diff --git a/packages/devextreme/js/ui/tabs.js b/packages/devextreme/js/ui/tabs.js
index ca88d9faa184..b91c0643c191 100644
--- a/packages/devextreme/js/ui/tabs.js
+++ b/packages/devextreme/js/ui/tabs.js
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ const Tabs = CollectionWidget.inherit({
         const { orientation, stylingMode } = this.option();
 
         this.callBase();
-        this.setAria('role', 'tablist');
         this.$element().addClass(TABS_CLASS);
         this._toggleOrientationClass(orientation);
         this._toggleIconPositionClass();
@@ -383,6 +382,7 @@ const Tabs = CollectionWidget.inherit({
 
     _renderWrapper: function() {
         this._$wrapper = $('<div>').addClass(TABS_WRAPPER_CLASS);
+        this.setAria('role', 'tablist', this._$wrapper);
         this.$element().append(this._$wrapper);
     },
 
@@ -527,6 +527,10 @@ const Tabs = CollectionWidget.inherit({
         this.callBase(e);
     },
 
+    _refreshActiveDescendant: function() {
+        this.callBase(this._$wrapper);
+    },
+
     _clean: function() {
         this._deferredTemplates = [];
         this._cleanScrolling();
diff --git a/packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.ui.widgets/tabs.markup.tests.js b/packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.ui.widgets/tabs.markup.tests.js
index a90fa33f4cc9..0e5dc62b7cd8 100644
--- a/packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.ui.widgets/tabs.markup.tests.js
+++ b/packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.ui.widgets/tabs.markup.tests.js
@@ -129,14 +129,16 @@ QUnit.module('Aria accessibility', {
             QUnit.test(`3 items, repaintChangesOnly: ${repaintChangesOnly}, use: ${sourceName}`, function() {
                 helper.createWidget({ [`${sourceName}`]: this.items, repaintChangesOnly });
 
-                helper.checkAttributes(helper.$widget, { role: 'tablist', tabindex: '0' }, 'widget');
+                helper.checkAttributes(helper.$widget, { tabindex: '0' }, 'widget');
+                helper.checkAttributes(helper.$widget.find(`.${TABS_WRAPPER_CLASS}`), { role: 'tablist' }, 'tabsWrapper');
                 helper.checkItemsAttributes([], { attributes: ['aria-selected'], role: 'tab' });
             });
 
             QUnit.test(`[item1], add new item2, repaintChangesOnly: ${repaintChangesOnly}, use: ${sourceName}`, function(assert) {
                 helper.createWidget({ [`${sourceName}`]: [{ text: 'Item_1' }], repaintChangesOnly });
 
-                helper.checkAttributes(helper.$widget, { role: 'tablist', tabindex: '0' }, 'widget');
+                helper.checkAttributes(helper.$widget, { tabindex: '0' }, 'widget');
+                helper.checkAttributes(helper.$widget.find(`.${TABS_WRAPPER_CLASS}`), { role: 'tablist' }, 'tabsWrapper');
                 helper.checkItemsAttributes([], { attributes: ['aria-selected'], role: 'tab' });
 
                 if(!windowUtils.hasWindow()) {
@@ -147,26 +149,30 @@ QUnit.module('Aria accessibility', {
                 helper.widget.option(sourceName, [{ text: 'Item_1' }, { text: 'Item_2' }]);
 
                 assert.strictEqual(helper.getItems().length, 2, 'items count');
-                helper.checkAttributes(helper.$widget, { role: 'tablist', tabindex: '0' }, 'widget');
+                helper.checkAttributes(helper.$widget, { tabindex: '0' }, 'widget');
+                helper.checkAttributes(helper.$widget.find(`.${TABS_WRAPPER_CLASS}`), { role: 'tablist' }, 'tabsWrapper');
                 helper.checkItemsAttributes([], { attributes: ['aria-selected'], role: 'tab' });
             });
 
             QUnit.test(`3 items, reorder item3 <--> item2, repaintChangesOnly: ${repaintChangesOnly}, use: ${sourceName}`, function(assert) {
                 helper.createWidget({ [`${sourceName}`]: this.items, repaintChangesOnly });
 
-                helper.checkAttributes(helper.$widget, { role: 'tablist', tabindex: '0' }, 'widget');
+                helper.checkAttributes(helper.$widget, { tabindex: '0' }, 'widget');
+                helper.checkAttributes(helper.$widget.find(`.${TABS_WRAPPER_CLASS}`), { role: 'tablist' }, 'tabsWrapper');
                 helper.checkItemsAttributes([], { attributes: ['aria-selected'], role: 'tab' });
 
                 helper.widget.option(sourceName, [{ text: 'Item_1' }, { text: 'Item_3' }, { text: 'Item_2' }]);
                 assert.strictEqual(helper.getItems().length, 3, 'items count');
-                helper.checkAttributes(helper.$widget, { role: 'tablist', tabindex: '0' }, 'widget');
+                helper.checkAttributes(helper.$widget, { tabindex: '0' }, 'widget');
+                helper.checkAttributes(helper.$widget.find(`.${TABS_WRAPPER_CLASS}`), { role: 'tablist' }, 'tabsWrapper');
                 helper.checkItemsAttributes([], { attributes: ['aria-selected'], role: 'tab' });
             });
 
             QUnit.test(`3 items, selectedIndex: 1, repaintChangesOnly: ${repaintChangesOnly}, use: ${sourceName}`, function() {
                 helper.createWidget({ [`${sourceName}`]: this.items, selectedIndex: 1, repaintChangesOnly });
 
-                helper.checkAttributes(helper.$widget, { role: 'tablist', tabindex: '0' }, 'widget');
+                helper.checkAttributes(helper.$widget, { tabindex: '0' }, 'widget');
+                helper.checkAttributes(helper.$widget.find(`.${TABS_WRAPPER_CLASS}`), { role: 'tablist' }, 'tabsWrapper');
                 helper.checkItemsAttributes([1], { attributes: ['aria-selected'], role: 'tab' });
             });
 
@@ -174,11 +180,13 @@ QUnit.module('Aria accessibility', {
                 helper.createWidget({ [`${sourceName}`]: this.items, selectedIndex: 1, repaintChangesOnly });
 
                 helper.widget.option('focusedElement', helper.getItems().eq(1));
-                helper.checkAttributes(helper.$widget, { role: 'tablist', 'aria-activedescendant': helper.widget.getFocusedItemId(), tabindex: '0' }, 'widget');
+                helper.checkAttributes(helper.$widget, { tabindex: '0' }, 'widget');
+                helper.checkAttributes(helper.$widget.find(`.${TABS_WRAPPER_CLASS}`), { role: 'tablist', 'aria-activedescendant': helper.widget.getFocusedItemId(), }, 'tabsWrapper');
                 helper.checkItemsAttributes([1], { focusedItemIndex: 1, attributes: ['aria-selected'], role: 'tab' });
 
                 helper.widget.option('focusedElement', null);
-                helper.checkAttributes(helper.$widget, { role: 'tablist', tabindex: '0' }, 'widget');
+                helper.checkAttributes(helper.$widget, { tabindex: '0' }, 'widget');
+                helper.checkAttributes(helper.$widget.find(`.${TABS_WRAPPER_CLASS}`), { role: 'tablist' }, 'tabsWrapper');
                 helper.checkItemsAttributes([1], { attributes: ['aria-selected'], role: 'tab' });
             });
         });