diff --git a/includes/output/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-output-cpt.php b/includes/output/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-output-cpt.php
index 9c1740a..fe5e809 100644
--- a/includes/output/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-output-cpt.php
+++ b/includes/output/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-output-cpt.php
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class DisplayFeaturedImageGenesisOutputCPT {
 		}
 		$image = $this->get_image( $title );
 		if ( $image ) {
-			$role = empty( $this->instance['show_title'] ) ? '' : 'aria-hidden="true"';
+			$role = empty( $this->instance['show_title'] ) ? '' : 'aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"';
 			printf( '<a href="%s" title="%s" class="%s" %s>%s</a>', esc_url( $permalink ), esc_html( $title ), esc_attr( $this->instance['image_alignment'] ), $role, $image );
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/includes/output/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-output-term.php b/includes/output/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-output-term.php
index 52ffed9..e2f4af1 100644
--- a/includes/output/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-output-term.php
+++ b/includes/output/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-output-term.php
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class DisplayFeaturedImageGenesisOutputTerm {
 		);
 
 		if ( $this->instance['show_image'] && $image ) {
-			$role = empty( $this->instance['show_title'] ) ? '' : 'aria-hidden="true"';
+			$role = empty( $this->instance['show_title'] ) ? '' : 'aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"';
 			printf( '<a href="%s" title="%s" class="%s" %s>%s</a>', esc_url( $permalink ), esc_html( $title ), esc_attr( $this->instance['image_alignment'] ), $role, wp_kses_post( $image ) );
 		}
 	}