diff --git a/ui/src/components/item/QList.js b/ui/src/components/item/QList.js
index 22fccbd9418..b6010f71ee9 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/item/QList.js
+++ b/ui/src/components/item/QList.js
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ export default createComponent({
       + (props.padding === true ? ' q-list--padding' : '')
     )
 
-    return () => h(props.tag, { class: classes.value }, hSlot(slots.default))
+    const role = computed(() => props.tag === 'ul' || props.tag === 'ol' ? undefined : 'list')
+
+    return () => h(props.tag, { class: classes.value, role: role.value }, hSlot(slots.default))
   }
 })
diff --git a/ui/src/components/item/QList.test.js b/ui/src/components/item/QList.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d27ada260fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/src/components/item/QList.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+import { mount, flushPromises } from '@vue/test-utils'
+import { describe, test, expect } from 'vitest'
+
+import QList from './QList.js'
+
+describe('[QList API]', () => {
+  describe('[Props]', () => {
+    describe('[default attributes]', () => {
+      test('has a role="list" attribute with a div', async () => {
+        const wrapper = mount(QList)
+
+        const target = wrapper.get('.q-list')
+
+        expect(target.element.getAttribute('role')).toBe('list')
+      })
+
+      test('does not have a role="list" attribute with a ol', async () => {
+        const wrapper = mount(QList, { props: { tag: 'ol' } })
+
+        const target = wrapper.get('.q-list')
+
+        expect(target.element.getAttribute('role')).toBe(null)
+      })
+
+      test('does not have a role="list" attribute with a ul', async () => {
+        const wrapper = mount(QList, { props: { tag: 'ul' } })
+
+        const target = wrapper.get('.q-list')
+
+        expect(target.element.getAttribute('role')).toBe(null)
+      })
+    })
+
+    describe('[(prop)bordered]', () => {
+      test('type Boolean has effect', async () => {
+        const wrapper = mount(QList)
+
+        const target = wrapper.get('.q-list')
+
+        expect(target.classes()).not.toContain('q-list--bordered')
+
+        await wrapper.setProps({ bordered: true })
+        await flushPromises()
+
+        expect(target.classes()).toContain('q-list--bordered')
+      })
+    })
+
+    describe('[(prop)dense]', () => {
+      test('type Boolean has effect', async () => {
+        const wrapper = mount(QList)
+
+        const target = wrapper.get('.q-list')
+
+        expect(target.classes()).not.toContain('q-list--dense')
+
+        await wrapper.setProps({ dense: true })
+        await flushPromises()
+
+        expect(target.classes()).toContain('q-list--dense')
+      })
+    })
+
+    describe('[(prop)separator]', () => {
+      test('type Boolean has effect', async () => {
+        const wrapper = mount(QList)
+
+        const target = wrapper.get('.q-list')
+
+        expect(target.classes()).not.toContain('q-list--separator')
+
+        await wrapper.setProps({ separator: true })
+        await flushPromises()
+
+        expect(target.classes()).toContain('q-list--separator')
+      })
+    })
+
+    describe('[(prop)dark]', () => {
+      test('type Boolean has effect', async () => {
+        const wrapper = mount(QList)
+        await wrapper.setProps({ dark: false })
+
+        const target = wrapper.get('.q-list')
+
+        expect(target.classes()).not.toContain('q-list--dark')
+
+        await wrapper.setProps({ dark: true })
+        await flushPromises()
+
+        expect(target.classes()).toContain('q-list--dark')
+
+        await wrapper.setProps({ dark: false })
+        await wrapper.vm.$q.dark.set(true)
+        await flushPromises()
+
+        expect(target.classes()).not.toContain('q-list--dark')
+      })
+
+      test('type null has effect', async () => {
+        const wrapper = mount(QList)
+        await wrapper.vm.$q.dark.set(false)
+
+        const target = wrapper.get('.q-list')
+        expect(target.classes()).not.toContain('q-list--dark')
+
+        await wrapper.setProps({ dark: null })
+        await flushPromises()
+
+        expect(target.classes()).not.toContain('q-list--dark')
+
+        await wrapper.vm.$q.dark.set(true)
+
+        expect(target.classes()).toContain('q-list--dark')
+      })
+    })
+
+    describe('[(prop)padding]', () => {
+      test('type Boolean has effect', async () => {
+        const wrapper = mount(QList)
+
+        const target = wrapper.get('.q-list')
+
+        expect(target.classes()).not.toContain('q-list--padding')
+
+        await wrapper.setProps({ padding: true })
+        await flushPromises()
+
+        expect(target.classes()).toContain('q-list--padding')
+      })
+    })
+
+    describe('[(prop)tag]', () => {
+      test('type String has effect', async () => {
+        const wrapper = mount(QList, { props: { tag: 'ol' } })
+
+        const target = wrapper.get('.q-list')
+
+        expect(
+          target.element.tagName.toLowerCase()
+        ).toBe('ol')
+      })
+
+      test('default tag is div', async () => {
+        const wrapper = mount(QList)
+
+        const target = wrapper.get('.q-list')
+
+        expect(
+          target.element.tagName.toLowerCase()
+        ).toBe('div')
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('[Slots]', () => {
+    describe('[(slot)default]', () => {
+      test('renders the content', () => {
+        const slotContent = 'some-slot-content'
+        const wrapper = mount(QList, {
+          slots: {
+            default: () => slotContent
+          }
+        })
+
+        expect(wrapper.html()).toContain(slotContent)
+      })
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/ui/testing/README.md b/ui/testing/README.md
index 8eb0b7ad997..ac17555f33b 100644
--- a/ui/testing/README.md
+++ b/ui/testing/README.md
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ $ pnpm test:specs --target <target_file>
 # withOUT Vitest UI:
 $ pnpm test:watch
 
+# to watch only a specific file pattern
+$ pnpm test:watch "QList"
+
 # with Vitest UI:
 $ pnpm test:watch:ui
 ```