diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/super_sidebar/components/help_center.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/super_sidebar/components/help_center.vue
index 4cebc247454a6a1c7b8313b147884bdab9f03bf8..415da9b79f108ca587d56c9fd6d162592970330f 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/super_sidebar/components/help_center.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/super_sidebar/components/help_center.vue
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ export default {
         <span class="gl-flex gl-flex-col gl-leading-24">
           <span class="gl-text-sm gl-font-bold">
             {{ item.text }}
-            <gl-emoji data-name="rocket" />
+            <gl-emoji data-name="rocket" aria-hidden="true" />
           </span>
           <span>
             <span class="gl-mr-2">{{ item.version }}</span>
@@ -258,8 +258,10 @@ export default {
       <template #list-item="{ item }">
         <span class="-gl-my-1 gl-flex gl-items-center gl-justify-between">
           {{ item.text }}
-          <gl-badge v-if="item.count" pill variant="info">{{ item.count }}</gl-badge>
-          <kbd v-else-if="item.shortcut" class="flat">?</kbd>
+          <gl-badge v-if="item.count" pill variant="info" aria-hidden="true">{{
+            item.count
+          }}</gl-badge>
+          <kbd v-else-if="item.shortcut" aria-hidden="true" class="flat">?</kbd>
         </span>
       </template>
     </gl-disclosure-dropdown-group>
diff --git a/spec/frontend/super_sidebar/components/help_center_spec.js b/spec/frontend/super_sidebar/components/help_center_spec.js
index 65c2e5b73d6fbae4c882fd7c4e0c55c002af9459..d607ca9d3fa5de3c356714ebce0b4a7391820de8 100644
--- a/spec/frontend/super_sidebar/components/help_center_spec.js
+++ b/spec/frontend/super_sidebar/components/help_center_spec.js
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ describe('HelpCenter component', () => {
       let button;
 
       beforeEach(() => {
-        button = findButton('Keyboard shortcuts ?');
+        button = findButton('Keyboard shortcuts');
       });
 
       it('shows the keyboard shortcuts modal', () => {
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ describe('HelpCenter component', () => {
       });
 
       it('should have Snowplow tracking attributes', () => {
-        expect(findButton('Keyboard shortcuts ?').dataset).toEqual(
+        expect(findButton('Keyboard shortcuts').dataset).toEqual(
           expect.objectContaining({
             trackAction: 'click_button',
             trackLabel: 'keyboard_shortcuts_help',
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ describe('HelpCenter component', () => {
       beforeEach(() => {
         createWrapper({ ...sidebarData, show_version_check: true });
 
-        findButton("What's new 5").click();
+        findButton("What's new").click();
       });
 
       it('shows the "What\'s new" slideout', () => {
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ describe('HelpCenter component', () => {
       it('should have Snowplow tracking attributes', () => {
         createWrapper({ ...sidebarData, display_whats_new: true });
 
-        expect(findButton("What's new 5").dataset).toEqual(
+        expect(findButton("What's new").dataset).toEqual(
           expect.objectContaining({
             trackAction: 'click_button',
             trackLabel: 'whats_new',
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ describe('HelpCenter component', () => {
 
         describe('when "What\'s new" drawer got opened', () => {
           beforeEach(() => {
-            findButton("What's new 5").click();
+            findButton("What's new").click();
           });
 
           it('does not render notification dot', () => {