diff --git a/ts/a11y/explorer/KeyExplorer.ts b/ts/a11y/explorer/KeyExplorer.ts
index 943def94d..e628c6bbe 100644
--- a/ts/a11y/explorer/KeyExplorer.ts
+++ b/ts/a11y/explorer/KeyExplorer.ts
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ export class SpeechExplorer
     const parts = [
       [
         this.node.getAttribute('data-semantic-level') ?? 'Level',
-        this.current.getAttribute('aria-level') ?? '0',
+        this.current.getAttribute('data-semantic-level-number') ?? '0',
       ]
         .join(' ')
         .trim(),
diff --git a/ts/a11y/semantic-enrich.ts b/ts/a11y/semantic-enrich.ts
index 61c776f3f..82085fa1c 100644
--- a/ts/a11y/semantic-enrich.ts
+++ b/ts/a11y/semantic-enrich.ts
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ export function EnrichedMathItemMixin<
           //
           math.math = math.math
             .replace(/ role="treeitem"/g, ' data-speech-node="true"')
+            .replace(/ aria-level/g, ' data-semantic-level-number')
             .replace(/ aria-(?:posinset|owns|setsize)=".*?"/g, '');
           math.display = this.display;
           math.compile(document);