diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1dd186cfcb7..9c2add8c5a8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Svelte changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+- Add `aria-description` to the list of allowed ARIA attributes ([#7301](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/7301))
+
 ## 3.46.4
 
 * Avoid `maximum call stack size exceeded` errors on large components ([#4694](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/4694))
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Element.ts b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Element.ts
index 92a87dd6f8a..78d6c9188ff 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Element.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Element.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import compiler_errors from '../compiler_errors';
 
 const svg = /^(?:altGlyph|altGlyphDef|altGlyphItem|animate|animateColor|animateMotion|animateTransform|circle|clipPath|color-profile|cursor|defs|desc|discard|ellipse|feBlend|feColorMatrix|feComponentTransfer|feComposite|feConvolveMatrix|feDiffuseLighting|feDisplacementMap|feDistantLight|feDropShadow|feFlood|feFuncA|feFuncB|feFuncG|feFuncR|feGaussianBlur|feImage|feMerge|feMergeNode|feMorphology|feOffset|fePointLight|feSpecularLighting|feSpotLight|feTile|feTurbulence|filter|font|font-face|font-face-format|font-face-name|font-face-src|font-face-uri|foreignObject|g|glyph|glyphRef|hatch|hatchpath|hkern|image|line|linearGradient|marker|mask|mesh|meshgradient|meshpatch|meshrow|metadata|missing-glyph|mpath|path|pattern|polygon|polyline|radialGradient|rect|set|solidcolor|stop|svg|switch|symbol|text|textPath|tref|tspan|unknown|use|view|vkern)$/;
 
-const aria_attributes = 'activedescendant atomic autocomplete busy checked colcount colindex colspan controls current describedby details disabled dropeffect errormessage expanded flowto grabbed haspopup hidden invalid keyshortcuts label labelledby level live modal multiline multiselectable orientation owns placeholder posinset pressed readonly relevant required roledescription rowcount rowindex rowspan selected setsize sort valuemax valuemin valuenow valuetext'.split(' ');
+const aria_attributes = 'activedescendant atomic autocomplete busy checked colcount colindex colspan controls current describedby description details disabled dropeffect errormessage expanded flowto grabbed haspopup hidden invalid keyshortcuts label labelledby level live modal multiline multiselectable orientation owns placeholder posinset pressed readonly relevant required roledescription rowcount rowindex rowspan selected setsize sort valuemax valuemin valuenow valuetext'.split(' ');
 const aria_attribute_set = new Set(aria_attributes);
 
 const aria_roles = 'alert alertdialog application article banner blockquote button caption cell checkbox code columnheader combobox complementary contentinfo definition deletion dialog directory document emphasis feed figure form generic graphics-document graphics-object graphics-symbol grid gridcell group heading img link list listbox listitem log main marquee math meter menu menubar menuitem menuitemcheckbox menuitemradio navigation none note option paragraph presentation progressbar radio radiogroup region row rowgroup rowheader scrollbar search searchbox separator slider spinbutton status strong subscript superscript switch tab table tablist tabpanel term textbox time timer toolbar tooltip tree treegrid treeitem'.split(' ');