diff --git a/components/ILIAS/UI/src/Implementation/Component/Listing/Workflow/Renderer.php b/components/ILIAS/UI/src/Implementation/Component/Listing/Workflow/Renderer.php
index 7df1462a1b7a..14be9ca3e0f2 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/UI/src/Implementation/Component/Listing/Workflow/Renderer.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/UI/src/Implementation/Component/Listing/Workflow/Renderer.php
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ protected function render_linear(Linear $component, RendererInterface $default_r
 
             if ($index === $component->getActive()) {
                 $tpl->touchBlock('active');
+                $tpl->touchBlock('active_aria');
                 $component = $component->withAdditionalOnLoadCode(
                     fn($id) => "
                         window.requestAnimationFrame(() => {
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/UI/src/templates/default/Listing/tpl.linear.html b/components/ILIAS/UI/src/templates/default/Listing/tpl.linear.html
index 945aa54d1020..5905ad5e8e77 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/UI/src/templates/default/Listing/tpl.linear.html
+++ b/components/ILIAS/UI/src/templates/default/Listing/tpl.linear.html
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ <h3 class="il-workflow-title">{TITLE}</h3>
 		">
 
 			<div class="text">
-				<span class="il-workflow-step-label">{LABEL}</span>
+				<span class="il-workflow-step-label" <!-- BEGIN active_aria -->aria-current="step"<!-- END active_aria -->>{LABEL}</span>
 				<span class="il-workflow-step-description">{DESCRIPTION}</span>
 			</div>
 		</li>
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/UI/tests/Component/Listing/Workflow/LinearWorkflowTest.php b/components/ILIAS/UI/tests/Component/Listing/Workflow/LinearWorkflowTest.php
index 077af59a3a42..1db33d9ceefb 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/UI/tests/Component/Listing/Workflow/LinearWorkflowTest.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/UI/tests/Component/Listing/Workflow/LinearWorkflowTest.php
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public function testLinearWorkflowRendering(): void
                     </li>
                     <li class="il-workflow-step last active not-started">
                         <div class="text">
-                            <span class="il-workflow-step-label"></span>
+                            <span class="il-workflow-step-label" aria-current="step"></span>
                             <span class="il-workflow-step-description"></span>
                         </div>
                     </li>