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..4e86c27d53fd 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
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ ql/cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-367/TOCTOUFilesystemRace.ql
 ql/cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-416/IteratorToExpiredContainer.ql
 ql/cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-416/UseOfStringAfterLifetimeEnds.ql
 ql/cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-416/UseOfUniquePointerAfterLifetimeEnds.ql
+ql/cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-468/SuspiciousAddWithSizeof.ql
 ql/cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-497/ExposedSystemData.ql
 ql/cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-611/XXE.ql
 ql/cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-676/DangerousFunctionOverflow.ql
diff --git a/cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-468/SuspiciousAddWithSizeof.ql b/cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-468/SuspiciousAddWithSizeof.ql
index 343e96a00d39..d5a5cd8f6655 100644
--- a/cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-468/SuspiciousAddWithSizeof.ql
+++ b/cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-468/SuspiciousAddWithSizeof.ql
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * @kind problem
  * @problem.severity warning
  * @security-severity 8.8
- * @precision medium
+ * @precision high
  * @id cpp/suspicious-add-sizeof
  * @tags security
  *       external/cwe/cwe-468
diff --git a/cpp/ql/src/change-notes/2026-04-02-suspicious-add-sizeof.md b/cpp/ql/src/change-notes/2026-04-02-suspicious-add-sizeof.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..040e89c13475
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpp/ql/src/change-notes/2026-04-02-suspicious-add-sizeof.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+category: minorAnalysis
+---
+* The "Suspicious add with sizeof" (`cpp/suspicious-add-sizeof`) query has been upgraded to `high` precision. This query will now run in the default code scanning suite.