diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs b/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
index a72fad86227..f7d8314ccee 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
@@ -1473,7 +1473,6 @@ pub fn register_plugins(store: &mut rustc_lint::LintStore, sess: &Session, conf:
         LintId::of(&loops::WHILE_LET_ON_ITERATOR),
         LintId::of(&main_recursion::MAIN_RECURSION),
         LintId::of(&map_clone::MAP_CLONE),
-        LintId::of(&match_on_vec_items::MATCH_ON_VEC_ITEMS),
         LintId::of(&matches::INFALLIBLE_DESTRUCTURING_MATCH),
         LintId::of(&matches::MATCH_BOOL),
         LintId::of(&matches::MATCH_OVERLAPPING_ARM),
@@ -1646,6 +1645,7 @@ pub fn register_plugins(store: &mut rustc_lint::LintStore, sess: &Session, conf:
         LintId::of(&loops::NEVER_LOOP),
         LintId::of(&loops::REVERSE_RANGE_LOOP),
         LintId::of(&loops::WHILE_IMMUTABLE_CONDITION),
+        LintId::of(&match_on_vec_items::MATCH_ON_VEC_ITEMS),
         LintId::of(&mem_discriminant::MEM_DISCRIMINANT_NON_ENUM),
         LintId::of(&mem_replace::MEM_REPLACE_WITH_UNINIT),
         LintId::of(&methods::CLONE_DOUBLE_REF),
diff --git a/src/lintlist/mod.rs b/src/lintlist/mod.rs
index 17f94411298..fbcf4fde5e5 100644
--- a/src/lintlist/mod.rs
+++ b/src/lintlist/mod.rs
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ pub static ref ALL_LINTS: Vec<Lint> = vec![
     },
     Lint {
         name: "match_on_vec_items",
-        group: "style",
+        group: "correctness",
         desc: "matching on vector elements can panic",
         deprecation: None,
         module: "match_on_vec_items",