	
+++ b/cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Format/WrongTypeFormatArguments.ql	
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * @kind problem
  * @problem.severity error
  * @security-severity 7.5
- * @precision medium
+ * @precision high
  * @id cpp/wrong-type-format-argument
  * @tags reliability
  *       correctness
diff --git a/cpp/ql/src/change-notes/2026-04-02-wrong-type-format-argument.md b/cpp/ql/src/change-notes/2026-04-02-wrong-type-format-argument.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f8b9085dacc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpp/ql/src/change-notes/2026-04-02-wrong-type-format-argument.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+category: minorAnalysis
+---
+* The "Wrong type of arguments to formatting function" (`cpp/wrong-type-format-argument`) query has been upgraded to `high` precision. This query will now run in the default code scanning suite.