diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 95f2b455877..e88b7d2eeca 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ repos:
         args: [--standard=dev/setup/codesniffer/ruleset.xml]
       - id: php-cs
         files: \.(php)$
-        args: [--standard=dev/setup/codesniffer/ruleset.xml, --report=emacs]
+        args: [--standard=dev/setup/codesniffer/ruleset.xml, --report=emacs, --severity=5]
       - id: php-lint
       - id: php-stan
         stages: [manual]
diff --git a/dev/setup/codesniffer/ruleset.xml b/dev/setup/codesniffer/ruleset.xml
index 4949fda7800..c9d264b5092 100644
--- a/dev/setup/codesniffer/ruleset.xml
+++ b/dev/setup/codesniffer/ruleset.xml
@@ -68,6 +68,17 @@
 		<severity>0</severity>
     </rule>
 
+    <!-- Lower severity on warnings we do not want to show in the pre-commit reports -->
+    <rule ref="Generic.Files.LineLength.TooLong">
+		<severity>4</severity>
+    </rule>
+    <rule ref="Generic.Metrics.CyclomaticComplexity.TooHigh">
+		<severity>4</severity>
+    </rule>
+    <rule ref="Generic.Metrics.NestingLevel.TooHigh">
+		<severity>4</severity>
+    </rule>
+
 
     <!-- Warnings on TODO -->
     <!-- Disabled: We want to keep TODO as normal