diff --git a/rpmlint/checks/BinariesCheck.py b/rpmlint/checks/BinariesCheck.py
index 4d9982d31..d232728d9 100644
--- a/rpmlint/checks/BinariesCheck.py
+++ b/rpmlint/checks/BinariesCheck.py
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ def _check_security_functions(self, pkg, pkgfile):
 
         if setgid and setuid and not setgroups:
             is_uid = stat.S_ISUID & pkgfile.mode
-            self.output.add_info('W' if is_uid else 'E', pkg, 'missing-call-to-setgroups-before-setuid', pkgfile.name)
+            self.output.add_info('E' if is_uid else 'W', pkg, 'missing-call-to-setgroups-before-setuid', pkgfile.name)
 
         if mktemp:
             self.output.add_info('E', pkg, 'call-to-mktemp', pkgfile.name)
diff --git a/test/test_binaries.py b/test/test_binaries.py
index 466d52a49..42dc60bf6 100644
--- a/test/test_binaries.py
+++ b/test/test_binaries.py
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ def test_invalid_ldconfig_symlink(tmp_path, package, binariescheck):
     assert 'E: invalid-ldconfig-symlink' in out
     # executable doesn't call mktemp, setuid or gethostbyname
     assert 'E: call-to-mktemp' not in out
-    assert 'E: missing-call-to-setgroups-before-setuid' not in out
+    assert 'W: missing-call-to-setgroups-before-setuid' not in out
     assert 'W: binary-or-shlib-calls-gethostbyname' not in out
     # it's not statically linked either
     assert 'E: statically-linked-binary' not in out
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ def test_multiple_errors(tmp_path, package, binariescheck):
     test.check(get_tested_package(package, tmp_path))
     out = output.print_results(output.results)
     assert 'E: call-to-mktemp' in out
-    assert 'E: missing-call-to-setgroups-before-setuid' in out
+    assert 'W: missing-call-to-setgroups-before-setuid' in out
     assert 'W: binary-or-shlib-calls-gethostbyname' in out
 
 
diff --git a/test/test_readelf_parser.py b/test/test_readelf_parser.py
index 28df231ba..2df5e2221 100644
--- a/test/test_readelf_parser.py
+++ b/test/test_readelf_parser.py
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ def test_call_setgroups(binariescheck):
         pkg.files[pkgfile.name] = pkgfile
         run_elf_checks(test, pkg, pkgfile)
         out = output.print_results(output.results)
-        assert 'E: missing-call-to-setgroups-before-setuid /bin/call-setgroups' in out
+        assert 'W: missing-call-to-setgroups-before-setuid /bin/call-setgroups' in out
 
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(not IS_X86_64, reason='x86-64 only')