diff --git a/src/collection-preferences/content-display/index.tsx b/src/collection-preferences/content-display/index.tsx
index 173522ee6d..21a4ef90a1 100644
--- a/src/collection-preferences/content-display/index.tsx
+++ b/src/collection-preferences/content-display/index.tsx
@@ -69,105 +69,107 @@ export default function ContentDisplayPreference({
   };
 
   return (
-    <div className={styles[componentPrefix]} {...getAnalyticsInnerContextAttribute('contentDisplay')}>
-      <h3 className={getClassName('title')} id={titleId}>
-        {i18n('contentDisplayPreference.title', title)}
-      </h3>
-      <p className={getClassName('description')} id={descriptionId}>
-        {i18n('contentDisplayPreference.description', description)}
-      </p>
+    <div role="group" aria-labelledby={titleId} aria-describedby={descriptionId}>
+      <div className={styles[componentPrefix]} {...getAnalyticsInnerContextAttribute('contentDisplay')}>
+        <h3 className={getClassName('title')} id={titleId}>
+          {i18n('contentDisplayPreference.title', title)}
+        </h3>
+        <p className={getClassName('description')} id={descriptionId}>
+          {i18n('contentDisplayPreference.description', description)}
+        </p>
 
-      {/* Filter input */}
-      {enableColumnFiltering && (
-        <div className={getClassName('text-filter')}>
-          <InternalTextFilter
-            filteringText={columnFilteringText}
-            filteringPlaceholder={i18n(
-              'contentDisplayPreference.i18nStrings.columnFilteringPlaceholder',
-              i18nStrings?.columnFilteringPlaceholder
-            )}
-            filteringAriaLabel={i18n(
-              'contentDisplayPreference.i18nStrings.columnFilteringAriaLabel',
-              i18nStrings?.columnFilteringAriaLabel
-            )}
-            filteringClearAriaLabel={i18n(
-              'contentDisplayPreference.i18nStrings.columnFilteringClearFilterText',
-              i18nStrings?.columnFilteringClearFilterText
-            )}
-            onChange={({ detail }) => setColumnFilteringText(detail.filteringText)}
-            countText={i18n(
-              'contentDisplayPreference.i18nStrings.columnFilteringCountText',
-              i18nStrings?.columnFilteringCountText
-                ? i18nStrings?.columnFilteringCountText(sortedAndFilteredOptions.length)
-                : undefined,
-              format => format({ count: sortedAndFilteredOptions.length })
-            )}
-          />
-        </div>
-      )}
-
-      {/* No match */}
-      {sortedAndFilteredOptions.length === 0 && (
-        <div className={getClassName('no-match')}>
-          <InternalSpaceBetween size="s" alignItems="center">
-            <InternalBox margin={{ top: 'm' }}>
-              {i18n(
-                'contentDisplayPreference.i18nStrings.columnFilteringNoMatchText',
-                i18nStrings?.columnFilteringNoMatchText
+        {/* Filter input */}
+        {enableColumnFiltering && (
+          <div className={getClassName('text-filter')}>
+            <InternalTextFilter
+              filteringText={columnFilteringText}
+              filteringPlaceholder={i18n(
+                'contentDisplayPreference.i18nStrings.columnFilteringPlaceholder',
+                i18nStrings?.columnFilteringPlaceholder
+              )}
+              filteringAriaLabel={i18n(
+                'contentDisplayPreference.i18nStrings.columnFilteringAriaLabel',
+                i18nStrings?.columnFilteringAriaLabel
               )}
-            </InternalBox>
-            <InternalButton onClick={() => setColumnFilteringText('')}>
-              {i18n(
+              filteringClearAriaLabel={i18n(
                 'contentDisplayPreference.i18nStrings.columnFilteringClearFilterText',
                 i18nStrings?.columnFilteringClearFilterText
               )}
-            </InternalButton>
-          </InternalSpaceBetween>
-        </div>
-      )}
+              onChange={({ detail }) => setColumnFilteringText(detail.filteringText)}
+              countText={i18n(
+                'contentDisplayPreference.i18nStrings.columnFilteringCountText',
+                i18nStrings?.columnFilteringCountText
+                  ? i18nStrings?.columnFilteringCountText(sortedAndFilteredOptions.length)
+                  : undefined,
+                format => format({ count: sortedAndFilteredOptions.length })
+              )}
+            />
+          </div>
+        )}
+
+        {/* No match */}
+        {sortedAndFilteredOptions.length === 0 && (
+          <div className={getClassName('no-match')}>
+            <InternalSpaceBetween size="s" alignItems="center">
+              <InternalBox margin={{ top: 'm' }}>
+                {i18n(
+                  'contentDisplayPreference.i18nStrings.columnFilteringNoMatchText',
+                  i18nStrings?.columnFilteringNoMatchText
+                )}
+              </InternalBox>
+              <InternalButton onClick={() => setColumnFilteringText('')}>
+                {i18n(
+                  'contentDisplayPreference.i18nStrings.columnFilteringClearFilterText',
+                  i18nStrings?.columnFilteringClearFilterText
+                )}
+              </InternalButton>
+            </InternalSpaceBetween>
+          </div>
+        )}
 
-      <InternalList
-        items={sortedAndFilteredOptions}
-        renderItem={item => ({
-          id: item.id,
-          content: <ContentDisplayOption option={item} onToggle={onToggle} />,
-          announcementLabel: item.label,
-        })}
-        disableItemPaddings={true}
-        sortable={true}
-        sortDisabled={columnFilteringText.trim().length > 0}
-        onSortingChange={({ detail: { items } }) => {
-          onChange(items);
-        }}
-        ariaDescribedby={descriptionId}
-        ariaLabelledby={titleId}
-        i18nStrings={{
-          liveAnnouncementDndStarted: i18n(
-            'contentDisplayPreference.liveAnnouncementDndStarted',
-            liveAnnouncementDndStarted,
-            formatDndStarted
-          ),
-          liveAnnouncementDndItemReordered: i18n(
-            'contentDisplayPreference.liveAnnouncementDndItemReordered',
-            liveAnnouncementDndItemReordered,
-            formatDndItemReordered
-          ),
-          liveAnnouncementDndItemCommitted: i18n(
-            'contentDisplayPreference.liveAnnouncementDndItemCommitted',
-            liveAnnouncementDndItemCommitted,
-            formatDndItemCommitted
-          ),
-          liveAnnouncementDndDiscarded: i18n(
-            'contentDisplayPreference.liveAnnouncementDndDiscarded',
-            liveAnnouncementDndDiscarded
-          ),
-          dragHandleAriaLabel: i18n('contentDisplayPreference.dragHandleAriaLabel', dragHandleAriaLabel),
-          dragHandleAriaDescription: i18n(
-            'contentDisplayPreference.dragHandleAriaDescription',
-            dragHandleAriaDescription
-          ),
-        }}
-      />
+        <InternalList
+          items={sortedAndFilteredOptions}
+          renderItem={item => ({
+            id: item.id,
+            content: <ContentDisplayOption option={item} onToggle={onToggle} />,
+            announcementLabel: item.label,
+          })}
+          disableItemPaddings={true}
+          sortable={true}
+          sortDisabled={columnFilteringText.trim().length > 0}
+          onSortingChange={({ detail: { items } }) => {
+            onChange(items);
+          }}
+          ariaDescribedby={descriptionId}
+          ariaLabelledby={titleId}
+          i18nStrings={{
+            liveAnnouncementDndStarted: i18n(
+              'contentDisplayPreference.liveAnnouncementDndStarted',
+              liveAnnouncementDndStarted,
+              formatDndStarted
+            ),
+            liveAnnouncementDndItemReordered: i18n(
+              'contentDisplayPreference.liveAnnouncementDndItemReordered',
+              liveAnnouncementDndItemReordered,
+              formatDndItemReordered
+            ),
+            liveAnnouncementDndItemCommitted: i18n(
+              'contentDisplayPreference.liveAnnouncementDndItemCommitted',
+              liveAnnouncementDndItemCommitted,
+              formatDndItemCommitted
+            ),
+            liveAnnouncementDndDiscarded: i18n(
+              'contentDisplayPreference.liveAnnouncementDndDiscarded',
+              liveAnnouncementDndDiscarded
+            ),
+            dragHandleAriaLabel: i18n('contentDisplayPreference.dragHandleAriaLabel', dragHandleAriaLabel),
+            dragHandleAriaDescription: i18n(
+              'contentDisplayPreference.dragHandleAriaDescription',
+              dragHandleAriaDescription
+            ),
+          }}
+        />
+      </div>
     </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/internal/components/drag-handle/__tests__/drag-handle-button.test.tsx b/src/internal/components/drag-handle/__tests__/drag-handle-button.test.tsx
index 13d915ed12..05f15cbe83 100644
--- a/src/internal/components/drag-handle/__tests__/drag-handle-button.test.tsx
+++ b/src/internal/components/drag-handle/__tests__/drag-handle-button.test.tsx
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ test('assigns aria-labelledby attribute', () => {
   expect(document.querySelector(`.${styles.handle}`)).toHaveAccessibleName('custom label');
 });
 
-test('has role="application" if no ariaValue is provided', () => {
+test('has role="button" if no ariaValue is provided', () => {
   render(<DragHandleButton ariaLabel="drag handle" />);
 
-  expect(screen.getByRole('application')).toHaveAccessibleName('drag handle');
+  expect(screen.getByRole('button')).toHaveAccessibleName('drag handle');
 });
 
 test('has role="slider" and aria-value attributes when ariaValue is set', () => {
diff --git a/src/internal/components/drag-handle/button.tsx b/src/internal/components/drag-handle/button.tsx
index b048b6887d..03da884862 100644
--- a/src/internal/components/drag-handle/button.tsx
+++ b/src/internal/components/drag-handle/button.tsx
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ const DragHandleButton = forwardRef(
       // when it is being dragged.
       <div
         ref={useMergeRefs(ref, dragHandleRefObject)}
-        role={ariaValue ? 'slider' : 'application'}
+        role={ariaValue ? 'slider' : 'button'}
         tabIndex={0}
         className={clsx(
           className,
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ const DragHandleButton = forwardRef(
         aria-labelledby={ariaLabelledBy}
         aria-describedby={ariaDescribedby}
         aria-disabled={disabled}
+        aria-pressed={ariaValue ? undefined : active}
         aria-valuemax={ariaValue?.valueMax}
         aria-valuemin={ariaValue?.valueMin}
         aria-valuenow={ariaValue?.valueNow}
diff --git a/src/internal/components/sortable-area/__tests__/sortable-area.test.tsx b/src/internal/components/sortable-area/__tests__/sortable-area.test.tsx
index aba7042bd7..780ecb6a96 100644
--- a/src/internal/components/sortable-area/__tests__/sortable-area.test.tsx
+++ b/src/internal/components/sortable-area/__tests__/sortable-area.test.tsx
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ test('renders all items with correct attributes', () => {
         isDragGhost: false,
         isSortingActive: false,
         dragHandleProps: {
+          active: false,
           ariaLabel: `Drag handle ${items[i].label}`,
           ariaDescribedby: expect.any(String),
           disabled: false,
diff --git a/src/internal/components/sortable-area/index.tsx b/src/internal/components/sortable-area/index.tsx
index b2eb82df74..77dc592d4a 100644
--- a/src/internal/components/sortable-area/index.tsx
+++ b/src/internal/components/sortable-area/index.tsx
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ function DraggableItem<Item>({
         isDragGhost: false,
         dragHandleProps: {
           ...dragHandleListeners,
+          active: isDragging,
           ariaLabel: joinStrings(dragHandleAriaLabel, itemDefinition.label(item)) ?? '',
           ariaDescribedby: attributes['aria-describedby'],
           disabled: attributes['aria-disabled'],