diff --git a/.all-contributorsrc b/.all-contributorsrc
index 120a3bf13b05..db81b44feed9 100644
--- a/.all-contributorsrc
+++ b/.all-contributorsrc
@@ -646,6 +646,115 @@
       "contributions": [
         "code"
       ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "molyholy",
+      "name": "molyholy",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/77503726?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/molyholy",
+      "contributions": [
+        "code"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "scottdickerson",
+      "name": "Scott Dickerson",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6663002?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/scottdickerson",
+      "contributions": [
+        "code"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "epodgaetskiy",
+      "name": "Evgeniy Podgaetskiy",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15031623?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://start.reactwarriors.com/join",
+      "contributions": [
+        "code"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "CassidyJensen",
+      "name": "CassidyJensen",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/45407808?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/CassidyJensen",
+      "contributions": [
+        "code",
+        "a11y"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "lattmann",
+      "name": "Zsolt Lattmann",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1108945?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/lattmann",
+      "contributions": [
+        "code"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "ConradSchmidt",
+      "name": "Conrad Schmidt",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3808948?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://conrad.codes/",
+      "contributions": [
+        "code"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "IgnacioBecerra",
+      "name": "Ignacio Becerra",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/24970122?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/IgnacioBecerra",
+      "contributions": [
+        "code"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "swapnilpatil21",
+      "name": "Swapnil Patil",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/46713873?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/swapnilpatil21",
+      "contributions": [
+        "doc"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "sophiiae",
+      "name": "Fei Z",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/18622886?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/sophiiae",
+      "contributions": [
+        "code"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "IgnasA",
+      "name": "Ignas Ausiejus",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7099068?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/IgnasA",
+      "contributions": [
+        "doc"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "ryanomackey",
+      "name": "Ryan O. Mackey",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/17710824?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://ryanomackey.com/",
+      "contributions": [
+        "code"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "skateman",
+      "name": "Dávid Halász",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/649130?v=4",
+      "profile": "http://www.skateman.eu/",
+      "contributions": [
+        "code"
+      ]
     }
   ],
   "commitConvention": "none"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 49d72eaf5a85..4c4c5dd8d5a1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -166,6 +166,20 @@ check out our [Contributing Guide](/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) and our
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/DavidSCChen"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/54974983?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>DavidSCChen</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/carbon-design-system/carbon/commits?author=DavidSCChen" title="Code">💻</a></td>
+    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/molyholy"><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/77503726?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>molyholy</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/carbon-design-system/carbon/commits?author=molyholy" title="Code">💻</a></td>
+    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/scottdickerson"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6663002?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Scott Dickerson</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/carbon-design-system/carbon/commits?author=scottdickerson" title="Code">💻</a></td>
+    <td align="center"><a href="https://start.reactwarriors.com/join"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15031623?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Evgeniy Podgaetskiy</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/carbon-design-system/carbon/commits?author=epodgaetskiy" title="Code">💻</a></td>
+    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/CassidyJensen"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/45407808?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>CassidyJensen</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/carbon-design-system/carbon/commits?author=CassidyJensen" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="#a11y-CassidyJensen" title="Accessibility">️️️️♿️</a></td>
+    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/lattmann"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1108945?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Zsolt Lattmann</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/carbon-design-system/carbon/commits?author=lattmann" title="Code">💻</a></td>
+    <td align="center"><a href="https://conrad.codes/"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3808948?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Conrad Schmidt</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/carbon-design-system/carbon/commits?author=ConradSchmidt" title="Code">💻</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/IgnacioBecerra"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/24970122?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Ignacio Becerra</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/carbon-design-system/carbon/commits?author=IgnacioBecerra" title="Code">💻</a></td>
+    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/swapnilpatil21"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/46713873?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Swapnil Patil</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/carbon-design-system/carbon/commits?author=swapnilpatil21" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
+    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/sophiiae"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/18622886?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Fei Z</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/carbon-design-system/carbon/commits?author=sophiiae" title="Code">💻</a></td>
+    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/IgnasA"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7099068?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Ignas Ausiejus</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/carbon-design-system/carbon/commits?author=IgnasA" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
+    <td align="center"><a href="https://ryanomackey.com/"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/17710824?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Ryan O. Mackey</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/carbon-design-system/carbon/commits?author=ryanomackey" title="Code">💻</a></td>
+    <td align="center"><a href="http://www.skateman.eu/"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/649130?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Halász Dávid</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/carbon-design-system/carbon/commits?author=skateman" title="Code">💻</a></td>
   </tr>
 </table>
 
diff --git a/packages/components/docs/sass.md b/packages/components/docs/sass.md
index b03a2a327ce5..39dcd63be219 100644
--- a/packages/components/docs/sass.md
+++ b/packages/components/docs/sass.md
@@ -8834,6 +8834,7 @@ $hover-primary-text: if(
 - **Type**: `{undefined}`
 - **Used by**:
   - [carbon--theme [mixin]](#carbon--theme-mixin)
+  - [breadcrumb [mixin]](#breadcrumb-mixin)
   - [button [mixin]](#button-mixin)
   - [link [mixin]](#link-mixin)
 
@@ -14979,6 +14980,10 @@ Breadcrumb styles
 
   .#{$prefix}--breadcrumb-item .#{$prefix}--link:visited {
     color: $link-01;
+
+    &:hover {
+      color: $hover-primary-text;
+    }
   }
 
   .#{$prefix}--breadcrumb-item::after {
@@ -15031,6 +15036,7 @@ Breadcrumb styles
   - [prefix [variable]](#prefix-variable)
   - [carbon--spacing-03 [variable]](#carbon--spacing-03-variable)
   - [link-01 [variable]](#link-01-variable)
+  - [hover-primary-text [variable]](#hover-primary-text-variable)
   - [text-01 [variable]](#text-01-variable)
 
 ## button
@@ -26237,7 +26243,9 @@ Tag styles
 
   // tags used for filtering
   .#{$prefix}--tag--filter {
-    padding-right: rem(2px);
+    padding-top: 0;
+    padding-right: 0;
+    padding-bottom: 0;
     cursor: pointer;
 
     &:hover {
@@ -26246,17 +26254,21 @@ Tag styles
   }
 
   .#{$prefix}--tag__close-icon {
+    display: flex;
     flex-shrink: 0;
-    width: rem(16px);
-    height: rem(16px);
-    margin: 0 0 0 rem(4px);
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: center;
+    width: rem(24px);
+    height: rem(24px);
+    margin: 0 0 0 rem(2px);
     padding: 0;
     color: currentColor;
     background-color: transparent;
     border: 0;
     border-radius: 50%;
     cursor: pointer;
-
+    transition: background-color $duration--fast-01 motion(standard, productive),
+      box-shadow $duration--fast-01 motion(standard, productive);
     svg {
       fill: currentColor;
     }
@@ -26285,7 +26297,7 @@ Tag styles
   .#{$prefix}--tag__close-icon:focus {
     border-radius: 50%;
     outline: none;
-    box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px $focus;
+    box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px $focus;
 
     // Windows, Firefox HCM Fix
     @media screen and (-ms-high-contrast: active),
@@ -26296,7 +26308,7 @@ Tag styles
   }
 
   .#{$prefix}--tag--high-contrast .#{$prefix}--tag__close-icon:focus {
-    box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px $inverse-focus-ui;
+    box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px $inverse-focus-ui;
   }
 
   .#{$prefix}--tag--filter.#{$prefix}--tag--disabled
@@ -26315,7 +26327,13 @@ Tag styles
   }
 
   .#{$prefix}--tag--sm.#{$prefix}--tag--filter {
-    padding-right: rem(2px);
+    padding-right: 0;
+  }
+
+  .#{$prefix}--tag--sm .#{$prefix}--tag__close-icon {
+    width: rem(18px);
+    height: rem(18px);
+    margin-left: rem(5px);
   }
 
   // Skeleton state
diff --git a/packages/components/src/components/breadcrumb/_breadcrumb.scss b/packages/components/src/components/breadcrumb/_breadcrumb.scss
index 72b14994981e..168a428e565c 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/components/breadcrumb/_breadcrumb.scss
+++ b/packages/components/src/components/breadcrumb/_breadcrumb.scss
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@
 
   .#{$prefix}--breadcrumb-item .#{$prefix}--link:visited {
     color: $link-01;
+
+    &:hover {
+      color: $hover-primary-text;
+    }
   }
 
   .#{$prefix}--breadcrumb-item::after {
diff --git a/packages/components/src/components/tag/_tag.scss b/packages/components/src/components/tag/_tag.scss
index 7e5393b3893e..5af384956fea 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/components/tag/_tag.scss
+++ b/packages/components/src/components/tag/_tag.scss
@@ -147,7 +147,9 @@
 
   // tags used for filtering
   .#{$prefix}--tag--filter {
-    padding-right: rem(2px);
+    padding-top: 0;
+    padding-right: 0;
+    padding-bottom: 0;
     cursor: pointer;
 
     &:hover {
@@ -156,17 +158,21 @@
   }
 
   .#{$prefix}--tag__close-icon {
+    display: flex;
     flex-shrink: 0;
-    width: rem(16px);
-    height: rem(16px);
-    margin: 0 0 0 rem(4px);
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: center;
+    width: rem(24px);
+    height: rem(24px);
+    margin: 0 0 0 rem(2px);
     padding: 0;
     color: currentColor;
     background-color: transparent;
     border: 0;
     border-radius: 50%;
     cursor: pointer;
-
+    transition: background-color $duration--fast-01 motion(standard, productive),
+      box-shadow $duration--fast-01 motion(standard, productive);
     svg {
       fill: currentColor;
     }
@@ -195,7 +201,7 @@
   .#{$prefix}--tag__close-icon:focus {
     border-radius: 50%;
     outline: none;
-    box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px $focus;
+    box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px $focus;
 
     // Windows, Firefox HCM Fix
     @media screen and (-ms-high-contrast: active),
@@ -206,7 +212,7 @@
   }
 
   .#{$prefix}--tag--high-contrast .#{$prefix}--tag__close-icon:focus {
-    box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px $inverse-focus-ui;
+    box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px $inverse-focus-ui;
   }
 
   .#{$prefix}--tag--filter.#{$prefix}--tag--disabled
@@ -225,7 +231,13 @@
   }
 
   .#{$prefix}--tag--sm.#{$prefix}--tag--filter {
-    padding-right: rem(2px);
+    padding-right: 0;
+  }
+
+  .#{$prefix}--tag--sm .#{$prefix}--tag__close-icon {
+    width: rem(18px);
+    height: rem(18px);
+    margin-left: rem(5px);
   }
 
   // Skeleton state
diff --git a/packages/react/__tests__/__snapshots__/PublicAPI-test.js.snap b/packages/react/__tests__/__snapshots__/PublicAPI-test.js.snap
index 18d12911597d..82e3df3d8df7 100644
--- a/packages/react/__tests__/__snapshots__/PublicAPI-test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/react/__tests__/__snapshots__/PublicAPI-test.js.snap
@@ -646,6 +646,9 @@ Map {
       "selectorPrimaryFocus": "[data-modal-primary-focus]",
     },
     "propTypes": Object {
+      "aria-label": Object {
+        "type": "string",
+      },
       "children": Object {
         "type": "node",
       },
@@ -2079,9 +2082,11 @@ Map {
           Array [
             "ar",
             "at",
+            "az",
             "be",
             "bg",
             "bn",
+            "bs",
             "cat",
             "cs",
             "cy",
@@ -2093,16 +2098,22 @@ Map {
             "et",
             "fa",
             "fi",
+            "fo",
             "fr",
+            "ga",
             "gr",
             "he",
             "hi",
             "hr",
             "hu",
             "id",
+            "is",
             "it",
             "ja",
+            "ka",
+            "km",
             "ko",
+            "kz",
             "lt",
             "lv",
             "mk",
@@ -2120,12 +2131,15 @@ Map {
             "sk",
             "sl",
             "sq",
+            "sr-cyr",
             "sr",
             "sv",
             "th",
             "tr",
             "uk",
+            "uz",
             "vn",
+            "zh-tw",
             "zh",
           ],
         ],
@@ -2309,6 +2323,9 @@ Map {
         ],
         "type": "oneOfType",
       },
+      "hideLabel": Object {
+        "type": "bool",
+      },
       "id": Object {
         "isRequired": true,
         "type": "string",
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/ComposedModal/ComposedModal.js b/packages/react/src/components/ComposedModal/ComposedModal.js
index 0ceaa74ad3b3..aa9c28dd4a4f 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/ComposedModal/ComposedModal.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/ComposedModal/ComposedModal.js
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ export default class ComposedModal extends Component {
   endSentinel = React.createRef();
 
   static propTypes = {
+    /**
+     * Specify the aria-label for bx--modal-container
+     */
+    ['aria-label']: PropTypes.string,
+
     /**
      * Specify the content to be placed in the ComposedModal
      */
@@ -216,6 +221,7 @@ export default class ComposedModal extends Component {
   render() {
     const { open } = this.state;
     const {
+      ['aria-label']: ariaLabel,
       className,
       containerClassName,
       children,
@@ -239,9 +245,12 @@ export default class ComposedModal extends Component {
       [containerClassName]: containerClassName,
     });
 
+    // Generate aria-label based on Modal Header label if one is not provided (L253)
+    let generatedAriaLabel;
     const childrenWithProps = React.Children.toArray(children).map((child) => {
       switch (child.type) {
         case React.createElement(ModalHeader).type:
+          generatedAriaLabel = child.props.label;
           return React.cloneElement(child, {
             closeModal: this.closeModal,
           });
@@ -273,7 +282,12 @@ export default class ComposedModal extends Component {
           className={`${prefix}--visually-hidden`}>
           Focus sentinel
         </span>
-        <div ref={this.innerModal} className={containerClass} role="dialog">
+        <div
+          ref={this.innerModal}
+          className={containerClass}
+          role="dialog"
+          aria-modal="true"
+          aria-label={ariaLabel ? ariaLabel : generatedAriaLabel}>
           {childrenWithProps}
         </div>
         {/* Non-translatable: Focus-wrap code makes this `<span>` not actually read by screen readers */}
@@ -403,9 +417,9 @@ export class ModalHeader extends Component {
 
     return (
       <div className={headerClass} {...other}>
-        {label && <p className={labelClass}>{label}</p>}
+        {label && <h2 className={labelClass}>{label}</h2>}
 
-        {title && <p className={titleClass}>{title}</p>}
+        {title && <h3 className={titleClass}>{title}</h3>}
 
         {children}
 
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/ComposedModal/__snapshots__/ComposedModal-test.js.snap b/packages/react/src/components/ComposedModal/__snapshots__/ComposedModal-test.js.snap
index 72e2c71502b2..df472ab51e85 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/ComposedModal/__snapshots__/ComposedModal-test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/ComposedModal/__snapshots__/ComposedModal-test.js.snap
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ exports[`<ComposedModal /> renders 1`] = `
       Focus sentinel
     </span>
     <div
+      aria-modal="true"
       className="bx--modal-container"
       role="dialog"
     />
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/DatePicker/DatePicker.js b/packages/react/src/components/DatePicker/DatePicker.js
index a2721ae000dc..99c3383f874d 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/DatePicker/DatePicker.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/DatePicker/DatePicker.js
@@ -162,9 +162,11 @@ export default class DatePicker extends Component {
     locale: PropTypes.oneOf([
       'ar', // Arabic
       'at', // Austria
+      'az', // Azerbaijan
       'be', // Belarusian
       'bg', // Bulgarian
       'bn', // Bangla
+      'bs', // Bosnia
       'cat', // Catalan
       'cs', // Czech
       'cy', // Welsh
@@ -176,16 +178,22 @@ export default class DatePicker extends Component {
       'et', // Estonian
       'fa', // Persian
       'fi', // Finnish
+      'fo', // Faroese
       'fr', // French
+      'ga', // Gaelic
       'gr', // Greek
       'he', // Hebrew
       'hi', // Hindi
       'hr', // Croatian
       'hu', // Hungarian
       'id', // Indonesian
+      'is', // Icelandic
       'it', // Italian
       'ja', // Japanese
+      'ka', // Georgian
+      'km', // Khmer
       'ko', // Korean
+      'kz', // Kazakh
       'lt', // Lithuanian
       'lv', // Latvian
       'mk', // Macedonian
@@ -203,12 +211,15 @@ export default class DatePicker extends Component {
       'sk', // Slovak
       'sl', // Slovenian
       'sq', // Albanian
+      'sr-cyr', // Serbian Cyrillic
       'sr', // Serbian
       'sv', // Swedish
       'th', // Thai
       'tr', // Turkish
       'uk', // Ukrainian
+      'uz', // Uzbek
       'vn', // Vietnamese
+      'zh-tw', // Mandarin Traditional
       'zh', // Mandarin
     ]),
 
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/Dropdown/Dropdown-story.js b/packages/react/src/components/Dropdown/Dropdown-story.js
index 351c66447651..bf55f87e8ca8 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/Dropdown/Dropdown-story.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/Dropdown/Dropdown-story.js
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ const props = () => ({
   disabled: boolean('Disabled (disabled)', false),
   light: boolean('Light variant (light)', false),
   titleText: text('Title (titleText)', 'Dropdown label'),
+  hideLabel: boolean('No title text shown (hideLabel)', false),
   helperText: text('Helper text (helperText)', 'This is some helper text.'),
   invalid: boolean('Show form validation UI (invalid)', false),
   invalidText: text(
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/Dropdown/Dropdown.js b/packages/react/src/components/Dropdown/Dropdown.js
index 6547e6b9b91c..ad3828dcfc2d 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/Dropdown/Dropdown.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/Dropdown/Dropdown.js
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ const Dropdown = React.forwardRef(function Dropdown(
     onChange,
     id,
     titleText,
+    hideLabel,
     helperText,
     translateWithId,
     light,
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ const Dropdown = React.forwardRef(function Dropdown(
 
   const titleClasses = cx(`${prefix}--label`, {
     [`${prefix}--label--disabled`]: disabled,
+    [`${prefix}--visually-hidden`]: hideLabel,
   });
 
   const helperClasses = cx(`${prefix}--form__helper-text`, {
@@ -232,6 +234,11 @@ Dropdown.propTypes = {
    */
   helperText: PropTypes.oneOfType([PropTypes.string, PropTypes.node]),
 
+  /**
+   * Specify whether the title text should be hidden or not
+   */
+  hideLabel: PropTypes.bool,
+
   /**
    * Specify a custom `id`
    */