diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index 4aac44e9..b987eed8 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -566,8 +566,8 @@ Lua:
 
 Makefile:
   extensions:
-  - .mk
   - .mak
+  - .mk
   filenames:
   - makefile
   - Makefile