diff --git a/core/Sources/Components/Tab/View/UIKit/TabItemUIView.swift b/core/Sources/Components/Tab/View/UIKit/TabItemUIView.swift
index 58526e753..3f52c757f 100644
--- a/core/Sources/Components/Tab/View/UIKit/TabItemUIView.swift
+++ b/core/Sources/Components/Tab/View/UIKit/TabItemUIView.swift
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ public final class TabItemUIView: UIControl {
             return self.viewModel.isSelected
         }
         set {
+            if newValue {
+                self.accessibilityTraits.insert(.selected)
+            } else {
+                self.accessibilityTraits.remove(.selected)
+            }
             self.viewModel.updateState(isSelected: newValue)
         }
     }
@@ -139,7 +144,7 @@ public final class TabItemUIView: UIControl {
                 newBadge.isHidden.toggle()
                 newBadge.isHidden.toggle()
             }
-            
+
             self.invalidateIntrinsicContentSize()
         }
     }
@@ -236,15 +241,6 @@ public final class TabItemUIView: UIControl {
         }
     }
 
-    public override var isHighlighted: Bool {
-        get {
-            return self.viewModel.isPressed
-        }
-        set {
-            self.viewModel.updateState(isPressed: newValue)
-        }
-    }
-
     /// A Boolean value indicating whether the control is in the enabled state.
     ///
     /// Set the value of this property to true to enable the control or false to disable it. An enabled control is capable of responding to user interactions, whereas a disabled control ignores touch events and may draw itself differently.
@@ -254,6 +250,11 @@ public final class TabItemUIView: UIControl {
             return self.viewModel.isEnabled
         }
         set {
+            if newValue {
+                self.accessibilityTraits.remove(.notEnabled)
+            } else {
+                self.accessibilityTraits.insert(.notEnabled)
+            }
             self.viewModel.updateState(isEnabled: newValue)
         }
     }
@@ -338,6 +339,8 @@ public final class TabItemUIView: UIControl {
         self.setupConstraints()
         self.enableTouch()
         self.setupSubscriptions()
+        self.isAccessibilityElement = true
+        self.accessibilityTraits.insert(.button)
     }
 
     required init?(coder: NSCoder) {
@@ -363,6 +366,22 @@ public final class TabItemUIView: UIControl {
         self.setNeedsLayout()
     }
 
+    // MARK: - Control functions
+    public override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
+        super.touchesBegan(touches, with: event)
+        self.viewModel.isPressed = true
+    }
+
+    public override func touchesEnded(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
+        super.touchesEnded(touches, with: event)
+        self.viewModel.isPressed = false
+    }
+
+    public override func touchesCancelled(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
+        super.touchesCancelled(touches, with: event)
+        self.viewModel.isPressed = false
+    }
+
     // MARK: - Private functions
     private func setupSubscriptions() {
         self.viewModel.$tabStateAttributes.subscribe(in: &self.subscriptions) { [weak self] attributes in
@@ -391,7 +410,7 @@ public final class TabItemUIView: UIControl {
         self.bringSubviewToFront(self.bottomLine)
 
         self.setupColors(attributes: self.viewModel.tabStateAttributes)
-        
+
         self.addOrRemoveIcon(self.viewModel.content.icon)
         self.addOrRemoveTitle(self.viewModel.content.title)
     }
@@ -471,6 +490,7 @@ public final class TabItemUIView: UIControl {
         self.label.textColor = self.viewModel.tabStateAttributes.colors.label.uiColor
 
         self.label.text = text
+        self.accessibilityLabel = text
         self.label.isHidden = text == nil
 
         self.invalidateIntrinsicContentSize()
diff --git a/core/Sources/Components/Tab/View/UIKit/TabItemUIViewTests.swift b/core/Sources/Components/Tab/View/UIKit/TabItemUIViewTests.swift
index 9c4ba6ece..590bb3046 100644
--- a/core/Sources/Components/Tab/View/UIKit/TabItemUIViewTests.swift
+++ b/core/Sources/Components/Tab/View/UIKit/TabItemUIViewTests.swift
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ final class TabItemUIViewTests: TestCase {
         }
 
         // When
-        self.sut.isHighlighted = true
+        self.sut.touchesBegan(Set<UITouch>(), with: nil)
 
         // Then
         waitForExpectations(timeout: 1)
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ final class TabItemUIViewTests: TestCase {
         }
 
         // When
-        self.sut.isHighlighted = false
+        self.sut.touchesEnded(Set<UITouch>(), with: nil)
 
         // Then
         waitForExpectations(timeout: 1)
diff --git a/core/Sources/Components/Tab/View/UIKit/TabUIView.swift b/core/Sources/Components/Tab/View/UIKit/TabUIView.swift
index eced6bd82..68a1208db 100644
--- a/core/Sources/Components/Tab/View/UIKit/TabUIView.swift
+++ b/core/Sources/Components/Tab/View/UIKit/TabUIView.swift
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ public final class TabUIView: UIControl {
         self.setupConstraints()
         self.enableTouch()
         self.setupSubscriptions()
+        self.setupAccessibility()
     }
 
     required init?(coder: NSCoder) {
@@ -462,9 +463,6 @@ public final class TabUIView: UIControl {
 
     // MARK: - Private Functions
     private func setupViews(items: [TabUIItemContent]) {
-
-        self.accessibilityIdentifier = TabAccessibilityIdentifier.tab
-
         let tabItemViews = items.map{ item in
             return TabItemUIView(
                 theme: theme,
@@ -517,6 +515,12 @@ public final class TabUIView: UIControl {
         stackView.distribution = self.apportionsSegmentWidthsByContent ? .fill : .fillEqually
     }
 
+    private func setupAccessibility() {
+        self.accessibilityTraits.insert(.tabBar)
+        self.isAccessibilityElement = false
+        self.accessibilityContainerType = .semanticGroup
+    }
+
     private func setTabItems(content: [TabUIItemContent]) {
         self.viewModel.content = content
 
@@ -530,6 +534,7 @@ public final class TabUIView: UIControl {
         }
         self.stackView.removeArrangedSubviews()
         self.stackView.addArrangedSubviews(items)
+        self.accessibilityElements?.append(contentsOf: items)
 
         self.updateAccessibilityIdentifiers()
         self.invalidateIntrinsicContentSize()