diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/DataTable/__tests__/__snapshots__/DataTable-test.js.snap b/packages/react/src/components/DataTable/__tests__/__snapshots__/DataTable-test.js.snap
index c8a4a28b9075..a9356106e052 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/DataTable/__tests__/__snapshots__/DataTable-test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/DataTable/__tests__/__snapshots__/DataTable-test.js.snap
@@ -2593,7 +2593,7 @@ exports[`DataTable should render 1`] = `
                   title="Settings"
                 >
                   <OverflowMenu
-                    ariaLabel="list of options"
+                    ariaLabel="Menu"
                     className="bx--toolbar-action bx--overflow-menu"
                     direction="bottom"
                     flipped={true}
@@ -2642,13 +2642,13 @@ exports[`DataTable should render 1`] = `
                       <div
                         aria-expanded={false}
                         aria-haspopup={true}
-                        aria-label="list of options"
+                        aria-label="Menu"
                         className="bx--toolbar-action bx--overflow-menu bx--overflow-menu"
                         onClick={[Function]}
                         onClose={[Function]}
                         onKeyDown={[Function]}
                         open={false}
-                        role="menu"
+                        role="button"
                         tabIndex={0}
                         title="Settings"
                       >
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/DataTable/__tests__/__snapshots__/TableToolbarMenu-test.js.snap b/packages/react/src/components/DataTable/__tests__/__snapshots__/TableToolbarMenu-test.js.snap
index 7b493a625883..126a77928276 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/DataTable/__tests__/__snapshots__/TableToolbarMenu-test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/DataTable/__tests__/__snapshots__/TableToolbarMenu-test.js.snap
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ exports[`DataTable.TableToolbarMenu should render 1`] = `
     title="Add"
   >
     <OverflowMenu
-      ariaLabel="list of options"
+      ariaLabel="Menu"
       className="custom-class bx--toolbar-action bx--overflow-menu"
       direction="bottom"
       flipped={true}
@@ -114,13 +114,13 @@ exports[`DataTable.TableToolbarMenu should render 1`] = `
         <div
           aria-expanded={false}
           aria-haspopup={true}
-          aria-label="list of options"
+          aria-label="Menu"
           className="custom-class bx--toolbar-action bx--overflow-menu bx--overflow-menu"
           onClick={[Function]}
           onClose={[Function]}
           onKeyDown={[Function]}
           open={false}
-          role="menu"
+          role="button"
           tabIndex={0}
           title="Add"
         >
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/OverflowMenu/OverflowMenu-story.js b/packages/react/src/components/OverflowMenu/OverflowMenu-story.js
index c29091396329..8664147f9c4a 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/OverflowMenu/OverflowMenu-story.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/OverflowMenu/OverflowMenu-story.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const directions = {
 const props = {
   menu: () => ({
     direction: select('Menu direction (direction)', directions, 'bottom'),
-    ariaLabel: text('ARIA label (ariaLabel)', ''),
+    ariaLabel: text('ARIA label (ariaLabel)', 'Menu'),
     iconDescription: text('Icon description (iconDescription)', ''),
     flipped: boolean('Flipped (flipped)', false),
     onClick: action('onClick'),
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/OverflowMenu/OverflowMenu.js b/packages/react/src/components/OverflowMenu/OverflowMenu.js
index 9fa0e3887e1d..c2abb27b42b1 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/OverflowMenu/OverflowMenu.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/OverflowMenu/OverflowMenu.js
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class OverflowMenu extends Component {
   };
 
   static defaultProps = {
-    ariaLabel: 'list of options',
+    ariaLabel: 'Menu',
     iconDescription: 'open and close list of options',
     open: false,
     direction: DIRECTION_BOTTOM,
@@ -493,27 +493,29 @@ class OverflowMenu extends Component {
     );
 
     const menuBody = (
-      <ul className={overflowMenuOptionsClasses} tabIndex="-1" role="menu">
+      <ul
+        className={overflowMenuOptionsClasses}
+        tabIndex="-1"
+        role="menu"
+        aria-label={ariaLabel}>
         {childrenWithProps}
       </ul>
     );
 
     const wrappedMenuBody = (
-      <div role="menuitem">
-        <FloatingMenu
-          menuPosition={this.state.menuPosition}
-          menuDirection={direction}
-          menuOffset={flipped ? menuOffsetFlip : menuOffset}
-          menuRef={this._bindMenuBody}
-          menuEl={this.menuEl}
-          flipped={this.props.flipped}
-          target={this._getTarget}
-          onPlace={this._handlePlace}>
-          {React.cloneElement(menuBody, {
-            'data-floating-menu-direction': direction,
-          })}
-        </FloatingMenu>
-      </div>
+      <FloatingMenu
+        menuPosition={this.state.menuPosition}
+        menuDirection={direction}
+        menuOffset={flipped ? menuOffsetFlip : menuOffset}
+        menuRef={this._bindMenuBody}
+        menuEl={this.menuEl}
+        flipped={this.props.flipped}
+        target={this._getTarget}
+        onPlace={this._handlePlace}>
+        {React.cloneElement(menuBody, {
+          'data-floating-menu-direction': direction,
+        })}
+      </FloatingMenu>
     );
 
     const iconProps = {
@@ -528,7 +530,7 @@ class OverflowMenu extends Component {
       <ClickListener onClickOutside={this.handleClickOutside}>
         <div
           {...other}
-          role="menu"
+          role="button"
           aria-haspopup
           aria-expanded={this.state.open}
           className={overflowMenuClasses}