diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index 7350bb2a..11eb29aa 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -1850,7 +1850,7 @@ SCSS:
   - .scss
 
 SQL:
-  type: programming
+  type: data
   ace_mode: sql
   extensions:
   - .sql