diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 7918408139..262a72e2b1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Changelog
  * `AbstractEmailForm` now has a separate method (`render_email`) to build up email content on submission emails (Haydn Greatnews)
  * Fix: Ensure link to add a new user works when no users are visible in the users list (LB (Ben Johnston))
  * Fix: `AbstractEmailForm` saved submission fields are now aligned with the email content fields, `form.cleaned_data` will be used instead of `form.fields` (Haydn Greatnews)
+ * Fix: Removed ARIA `role="table"` from TableBlock output (Thibaud Colas)
 
 
 2.9 (xx.xx.xxxx) - IN DEVELOPMENT
diff --git a/docs/releases/2.10.rst b/docs/releases/2.10.rst
index 84622c2faa..9cb74d1ce0 100644
--- a/docs/releases/2.10.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/2.10.rst
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Bug fixes
 
  * Ensure link to add a new user works when no users are visible in the users list (LB (Ben Johnston))
  * ``AbstractEmailForm`` saved submission fields are now aligned with the email content fields, ``form.cleaned_data`` will be used instead of ``form.fields`` (Haydn Greatnews)
+ * Removed ARIA `role="table"` from TableBlock output (Thibaud Colas)
 
 
 Upgrade considerations
diff --git a/wagtail/contrib/table_block/templates/table_block/blocks/table.html b/wagtail/contrib/table_block/templates/table_block/blocks/table.html
index 116ede4271..081a071952 100644
--- a/wagtail/contrib/table_block/templates/table_block/blocks/table.html
+++ b/wagtail/contrib/table_block/templates/table_block/blocks/table.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {% load table_block_tags %}
 
-<table role="table">
+<table>
     {% if table_caption %}
        <caption>{{ table_caption }}</caption>
     {% endif %}
diff --git a/wagtail/contrib/table_block/tests.py b/wagtail/contrib/table_block/tests.py
index f340c58da1..958e9eb7fe 100644
--- a/wagtail/contrib/table_block/tests.py
+++ b/wagtail/contrib/table_block/tests.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class TestTableBlock(TestCase):
         block = TableBlock()
         result = block.render(value)
         expected = """
-            <table role="table">
+            <table>
                 <tbody>
                     <tr><td>Test 1</td><td>Test 2</td><td>Test 3</td></tr>
                     <tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class TestTableBlock(TestCase):
         block = TableBlock()
         result = block.render(value)
         expected = """
-            <table role="table">
+            <table>
                 <thead>
                     <tr><th scope="col">Test 1</th><th scope="col" class="htLeft">Test 2</th><th scope="col">Test 3</th></tr>
                 </thead>
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class TestTableBlock(TestCase):
             ]
         })
         expected = """
-            <table role="table">
+            <table>
                 <tbody>
                     <tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
                     <tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class TestTableBlock(TestCase):
                           [None, None, None]]}
 
         expected = """
-            <table role="table">
+            <table>
                 <tbody>
                     <tr><td>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Test&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
                     <tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class TestTableBlock(TestCase):
                  'data': [['Foo', 'Bar', 'Baz'], [None, None, None], [None, None, None]]}
 
         expected = """
-            <table role="table">
+            <table>
                 <thead>
                     <tr><th scope="col">Foo</th><th scope="col">Bar</th><th scope="col">Baz</th></tr>
                 </thead>
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class TestTableBlock(TestCase):
                  'data': [['Foo', 'Bar', 'Baz'], ['one', 'two', 'three'], ['four', 'five', 'six']]}
 
         expected = """
-            <table role="table">
+            <table>
                 <tbody>
                     <tr><th scope="row">Foo</th><td>Bar</td><td>Baz</td></tr>
                     <tr><th scope="row">one</th><td>two</td><td>three</td></tr>
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class TestTableBlock(TestCase):
                  'data': [['Foo', 'Bar', 'Baz'], ['one', 'two', 'three'], ['four', 'five', 'six']]}
 
         expected = """
-            <table role="table">
+            <table>
                 <thead>
                     <tr><th scope="col">Foo</th><th scope="col">Bar</th><th scope="col">Baz</th></tr>
                 </thead>
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ class TestTableBlock(TestCase):
         block = TableBlock()
         result = block.render(value)
         expected = """
-            <table role="table">
+            <table>
                 <caption>caption</caption>
                 <tbody>
                     <tr><td>Test 1</td><td>Test 2</td><td>Test 3</td></tr>