diff --git a/src/modules/gnd_pos_control/GroundRoverPositionControl.cpp b/src/modules/gnd_pos_control/GroundRoverPositionControl.cpp
index 78ffbfef9c..b750286342 100644
--- a/src/modules/gnd_pos_control/GroundRoverPositionControl.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/gnd_pos_control/GroundRoverPositionControl.cpp
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ GroundRoverPositionControl::start()
 	/* start the task */
 	_control_task = px4_task_spawn_cmd("gnd_pos_ctrl",
 					   SCHED_DEFAULT,
-					   SCHED_PRIORITY_MAX - 5,
+					   SCHED_PRIORITY_POSITION_CONTROL,
 					   1700,
 					   (px4_main_t)&GroundRoverPositionControl::task_main_trampoline,
 					   nullptr);