diff --git a/src/app/components/chip/chip.ts b/src/app/components/chip/chip.ts
index b4848437565..39fee7c100d 100755
--- a/src/app/components/chip/chip.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/chip/chip.ts
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ import { TimesCircleIcon } from 'primeng/icons/timescircle';
             <div class="p-chip-text" *ngIf="label" [attr.data-pc-section]="'label'">{{ label }}</div>
             <ng-container *ngIf="removable">
                 <ng-container *ngIf="!removeIconTemplate">
-                    <span tabindex="0" *ngIf="removeIcon" [class]="removeIcon" [ngClass]="'pi-chip-remove-icon'" [attr.data-pc-section]="'removeicon'" (click)="close($event)" (keydown)="onKeydown($event)" [attr.aria-label]="removeAriaLabel"></span>
-                    <TimesCircleIcon tabindex="0" *ngIf="!removeIcon" [class]="'pi-chip-remove-icon'" [attr.data-pc-section]="'removeicon'" (click)="close($event)" (keydown)="onKeydown($event)" [attr.aria-label]="removeAriaLabel" />
+                    <span tabindex="0" *ngIf="removeIcon" [class]="removeIcon" [ngClass]="'pi-chip-remove-icon'" [attr.data-pc-section]="'removeicon'" (click)="close($event)" (keydown)="onKeydown($event)" [attr.aria-label]="removeAriaLabel" role="button"></span>
+                    <TimesCircleIcon tabindex="0" *ngIf="!removeIcon" [class]="'pi-chip-remove-icon'" [attr.data-pc-section]="'removeicon'" (click)="close($event)" (keydown)="onKeydown($event)" [attr.aria-label]="removeAriaLabel" role="button" />
                 </ng-container>
-                <span *ngIf="removeIconTemplate" tabindex="0" [attr.data-pc-section]="'removeicon'" class="pi-chip-remove-icon" (click)="close($event)" (keydown)="onKeydown($event)" [attr.aria-label]="removeAriaLabel">
+                <span *ngIf="removeIconTemplate" tabindex="0" [attr.data-pc-section]="'removeicon'" class="pi-chip-remove-icon" (click)="close($event)" (keydown)="onKeydown($event)" [attr.aria-label]="removeAriaLabel" role="button">
                     <ng-template *ngTemplateOutlet="removeIconTemplate"></ng-template>
                 </span>
             </ng-container>