diff --git a/lib/rules/template-require-aria-activedescendant-tabindex.js b/lib/rules/template-require-aria-activedescendant-tabindex.js
index 1b6194adab..7bed6e89aa 100644
--- a/lib/rules/template-require-aria-activedescendant-tabindex.js
+++ b/lib/rules/template-require-aria-activedescendant-tabindex.js
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ module.exports = {
                   return fixer.insertTextAfterRange(lastAttribute.range, ` ${FIXED_TABINDEX}`);
                 }
 
-                const insertPos = node.parts.at(-1)?.range[1] ?? node.range[0] + '<div'.length;
+                const insertPos =
+                  node.parts.at(-1)?.range[1] ?? node.range[0] + 1 + node.tag.length;
                 return fixer.insertTextAfterRange([insertPos, insertPos], ` ${FIXED_TABINDEX}`);
               }
 
diff --git a/tests/lib/rules/template-require-aria-activedescendant-tabindex.js b/tests/lib/rules/template-require-aria-activedescendant-tabindex.js
index a68e7f3df0..cbacfb2e53 100644
--- a/tests/lib/rules/template-require-aria-activedescendant-tabindex.js
+++ b/tests/lib/rules/template-require-aria-activedescendant-tabindex.js
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@ const invalidHbs = [
     output: '<div aria-activedescendant="fixme" tabindex="0"></div>',
     errors: [{ message: ERROR_MESSAGE }],
   },
+  {
+    code: '<a aria-activedescendant="x"></a>',
+    output: '<a aria-activedescendant="x" tabindex="0"></a>',
+    errors: [{ message: ERROR_MESSAGE }],
+  },
+  {
+    code: '<button aria-activedescendant="x" tabindex="-1"></button>',
+    output: '<button aria-activedescendant="x" tabindex="0"></button>',
+    errors: [{ message: ERROR_MESSAGE }],
+  },
 ];
 
 function wrapTemplate(entry) {