diff --git a/bugbot/rules/assignee_no_login.py b/bugbot/rules/assignee_no_login.py
index 2ba4d0864..d9762c22d 100644
--- a/bugbot/rules/assignee_no_login.py
+++ b/bugbot/rules/assignee_no_login.py
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 # You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
 import collections
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
 from libmozdata import utils as lmdutils
+from libmozdata.bugzilla import Bugzilla
 
 from bugbot import logger, people, utils
 from bugbot.bzcleaner import BzCleaner
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.people = people.People.get_instance()
         self.unassign_count = collections.defaultdict(int)
         self.no_bugmail = True
+        self.one_year_ago = datetime.now() - timedelta(days=365)
 
         self.extra_ni = {}
 
@@ -60,6 +63,13 @@ def get_max_actions(self):
 
     def get_bugs(self, *args, **kwargs):
         bugs = super().get_bugs(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        bug_ids = list(bugs.keys())
+        bug_histories = self.fetch_bug_histories(bug_ids)
+
+        for bugid, bug in bugs.items():
+            bug["history"] = bug_histories.get(bugid, [])
+
         bugs = self.handle_inactive_assignees(bugs)
 
         # Resolving https://github.com/mozilla/bugbot/issues/1300 should clean this
@@ -68,6 +78,34 @@ def get_bugs(self, *args, **kwargs):
 
         return bugs
 
+    def fetch_bug_histories(self, bug_ids):
+        bug_histories = {}
+
+        def history_handler(bug):
+            bug_id = str(bug["id"])
+
+            history_entries = []
+            for history in bug["history"]:
+                for change in history["changes"]:
+                    history_entries.append(
+                        {
+                            "field_name": change["field_name"],
+                            "removed": change["removed"],
+                            "added": change["added"],
+                            "when": history["when"],
+                            "who": history["who"],
+                        }
+                    )
+
+            bug_histories[bug_id] = history_entries
+
+        Bugzilla(
+            bugids=bug_ids,
+            historyhandler=history_handler,
+        ).get_data().wait()
+
+        return bug_histories
+
     def handle_inactive_assignees(self, bugs):
         user_activity = UserActivity()
         assignees = {bug["assigned_to"] for bug in bugs.values()}
@@ -100,13 +138,22 @@ def add_action(self, bug):
         default_assignee = self.default_assignees[prod][comp]
         autofix = {"assigned_to": default_assignee}
 
+        priority_change_date = self.get_priority_change_date(bug)
+        is_old_priority = (
+            priority_change_date and priority_change_date < self.one_year_ago
+        )
+
         # Avoid to ni if the bug has low priority and low severity.
         # It's not paramount for triage owners to make an explicit decision here, it's enough for them
         # to receive the notification about the unassignment from Bugzilla via email.
         if (
-            bug["priority"] not in HIGH_PRIORITY
-            and bug["severity"] not in HIGH_SEVERITY
-        ) or "stalled" in bug["keywords"]:
+            (
+                bug["priority"] not in HIGH_PRIORITY
+                and bug["severity"] not in HIGH_SEVERITY
+            )
+            or "stalled" in bug["keywords"]
+            or (is_old_priority and bug["priority"] in HIGH_PRIORITY)
+        ):
             needinfo = None
             autofix["comment"] = {
                 "body": "The bug assignee is inactive on Bugzilla, so the assignee is being reset."
@@ -126,6 +173,17 @@ def add_action(self, bug):
 
         self.add_prioritized_action(bug, bug["triage_owner"], needinfo, autofix)
 
+    def get_priority_change_date(self, bug):
+        current_priority = bug["priority"]
+
+        for change in reversed(bug["history"]):
+            if (
+                change["field_name"] == "priority"
+                and change["added"] == current_priority
+            ):
+                return datetime.strptime(change["when"], "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+        return None
+
     def handle_bug(self, bug, data):
         bugid = str(bug["id"])
         if "triage_owner_detail" not in bug: