diff --git a/packages/web-components/src/components/content-section/content-section-heading.ts b/packages/web-components/src/components/content-section/content-section-heading.ts
index 5bf8dfd904e..a45c5fde572 100644
--- a/packages/web-components/src/components/content-section/content-section-heading.ts
+++ b/packages/web-components/src/components/content-section/content-section-heading.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * @license
  *
- * Copyright IBM Corp. 2020
+ * Copyright IBM Corp. 2020, 2021
  *
  * This source code is licensed under the Apache-2.0 license found in the
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ class DDSContentSectionHeading extends LitElement {
   @property({ reflect: true })
   slot = 'heading';
 
+  connectedCallback() {
+    if (!this.hasAttribute('role')) {
+      this.setAttribute('role', 'heading');
+    }
+    if (!this.hasAttribute('aria-level')) {
+      this.setAttribute('aria-level', '3');
+    }
+    super.connectedCallback();
+  }
+
   render() {
     return html`
       <slot></slot>
diff --git a/packages/web-components/src/components/link-list-section/__stories__/link-list-section.stories.ts b/packages/web-components/src/components/link-list-section/__stories__/link-list-section.stories.ts
index abe7857dd92..0576724c135 100644
--- a/packages/web-components/src/components/link-list-section/__stories__/link-list-section.stories.ts
+++ b/packages/web-components/src/components/link-list-section/__stories__/link-list-section.stories.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * @license
  *
- * Copyright IBM Corp. 2020
+ * Copyright IBM Corp. 2020, 2021
  *
  * This source code is licensed under the Apache-2.0 license found in the
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export const Default = ({ parameters }) => {
   const { heading } = parameters?.props?.LinkListSection ?? {};
   return html`
     <dds-link-list-section>
-      <dds-content-section-heading>${heading}</dds-content-section-heading>
+      <dds-link-list-heading>${heading}</dds-link-list-heading>
       <dds-link-list>
         <dds-link-list-item href="https://example.com">
           Learn more about Kubernetes ${ArrowRight20({ slot: 'icon' })}