diff --git a/packages/components/src/components/tag/_tag.scss b/packages/components/src/components/tag/_tag.scss
index fdbff9ad0574..ff96d1638eeb 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/components/tag/_tag.scss
+++ b/packages/components/src/components/tag/_tag.scss
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     min-width: rem(32px); // ensures tag stays pill shaped;
     margin: $carbon--spacing-02;
     border-radius: rem(15px);
+    cursor: default;
 
     &:not(:first-child) {
       margin-left: 0;
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/Tag/Tag.js b/packages/react/src/components/Tag/Tag.js
index 9b57e714bfb2..2b484c81b6b8 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/Tag/Tag.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/Tag/Tag.js
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ const Tag = ({
       <Close16 />
     </button>
   ) : (
-    <button className={tagClasses} {...other}>
+    <span className={tagClasses} {...other}>
       {children !== null && children !== undefined ? children : TYPES[type]}
-    </button>
+    </span>
   );
 };