diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 95cfb36652..6145af952b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ This change log adheres to standards from [Keep a CHANGELOG](https://keepachange
 
 ### Fixed
 * [`no-unknown-property`]: avoid warning on `fbt` nodes entirely ([#3391][] @ljharb)
+* [`no-unknown-property`]: add `download` property support for `a` and `area` ([#3394][] @HJain13)
 
+[#3394]: https://github.com/jsx-eslint/eslint-plugin-react/pull/3394
 [#3391]: https://github.com/jsx-eslint/eslint-plugin-react/issues/3391
 
 ## [7.31.6] - 2022.09.04
diff --git a/lib/rules/no-unknown-property.js b/lib/rules/no-unknown-property.js
index 6a8c18db41..70cdcf26de 100644
--- a/lib/rules/no-unknown-property.js
+++ b/lib/rules/no-unknown-property.js
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ const ATTRIBUTE_TAGS_MAP = {
   checked: ['input'],
   // image is required for SVG support, all other tags are HTML.
   crossOrigin: ['script', 'img', 'video', 'audio', 'link', 'image'],
+  // https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/links.html#downloading-resources
+  download: ['a', 'area'],
   fill: [ // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Attribute/fill
     // Fill color
     'altGlyph',
diff --git a/tests/lib/rules/no-unknown-property.js b/tests/lib/rules/no-unknown-property.js
index bb4105eb0c..9512887edd 100644
--- a/tests/lib/rules/no-unknown-property.js
+++ b/tests/lib/rules/no-unknown-property.js
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ ruleTester.run('no-unknown-property', rule, {
     // Some HTML/DOM elements with common attributes should work
     { code: '<div className="bar"></div>;' },
     { code: '<div onMouseDown={this._onMouseDown}></div>;' },
-    { code: '<a href="someLink">Read more</a>' },
+    { code: '<a href="someLink" download="foo">Read more</a>' },
+    { code: '<area download="foo" />' },
     { code: '<img src="cat_keyboard.jpeg" alt="A cat sleeping on a keyboard" />' },
     { code: '<input type="password" required />' },
     { code: '<input ref={this.input} type="radio" />' },
@@ -466,5 +467,18 @@ ruleTester.run('no-unknown-property', rule, {
         },
       ],
     },
+    {
+      code: '<div download="foo" />',
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'invalidPropOnTag',
+          data: {
+            name: 'download',
+            tagName: 'div',
+            allowedTags: 'a, area',
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    },
   ]),
 });