diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/methods/mod.rs b/clippy_lints/src/methods/mod.rs
index 3953fe03f314..ceb21f627c97 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/methods/mod.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/methods/mod.rs
@@ -4388,7 +4388,7 @@ declare_clippy_lint! {
     /// ```
      #[clippy::version = "1.86.0"]
      pub SLICED_STRING_AS_BYTES,
-     pedantic,
+     perf,
      "slicing a string and immediately calling as_bytes is less efficient and can lead to panics"
 }