diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/BranchToolbarBranchSelector.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/BranchToolbarBranchSelector.tsx
index c7e6c9824789c..e685e623f2bc1 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/BranchToolbarBranchSelector.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/BranchToolbarBranchSelector.tsx
@@ -786,6 +786,8 @@ export function BranchToolbarBranchSelector({
             }
             className="min-w-0 max-w-full active:scale-100"
             disabled={isInitialBranchesLoadPending || isBranchActionPending}
+            // NVDA browse mode re-reads a combobox when its attributes change, not when its text does.
+            aria-label={`Branch: ${triggerLabel}`}
           >
             <GitBranchIcon
               className={cn(
@@ -794,7 +796,12 @@ export function BranchToolbarBranchSelector({
               )}
             />
             <ComposerContextLabel displayMode={displayMode}>
-              <MiddleTruncate value={triggerLabel} variant="cap-aligned" className="w-full" />
+              <MiddleTruncate
+                value={triggerLabel}
+                variant="cap-aligned"
+                className="w-full"
+                aria-hidden
+              />
             </ComposerContextLabel>
           </ComboboxTrigger>
         </span>