diff --git a/doc/rule-descriptions.md b/doc/rule-descriptions.md
index 233eeb49d8..b2b25f9810 100644
--- a/doc/rule-descriptions.md
+++ b/doc/rule-descriptions.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 | aria-allowed-role                   | Ensures role attribute has an appropriate value for the element                                                            | Minor              | cat.aria, best-practice                                                      | true               |
 | aria-dpub-role-fallback             | Ensures unsupported DPUB roles are only used on elements with implicit fallback roles                                      | Moderate           | cat.aria, wcag2a, wcag131                                                    | true               |
 | aria-hidden-body                    | Ensures aria-hidden='true' is not present on the document body.                                                  | Critical           | cat.aria, wcag2a, wcag412                                                    | true               |
-| aria-hidden-focus                   | Ensures aria-hidden elements do not contain focusable elements                                                             | Serious            | cat.name-role-value, wcag2a, wcag412                                         | true               |
+| aria-hidden-focus                   | Ensures aria-hidden elements do not contain focusable elements                                                             | Serious            | cat.name-role-value, wcag2a, wcag412, wcag131                                | true               |
 | aria-required-attr                  | Ensures elements with ARIA roles have all required ARIA attributes                                                         | Critical           | cat.aria, wcag2a, wcag412                                                    | true               |
 | aria-required-children              | Ensures elements with an ARIA role that require child roles contain them                                                   | Critical           | cat.aria, wcag2a, wcag131                                                    | true               |
 | aria-required-parent                | Ensures elements with an ARIA role that require parent roles are contained by them                                         | Critical           | cat.aria, wcag2a, wcag131                                                    | true               |
diff --git a/lib/rules/aria-hidden-focus.json b/lib/rules/aria-hidden-focus.json
index 878f29d37c..4d3460eada 100755
--- a/lib/rules/aria-hidden-focus.json
+++ b/lib/rules/aria-hidden-focus.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	"selector": "[aria-hidden=\"true\"]",
 	"matches": "aria-hidden-focus-matches.js",
 	"excludeHidden": false,
-	"tags": ["cat.name-role-value", "wcag2a", "wcag412"],
+	"tags": ["cat.name-role-value", "wcag2a", "wcag412", "wcag131"],
 	"metadata": {
 		"description": "Ensures aria-hidden elements do not contain focusable elements",
 		"help": "ARIA hidden element must not contain focusable elements"