diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/transmute/mod.rs b/clippy_lints/src/transmute/mod.rs
index d5112e2c3f97..1c7bb4314ddf 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/transmute/mod.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/transmute/mod.rs
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ declare_clippy_lint! {
     /// ```
     #[clippy::version = "pre 1.29.0"]
     pub CROSSPOINTER_TRANSMUTE,
-    complexity,
+    suspicious,
     "transmutes that have to or from types that are a pointer to the other"
 }