diff --git a/news/changelog-1.8.md b/news/changelog-1.8.md
index 51572044710..ba2b84abce2 100644
--- a/news/changelog-1.8.md
+++ b/news/changelog-1.8.md
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ All changes included in 1.8:
 
 ### `website`
 
+- ([#10284](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/10284)): a11y - Fix keyboard navigation for tabset panels when using an HTML theme. Tabs now properly receive keyboard focus.
 - ([#12551](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/pull/12551)): Improve warning issued when `aliases` would overwrite an existing document.
 - ([#12616](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/12616)): find SVG images in image discovery for listings.
 - ([#12693](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/12693)): Prevent resource exhaustion on large websites by serializing `NotebookContext` information to file instead of the environment.
diff --git a/src/resources/filters/customnodes/panel-tabset.lua b/src/resources/filters/customnodes/panel-tabset.lua
index 03b208fb88a..75972b75050 100644
--- a/src/resources/filters/customnodes/panel-tabset.lua
+++ b/src/resources/filters/customnodes/panel-tabset.lua
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ function bootstrapTabs()
         active = " active"
         selected = "true"
       end
-      return 'class="nav-link' .. active .. '" id="' .. tablinkid .. '" data-bs-toggle="tab" data-bs-target="#' .. tabid .. '" role="tab" aria-controls="' .. tabid .. '" aria-selected="' .. selected .. '"'
+      return 'class="nav-link' .. active .. '" id="' .. tablinkid .. '" data-bs-toggle="tab" data-bs-target="#' .. tabid .. '" role="tab" aria-controls="' .. tabid .. '" aria-selected="' .. selected .. '" href=""'
     end,
     paneAttribs = function(tabid, isActive, headingAttribs)
       local tablinkid = tabid .. "-tab"