diff --git a/app/components/shared/avatar_component.rb b/app/components/shared/avatar_component.rb
index 40ce21f9b..a8f310069 100644
--- a/app/components/shared/avatar_component.rb
+++ b/app/components/shared/avatar_component.rb
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class Shared::AvatarComponent < ApplicationComponent
         width: size,
         height: size,
         role: "img",
-        "aria-label": "",
+        "aria-hidden": true,
         style: "background-color: #{background_color}",
         class: "initialjs-avatar #{options[:class]}".strip
       }
diff --git a/spec/components/shared/avatar_component_spec.rb b/spec/components/shared/avatar_component_spec.rb
index cc1d7b1e1..66a82c5c7 100644
--- a/spec/components/shared/avatar_component_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/shared/avatar_component_spec.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ describe Shared::AvatarComponent do
     render_inline component
 
     expect(page).to have_css "svg", count: 1
-    expect(page).to have_css "svg[role='img'][aria-label='']"
+    expect(page).to have_css "svg[role='img'][aria-hidden='true']"
   end
 
   it "shows the initial letter of the name" do