diff --git a/netbox/ipam/constants.py b/netbox/ipam/constants.py
index 1c370a65d..fdb1dc6d9 100644
--- a/netbox/ipam/constants.py
+++ b/netbox/ipam/constants.py
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ IPADDRESS_ROLES_NONUNIQUE = (
 )
 
 
+#
+# FHRP groups
+#
+
+FHRPGROUPASSIGNMENT_PRIORITY_MIN = 0
+FHRPGROUPASSIGNMENT_PRIORITY_MAX = 255
+
+
 #
 # VLANs
 #
diff --git a/netbox/ipam/migrations/0052_fhrpgroup.py b/netbox/ipam/migrations/0052_fhrpgroup.py
index 17d4ec9ca..9a3f41aab 100644
--- a/netbox/ipam/migrations/0052_fhrpgroup.py
+++ b/netbox/ipam/migrations/0052_fhrpgroup.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import django.core.serializers.json
+import django.core.validators
 from django.db import migrations, models
 import django.db.models.deletion
 import taggit.managers
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
                 ('last_updated', models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True, null=True)),
                 ('id', models.BigAutoField(primary_key=True, serialize=False)),
                 ('object_id', models.PositiveIntegerField()),
-                ('priority', models.PositiveSmallIntegerField(blank=True, null=True)),
+                ('priority', models.PositiveSmallIntegerField(validators=[django.core.validators.MinValueValidator(0), django.core.validators.MaxValueValidator(255)])),
                 ('content_type', models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, to='contenttypes.contenttype')),
                 ('group', models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, to='ipam.fhrpgroup')),
             ],
diff --git a/netbox/ipam/models/fhrp.py b/netbox/ipam/models/fhrp.py
index 01ab6b5f8..3544c0a00 100644
--- a/netbox/ipam/models/fhrp.py
+++ b/netbox/ipam/models/fhrp.py
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.fields import GenericForeignKey, GenericRelation
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
+from django.core.validators import MaxValueValidator, MinValueValidator
 from django.db import models
 from django.urls import reverse
 
 from extras.utils import extras_features
 from netbox.models import ChangeLoggedModel, PrimaryModel
 from ipam.choices import *
+from ipam.constants import *
 from utilities.querysets import RestrictedQuerySet
 
 __all__ = (
@@ -81,8 +83,10 @@ class FHRPGroupAssignment(ChangeLoggedModel):
         on_delete=models.CASCADE
     )
     priority = models.PositiveSmallIntegerField(
-        blank=True,
-        null=True
+        validators=(
+            MinValueValidator(FHRPGROUPASSIGNMENT_PRIORITY_MIN),
+            MaxValueValidator(FHRPGROUPASSIGNMENT_PRIORITY_MAX)
+        )
     )
 
     objects = RestrictedQuerySet.as_manager()