diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index d0258b2095f..8feb71e0c4c 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -199,10 +199,10 @@ GEM
       aws-sigv4 (~> 1.1)
     aws-sigv4 (1.8.0)
       aws-eventstream (~> 1, >= 1.0.2)
-    axe-core-api (4.7.0)
+    axe-core-api (4.9.0)
       dumb_delegator
       virtus
-    axe-core-rspec (4.7.0)
+    axe-core-rspec (4.9.0)
       axe-core-api
       dumb_delegator
       virtus
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ GEM
     net-ssh (6.1.0)
     newrelic_rpm (9.7.0)
     nio4r (2.7.0)
-    nokogiri (1.16.2)
+    nokogiri (1.16.3)
       mini_portile2 (~> 2.8.2)
       racc (~> 1.4)
     openssl (3.0.2)
diff --git a/app/views/idv/how_to_verify/show.html.erb b/app/views/idv/how_to_verify/show.html.erb
index 2955d67dbce..7a2b5c96e9a 100644
--- a/app/views/idv/how_to_verify/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/idv/how_to_verify/show.html.erb
@@ -16,8 +16,11 @@
     <div class="grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-fill">
     <%= simple_form_for(
           @idv_how_to_verify_form,
-          html: { autocomplete: 'off',
-                  'aria-label': t('forms.buttons.continue_remote') },
+          html: {
+            autocomplete: 'off',
+            id: nil,
+            aria: { label: t('forms.buttons.continue_remote') },
+          },
           method: :put,
           url: idv_how_to_verify_url,
         ) do |f|
@@ -53,8 +56,11 @@
   <div class="grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-fill">
     <%= simple_form_for(
           @idv_how_to_verify_form,
-          html: { autocomplete: 'off',
-                  'aria-label': t('forms.buttons.continue_ipp') },
+          html: {
+            autocomplete: 'off',
+            id: nil,
+            aria: { label: t('forms.buttons.continue_ipp') },
+          },
           method: :put,
           url: idv_how_to_verify_url,
         ) do |f|
diff --git a/spec/support/matchers/accessibility.rb b/spec/support/matchers/accessibility.rb
index b9e295ecc66..f32e7e75dd6 100644
--- a/spec/support/matchers/accessibility.rb
+++ b/spec/support/matchers/accessibility.rb
@@ -170,6 +170,23 @@ def landmarks(page)
   end
 end
 
+RSpec::Matchers.define :have_unique_ids do
+  def ids(page)
+    page.all(:css, '[id]').map { |element| element[:id] }
+  end
+
+  match do |page|
+    page_ids = ids(page)
+    page_ids.uniq.count == page_ids.count
+  end
+
+  failure_message do |page|
+    page_ids = ids(page)
+    duplicate = page_ids.detect { |id| page_ids.count(id) > 1 }
+    "Expected no duplicate element IDs. Found duplicate: #{duplicate}"
+  end
+end
+
 RSpec::Matchers.define :tag_decorative_svgs_with_role do
   def decorative_svgs(page)
     page.all(:css, 'img[alt=""][src$=".svg" i]')
@@ -310,13 +327,11 @@ def fieldset_legend_name(element)
 end
 
 def expect_page_to_have_no_accessibility_violations(page, validate_markup: true)
-  expect(page).to be_axe_clean.according_to(
-    :section508, :"best-practice",
-    :wcag21aa
-  ).
+  expect(page).to be_axe_clean.according_to(:wcag22aa, :"best-practice").
     # Axe flags redundant img role on img elements, but is necessary for a Safari bug
     # See: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/img#identifying_svg_as_an_image
     excluding('img[alt=""][src$=".svg" i]')
+  expect(page).to have_unique_ids
   expect(page).to have_valid_idrefs
   expect(page).to label_required_fields
   expect(page).to have_valid_markup if validate_markup