diff --git a/blocks/library/text-columns/index.js b/blocks/library/text-columns/index.js
index b94546ace2182..ab209b2e4c369 100644
--- a/blocks/library/text-columns/index.js
+++ b/blocks/library/text-columns/index.js
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ registerBlockType( 'core/text-columns', {
 					/>
 				</InspectorControls>
 			),
-			<section className={ `${ className } align${ width } columns-${ columns }` } key="block">
+			<div className={ `${ className } align${ width } columns-${ columns }` } key="block">
 				{ times( columns, ( index ) =>
 					<div className="wp-block-column" key={ `column-${ index }` }>
 						<Editable
@@ -102,20 +102,20 @@ registerBlockType( 'core/text-columns', {
 						/>
 					</div>
 				) }
-			</section>,
+			</div>,
 		];
 	},
 
 	save( { attributes } ) {
 		const { width, content, columns } = attributes;
 		return (
-			<section className={ `align${ width } columns-${ columns }` }>
+			<div className={ `align${ width } columns-${ columns }` }>
 				{ times( columns, ( index ) =>
 					<div className="wp-block-column" key={ `column-${ index }` }>
 						<p>{ content && content[ index ].children }</p>
 					</div>
 				) }
-			</section>
+			</div>
 		);
 	},
 } );
diff --git a/blocks/test/fixtures/core__text-columns.html b/blocks/test/fixtures/core__text-columns.html
index fcd9d49a9e79d..a273839c39765 100644
--- a/blocks/test/fixtures/core__text-columns.html
+++ b/blocks/test/fixtures/core__text-columns.html
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <!-- wp:core/text-columns {"width":"center"} -->
-<section class="wp-block-text-columns aligncenter columns-2">
+<div class="wp-block-text-columns aligncenter columns-2">
     <div class="wp-block-column">
         <p>One</p>
     </div>
     <div class="wp-block-column">
         <p>Two</p>
     </div>
-</section>
+</div>
 <!-- /wp:core/text-columns -->
diff --git a/blocks/test/fixtures/core__text-columns.json b/blocks/test/fixtures/core__text-columns.json
index ef3ee780fa930..f0caa26a89003 100644
--- a/blocks/test/fixtures/core__text-columns.json
+++ b/blocks/test/fixtures/core__text-columns.json
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@
             "columns": 2,
             "width": "center"
         },
-        "originalContent": "<section class=\"wp-block-text-columns aligncenter columns-2\">\n    <div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n        <p>One</p>\n    </div>\n    <div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n        <p>Two</p>\n    </div>\n</section>"
+        "originalContent": "<div class=\"wp-block-text-columns aligncenter columns-2\">\n    <div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n        <p>One</p>\n    </div>\n    <div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n        <p>Two</p>\n    </div>\n</div>"
     }
 ]
diff --git a/blocks/test/fixtures/core__text-columns.parsed.json b/blocks/test/fixtures/core__text-columns.parsed.json
index a7c458a517c2b..a03bb73ef0112 100644
--- a/blocks/test/fixtures/core__text-columns.parsed.json
+++ b/blocks/test/fixtures/core__text-columns.parsed.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
             "width": "center"
         },
         "innerBlocks": [],
-        "innerHTML": "\n<section class=\"wp-block-text-columns aligncenter columns-2\">\n    <div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n        <p>One</p>\n    </div>\n    <div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n        <p>Two</p>\n    </div>\n</section>\n"
+        "innerHTML": "\n<div class=\"wp-block-text-columns aligncenter columns-2\">\n    <div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n        <p>One</p>\n    </div>\n    <div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n        <p>Two</p>\n    </div>\n</div>\n"
     },
     {
         "attrs": {},
diff --git a/blocks/test/fixtures/core__text-columns.serialized.html b/blocks/test/fixtures/core__text-columns.serialized.html
index cfed9fc433e6a..34ce5cd31ac62 100644
--- a/blocks/test/fixtures/core__text-columns.serialized.html
+++ b/blocks/test/fixtures/core__text-columns.serialized.html
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <!-- wp:text-columns {"width":"center"} -->
-<section class="wp-block-text-columns aligncenter columns-2">
+<div class="wp-block-text-columns aligncenter columns-2">
     <div class="wp-block-column">
         <p>One</p>
     </div>
     <div class="wp-block-column">
         <p>Two</p>
     </div>
-</section>
+</div>
 <!-- /wp:text-columns -->