diff --git a/packages/fiori/cypress/specs/SideNavigation.cy.tsx b/packages/fiori/cypress/specs/SideNavigation.cy.tsx
index 4b5566707788..f7995d7f3d55 100644
--- a/packages/fiori/cypress/specs/SideNavigation.cy.tsx
+++ b/packages/fiori/cypress/specs/SideNavigation.cy.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import SideNavigation from "../../src/SideNavigation.js";
 import SideNavigationItem from "../../src/SideNavigationItem.js";
+import SideNavigationGroup from "../../src/SideNavigationGroup.js";
 import SideNavigationSubItem from "../../src/SideNavigationSubItem.js";
 import group from "@ui5/webcomponents-icons/dist/group.js";
 import { NAVIGATION_MENU_POPOVER_HIDDEN_TEXT } from "../../src/generated/i18n/i18n-defaults.js";
@@ -827,6 +828,34 @@ describe("Side Navigation Accessibility", () => {
 			.find(".ui5-menu-rp")
 			.should("have.attr", "accessible-name", NAVIGATION_MENU_POPOVER_HIDDEN_TEXT.defaultText);
 	});
+
+	it("Tests SideNavigationGroup accessibility", () => {
+		cy.mount(
+			<SideNavigation>
+				<SideNavigationItem text="Home"></SideNavigationItem>
+				<SideNavigationGroup id="group" expanded={true} text="Group">
+					<SideNavigationItem text="1" />
+					<SideNavigationItem text="2" />
+				</SideNavigationGroup>
+			</SideNavigation>
+		);
+
+		// assert
+		cy.get("#group")
+			.shadow()
+			.find(".ui5-sn-item-group")
+			.should("have.attr", "role", "treeitem");
+		
+		cy.get("#group")
+			.shadow()
+			.find(".ui5-sn-item-group")
+			.should("not.have.attr", "aria-description");
+
+		cy.get("#group")
+			.shadow()
+			.find(".ui5-sn-item-ul")
+			.should("have.attr", "role", "group");
+	});
 });
 
 describe("Focusable items", () => {
diff --git a/packages/fiori/src/SideNavigationGroup.ts b/packages/fiori/src/SideNavigationGroup.ts
index 14331cde27de..39ae193583b6 100644
--- a/packages/fiori/src/SideNavigationGroup.ts
+++ b/packages/fiori/src/SideNavigationGroup.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import type SideNavigationItem from "./SideNavigationItem.js";
 import SideNavigationGroupTemplate from "./SideNavigationGroupTemplate.js";
 
 import {
-	SIDE_NAVIGATION_GROUP_HEADER_DESC,
 	SIDE_NAVIGATION_ICON_COLLAPSE,
 	SIDE_NAVIGATION_ICON_EXPAND,
 } from "./generated/i18n/i18n-defaults.js";
@@ -130,10 +129,6 @@ class SideNavigationGroup extends SideNavigationItemBase {
 		return "";
 	}
 
-	get accDescription() {
-		return SideNavigationGroup.i18nBundle.getText(SIDE_NAVIGATION_GROUP_HEADER_DESC);
-	}
-
 	get _arrowTooltip() {
 		return this.expanded ? SideNavigationGroup.i18nBundle.getText(SIDE_NAVIGATION_ICON_COLLAPSE)
 			: SideNavigationGroup.i18nBundle.getText(SIDE_NAVIGATION_ICON_EXPAND);
diff --git a/packages/fiori/src/SideNavigationGroupTemplate.tsx b/packages/fiori/src/SideNavigationGroupTemplate.tsx
index cafbd693c011..fa68c36a09e9 100644
--- a/packages/fiori/src/SideNavigationGroupTemplate.tsx
+++ b/packages/fiori/src/SideNavigationGroupTemplate.tsx
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ function TreeItemTemplate(this: SideNavigationGroup) {
 				onFocusIn={this._onfocusin}
 				tabIndex={this.effectiveTabIndex ? parseInt(this.effectiveTabIndex) : undefined}
 				aria-expanded={this._expanded}
-				aria-description={this.accDescription}
 				title={this._tooltip}
 				aria-owns={this._groupId}
 			>
diff --git a/packages/fiori/src/i18n/messagebundle.properties b/packages/fiori/src/i18n/messagebundle.properties
index 0aa76e9139cd..70bcd379f923 100644
--- a/packages/fiori/src/i18n/messagebundle.properties
+++ b/packages/fiori/src/i18n/messagebundle.properties
@@ -489,9 +489,6 @@ SIDE_NAVIGATION_LIST_ITEMS_ARIA_ROLE_DESC=Navigation List Tree Item
 #XTXT: Accessible name for the Side Navigation overflow item
 SIDE_NAVIGATION_OVERFLOW_ACCESSIBLE_NAME=More Items
 
-#XTXT: Accessible name for the Group Header
-SIDE_NAVIGATION_GROUP_HEADER_DESC=Group Header
-
 #XTXT
 SIDE_NAVIGATION_ICON_COLLAPSE=Colapse