---
title: "Update Finding Definition Severity"
method: POST
path: "/method-api-gateway/api/v2/finding-definitions/{findingDefinitionId}/severity"
tags: ["finding_definitions"]
---

# Update Finding Definition Severity

`POST /method-api-gateway/api/v2/finding-definitions/{findingDefinitionId}/severity`

Update the default severity of a finding definition.

## Path parameters

- `findingDefinitionId` string, required — The unique identifier for a finding definition. Same RID as an ontology-gateway IssueDefinition.

## Headers

- `Authorization` string, required

## Request body

- FindingDefinitionsUpdateFindingDefinitionSeverityRequest — unresolved $ref

## Response `200`

Response with status 200

- FindingDefinitionsFindingDefinition — unresolved $ref

## Other responses

- `404` — Error response with status 404

---

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