diff --git a/openpilot/selfdrive/selfdrived/events.py b/openpilot/selfdrive/selfdrived/events.py
index 69fa900be44442..cdc27dd0a14b42 100755
--- a/openpilot/selfdrive/selfdrived/events.py
+++ b/openpilot/selfdrive/selfdrived/events.py
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ def posenet_invalid_alert(CP: car.CarParams, CS: car.CarState, sm: messaging.Sub
 def process_not_running_alert(CP: car.CarParams, CS: car.CarState, sm: messaging.SubMaster, metric: bool, soft_disable_time: int, personality) -> Alert:
   not_running = [p.name for p in sm['managerState'].processes if not p.running and p.shouldBeRunning]
   msg = ', '.join(not_running)
-  return NoEntryAlert(msg, alert_text_1="Process Not Running")
+  return NoEntryAlert(msg, alert_text_1="Process Not Running", priority=Priority.HIGH)
 
 
 def comm_issue_alert(CP: car.CarParams, CS: car.CarState, sm: messaging.SubMaster, metric: bool, soft_disable_time: int, personality) -> Alert:
diff --git a/openpilot/selfdrive/selfdrived/tests/test_alerts.py b/openpilot/selfdrive/selfdrived/tests/test_alerts.py
index f4ff093bd83109..09b74f81619f29 100644
--- a/openpilot/selfdrive/selfdrived/tests/test_alerts.py
+++ b/openpilot/selfdrive/selfdrived/tests/test_alerts.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 from openpilot.cereal.messaging import SubMaster
 from openpilot.common.basedir import BASEDIR
 from openpilot.common.params import Params
-from openpilot.selfdrive.selfdrived.events import Alert, EVENTS, ET
+from openpilot.selfdrive.selfdrived.events import Alert, EVENTS, ET, process_not_running_alert
 from openpilot.selfdrive.selfdrived.alertmanager import set_offroad_alert
 from openpilot.selfdrive.test.process_replay.process_replay import CONFIGS
 
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ def test_alert_sanity_check(self):
         if event_type not in (ET.WARNING, ET.PERMANENT, ET.PRE_ENABLE):
           assert a.creation_delay == 0.
 
+  def test_process_not_running_alert_has_priority(self):
+    process_alert = process_not_running_alert(self.CP, self.CS, self.sm, False, 0, None)
+    steer_alert = EVENTS[log.OnroadEvent.EventName.steerUnavailable][ET.NO_ENTRY]
+
+    assert process_alert.priority > steer_alert.priority
+
   def test_offroad_alerts(self):
     params = Params()
     for a in self.offroad_alerts: