diff --git a/news/changelog-1.11.md b/news/changelog-1.11.md
index 02588996bb3..57eb1f4d8e7 100644
--- a/news/changelog-1.11.md
+++ b/news/changelog-1.11.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ All changes included in 1.11:
 
 - ([#14741](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/14741)): Don't wrap the `longtable` environment of a cross-referenceable table in a `{ ... }` group. Pandoc emits that group to scope its `\def\LTcaptype{none}`, which Quarto removes when adding its own `\caption`; keeping the now-pointless group broke packages that move the environment out of the text flow, such as `endfloat` with `\DeclareDelayedFloatFlavor*{longtable}{table}`.
 
+## Accessibility
+
+- ([#14615](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/14615)): Fix invalid `role="menu"` on the website navbar's collapse toggle button, flagged by axe-core (`aria-allowed-role`) and WAVE (`aria_menu_broken`) when the navbar collapses to the hamburger at narrow viewports.
+
 ## Engines
 
 ### `knitr`
diff --git a/src/resources/projects/website/templates/navtoggle.ejs b/src/resources/projects/website/templates/navtoggle.ejs
index 2692783929a..0b4393abf87 100644
--- a/src/resources/projects/website/templates/navtoggle.ejs
+++ b/src/resources/projects/website/templates/navtoggle.ejs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#navbarCollapse"
-  aria-controls="navbarCollapse" role="menu" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="<%- language['toggle-navigation'] %>"
+  aria-controls="navbarCollapse" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="<%- language['toggle-navigation'] %>"
   onclick="if (window.quartoToggleHeadroom) { window.quartoToggleHeadroom(); }">
   <span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
 </button>
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diff --git a/tests/docs/smoke-all/website/navbar-toggler-role/.gitignore b/tests/docs/smoke-all/website/navbar-toggler-role/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..91e4dc52c80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/smoke-all/website/navbar-toggler-role/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/.quarto/
+/_site/
+**/*.quarto_ipynb
diff --git a/tests/docs/smoke-all/website/navbar-toggler-role/_quarto.yml b/tests/docs/smoke-all/website/navbar-toggler-role/_quarto.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ac126604ab7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/smoke-all/website/navbar-toggler-role/_quarto.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+project:
+  type: website
+
+website:
+  title: "navbar-toggler-role"
+  navbar:
+    right:
+      - text: Home
+        href: index.qmd
+      - text: About
+        href: index.qmd
diff --git a/tests/docs/smoke-all/website/navbar-toggler-role/index.qmd b/tests/docs/smoke-all/website/navbar-toggler-role/index.qmd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..333663b36aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/smoke-all/website/navbar-toggler-role/index.qmd
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+title: "Home"
+_quarto:
+  tests:
+    html:
+      ensureHtmlElements:
+        -
+          - 'button.navbar-toggler[aria-expanded][aria-controls][aria-label]'
+        -
+          - 'button.navbar-toggler[role]'
+---
+
+The navbar's collapse toggle button must keep its native button semantics:
+no `role` override (`role="menu"` is invalid on a button — #14615), with
+`aria-expanded`, `aria-controls`, and `aria-label` intact.