diff --git a/lib/rules/template-no-aria-unsupported-elements.js b/lib/rules/template-no-aria-unsupported-elements.js
index 2def3edb42..5f0c7e269c 100644
--- a/lib/rules/template-no-aria-unsupported-elements.js
+++ b/lib/rules/template-no-aria-unsupported-elements.js
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ module.exports = {
   },
 
   create(context) {
-    // Elements that don't support ARIA
+    // Elements that don't support ARIA per the W3C ARIA in HTML spec.
+    // Includes metadata/structural elements that have no UI representation.
     const ELEMENTS_WITHOUT_ARIA_SUPPORT = new Set([
       'meta',
       'html',
diff --git a/tests/lib/rules/template-no-aria-unsupported-elements.js b/tests/lib/rules/template-no-aria-unsupported-elements.js
index c3fb87648e..57aaaad674 100644
--- a/tests/lib/rules/template-no-aria-unsupported-elements.js
+++ b/tests/lib/rules/template-no-aria-unsupported-elements.js
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ ruleTester.run('template-no-aria-unsupported-elements', rule, {
     '<template><div role="button" aria-label="Submit"></div></template>',
     '<template><button aria-pressed="true">Toggle</button></template>',
     '<template><input aria-label="Username"></template>',
+    // No ARIA attributes — these are fine
+    '<template><title>Page Title</title></template>',
+    '<template><head></head></template>',
+    '<template><base href="/"></template>',
+    '<template><link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css"></template>',
   ],
 
   invalid: [
@@ -29,5 +34,30 @@ ruleTester.run('template-no-aria-unsupported-elements', rule, {
       output: null,
       errors: [{ messageId: 'unsupported' }],
     },
+    {
+      code: '<template><html role="application"></html></template>',
+      output: null,
+      errors: [{ messageId: 'unsupported' }],
+    },
+    {
+      code: '<template><title aria-label="Page Title"></title></template>',
+      output: null,
+      errors: [{ messageId: 'unsupported' }],
+    },
+    {
+      code: '<template><head role="banner"></head></template>',
+      output: null,
+      errors: [{ messageId: 'unsupported' }],
+    },
+    {
+      code: '<template><base aria-hidden="true"></template>',
+      output: null,
+      errors: [{ messageId: 'unsupported' }],
+    },
+    {
+      code: '<template><link aria-label="Stylesheet"></template>',
+      output: null,
+      errors: [{ messageId: 'unsupported' }],
+    },
   ],
 });
