diff --git a/src/components/dropdown/README.md b/src/components/dropdown/README.md
index 5e72a46f454..7dc59356147 100644
--- a/src/components/dropdown/README.md
+++ b/src/components/dropdown/README.md
@@ -664,7 +664,8 @@ Providing a unique `id` prop ensures ARIA compliance by automatically adding the
 `aria-*` attributes in the rendered markup.
 
 The default ARIA role is set to `menu`, but you can change this default to another role (such as
-`navigation`) via the `role` prop, depending on your user case.
+`navigation`) via the `role` prop, depending on your user case. The `role` prop value will be used
+to determine `aria-haspopup` attribute for the toggle button.
 
 When a menu item doesn't trigger navigation, it is recommended to use the `<b-dropdown-item-button>`
 sub-component (which is not announced as a link) instead of `<b-dropdown-item>` (which is presented
diff --git a/src/components/dropdown/dropdown.js b/src/components/dropdown/dropdown.js
index c7f72b7ed42..bc9ce938e9c 100644
--- a/src/components/dropdown/dropdown.js
+++ b/src/components/dropdown/dropdown.js
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ export const BDropdown = /*#__PURE__*/ Vue.extend({
       $buttonChildren = [h('span', { class: ['sr-only'] }, [this.toggleText])]
       buttonContentDomProps = {}
     }
+    const ariaHasPopupRoles = ['menu', 'listbox', 'tree', 'grid', 'dialog']
 
     const $toggle = h(
       BButton,
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ export const BDropdown = /*#__PURE__*/ Vue.extend({
           ...this.toggleAttrs,
           // Must have attributes
           id: this.safeId('_BV_toggle_'),
-          'aria-haspopup': 'true',
+          'aria-haspopup': ariaHasPopupRoles.includes(role) ? role : 'false',
           'aria-expanded': toString(visible)
         },
         props: {
diff --git a/src/components/dropdown/dropdown.spec.js b/src/components/dropdown/dropdown.spec.js
index 0a87dd816d7..d0f52380c46 100644
--- a/src/components/dropdown/dropdown.spec.js
+++ b/src/components/dropdown/dropdown.spec.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ describe('dropdown', () => {
     expect($button.classes()).toContain('dropdown-toggle')
     expect($button.classes().length).toBe(3)
     expect($button.attributes('aria-haspopup')).toBeDefined()
-    expect($button.attributes('aria-haspopup')).toEqual('true')
+    expect($button.attributes('aria-haspopup')).toEqual('menu')
     expect($button.attributes('aria-expanded')).toBeDefined()
     expect($button.attributes('aria-expanded')).toEqual('false')
     expect($button.attributes('id')).toBeDefined()
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ describe('dropdown', () => {
     expect($toggle.classes()).toContain('dropdown-toggle-split')
     expect($toggle.classes().length).toBe(4)
     expect($toggle.attributes('aria-haspopup')).toBeDefined()
-    expect($toggle.attributes('aria-haspopup')).toEqual('true')
+    expect($toggle.attributes('aria-haspopup')).toEqual('menu')
     expect($toggle.attributes('aria-expanded')).toBeDefined()
     expect($toggle.attributes('aria-expanded')).toEqual('false')
     expect($toggle.attributes('id')).toBeDefined()
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ describe('dropdown', () => {
     expect($dropdown.vm).toBeDefined()
 
     expect($toggle.attributes('aria-haspopup')).toBeDefined()
-    expect($toggle.attributes('aria-haspopup')).toEqual('true')
+    expect($toggle.attributes('aria-haspopup')).toEqual('menu')
     expect($toggle.attributes('aria-expanded')).toBeDefined()
     expect($toggle.attributes('aria-expanded')).toEqual('false')
     expect($dropdown.classes()).not.toContain('show')
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ describe('dropdown', () => {
     await waitNT(wrapper.vm)
 
     expect($toggle.attributes('aria-haspopup')).toBeDefined()
-    expect($toggle.attributes('aria-haspopup')).toEqual('true')
+    expect($toggle.attributes('aria-haspopup')).toEqual('menu')
     expect($toggle.attributes('aria-expanded')).toBeDefined()
     expect($toggle.attributes('aria-expanded')).toEqual('true')
     expect($dropdown.classes()).toContain('show')
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ describe('dropdown', () => {
     const $dropdown = wrapper.find('.dropdown')
 
     expect($toggle.attributes('aria-haspopup')).toBeDefined()
-    expect($toggle.attributes('aria-haspopup')).toEqual('true')
+    expect($toggle.attributes('aria-haspopup')).toEqual('menu')
     expect($toggle.attributes('aria-expanded')).toBeDefined()
     expect($toggle.attributes('aria-expanded')).toEqual('false')
     expect($dropdown.classes()).not.toContain('show')
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ describe('dropdown', () => {
     expect(wrapper.emitted('show')).toBeDefined()
     expect(wrapper.emitted('show').length).toBe(1)
     expect($toggle.attributes('aria-haspopup')).toBeDefined()
-    expect($toggle.attributes('aria-haspopup')).toEqual('true')
+    expect($toggle.attributes('aria-haspopup')).toEqual('menu')
     expect($toggle.attributes('aria-expanded')).toBeDefined()
     expect($toggle.attributes('aria-expanded')).toEqual('false')
     expect($dropdown.classes()).not.toContain('show')
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ describe('dropdown', () => {
     expect(wrapper.emitted('show')).toBeDefined()
     expect(wrapper.emitted('show').length).toBe(2)
     expect($toggle.attributes('aria-haspopup')).toBeDefined()
-    expect($toggle.attributes('aria-haspopup')).toEqual('true')
+    expect($toggle.attributes('aria-haspopup')).toEqual('menu')
     expect($toggle.attributes('aria-expanded')).toBeDefined()
     expect($toggle.attributes('aria-expanded')).toEqual('true')
     expect($dropdown.classes()).toContain('show')

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