diff --git a/assets/semgrep_rules/web/nodejs-insecure-url-parse b/assets/semgrep_rules/web/nodejs-insecure-url-parse.yaml
similarity index 96%
rename from assets/semgrep_rules/web/nodejs-insecure-url-parse
rename to assets/semgrep_rules/web/nodejs-insecure-url-parse.yaml
index 8a3e3ae5..f21669f4 100644
--- a/assets/semgrep_rules/web/nodejs-insecure-url-parse
+++ b/assets/semgrep_rules/web/nodejs-insecure-url-parse.yaml
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ rules:
       - pattern: url.parse(...)
       - pattern: require('url').parse(...)
     message: Avoid using url.parse() as it may cause security issues. Consider using the URL class instead.
+    severity: ERROR
     languages:
       - javascript