diff --git a/src/components/search-bar/story-header.dev.inc.tsx b/src/components/search-bar/story-header.dev.inc.tsx
index e43f8b6bdf..5e8e5b3715 100644
--- a/src/components/search-bar/story-header.dev.inc.tsx
+++ b/src/components/search-bar/story-header.dev.inc.tsx
@@ -129,14 +129,18 @@ const StoryHeader: React.FC<StoryHeaderProps> = ({ search, userProfile }) => {
               <input
                 type="image"
                 src={searchIcon}
+                alt="search-button"
                 className="header__menu-search-icon"
-                alt="search icon"
               />
-              <img
+              <button
+                type="button"
                 className="header__menu-dropdown-icon"
-                src={expandIcon}
-                alt="expand dropdown icon"
-              />
+                aria-label="dropdown with advanced search"
+                aria-expanded="false"
+                aria-controls="search-header-dropdown"
+              >
+                <img src={expandIcon} alt="" />
+              </button>
             </div>
           )}
         </div>