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..926efb34d85c 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
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ ql/cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-120/VeryLikelyOverrunWrite.ql
 ql/cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-131/NoSpaceForZeroTerminator.ql
 ql/cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-134/UncontrolledFormatString.ql
 ql/cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-190/ArithmeticUncontrolled.ql
+ql/cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-190/ComparisonWithWiderType.ql
 ql/cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-191/UnsignedDifferenceExpressionComparedZero.ql
 ql/cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-253/HResultBooleanConversion.ql
 ql/cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-311/CleartextFileWrite.ql
diff --git a/cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-190/ComparisonWithWiderType.ql b/cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-190/ComparisonWithWiderType.ql
index 3f330807304f..7d9ef88adea1 100644
--- a/cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-190/ComparisonWithWiderType.ql
+++ b/cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-190/ComparisonWithWiderType.ql
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * @kind problem
  * @problem.severity warning
  * @security-severity 7.8
- * @precision medium
+ * @precision high
  * @tags reliability
  *       security
  *       external/cwe/cwe-190
diff --git a/cpp/ql/src/change-notes/2026-04-02-comparison-with-wider-type.md b/cpp/ql/src/change-notes/2026-04-02-comparison-with-wider-type.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c84e1dba404c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpp/ql/src/change-notes/2026-04-02-comparison-with-wider-type.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+category: minorAnalysis
+---
+* The "Comparison of narrow type with wide type in loop condition" (`cpp/comparison-with-wider-type`) query has been upgraded to `high` precision. This query will now run in the default code scanning suite.