diff --git a/components/tag-list/tag-list-item-mixin.js b/components/tag-list/tag-list-item-mixin.js
index 1ca226ad62..81d000ea49 100644
--- a/components/tag-list/tag-list-item-mixin.js
+++ b/components/tag-list/tag-list-item-mixin.js
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ export const TagListItemMixin = superclass => class extends LocalizeCoreElement(
 		this.keyboardTooltipItem = false;
 		this.keyboardTooltipShown = false;
 		this._id = getUniqueId();
-		this._labelText = '';
+		this._plainText = '';
 	}
 
 	firstUpdated(changedProperties) {
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ export const TagListItemMixin = superclass => class extends LocalizeCoreElement(
 	_handleClearItem() {
 		if (!this.clearable) return;
 
-		announce(this.localize('components.tag-list.cleared-item', { value: this._labelText }));
+		announce(this.localize('components.tag-list.cleared-item', { value: this._plainText }));
 
 		/** Dispatched when a user selects to delete an individual tag list item. The consumer must handle the actual element deletion and focus behaviour if there are no remaining list items. */
 		this.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(
@@ -216,10 +216,10 @@ export const TagListItemMixin = superclass => class extends LocalizeCoreElement(
 	}
 
 	_renderTag(tagContent, options = {}) {
-		if (options.labelText?.constructor !== String) throw new TypeError('options.labelText must be a string');
-		this._labelText = options.labelText || '';
+		if (options.plainText?.constructor !== String) throw new TypeError('options.plainText must be a string');
+		this._plainText = options.plainText || '';
 
-		const buttonText = this.localize('components.tag-list.clear', { value: this._labelText });
+		const buttonText = this.localize('components.tag-list.clear', { value: this._plainText });
 
 		const hasDescription = !!options.description;
 
diff --git a/components/tag-list/tag-list-item.js b/components/tag-list/tag-list-item.js
index 934206208b..d6cb2e5023 100644
--- a/components/tag-list/tag-list-item.js
+++ b/components/tag-list/tag-list-item.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class TagListItem extends TagListItemMixin(LitElement) {
 		return this._renderTag(this.text, {
 			description: this.description,
 			hasTruncationTooltip: true,
-			labelText: this.text
+			plainText: this.text
 		});
 	}
 }
diff --git a/components/tag-list/test/tag-list-item-mixin-consumer.js b/components/tag-list/test/tag-list-item-mixin-consumer.js
index 734be88298..4d12093055 100644
--- a/components/tag-list/test/tag-list-item-mixin-consumer.js
+++ b/components/tag-list/test/tag-list-item-mixin-consumer.js
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class TagListItemMixinConsumer extends TagListItemMixin(LitElement) {
 
 		return html`
 			<d2l-dropdown open-on-hover>
-				${this._renderTag(tagContent, { focusableClass: 'd2l-dropdown-opener', labelText: this.name })}
+				${this._renderTag(tagContent, { focusableClass: 'd2l-dropdown-opener', plainText: this.name })}
 				<d2l-dropdown-content no-auto-focus>Custom</d2l-dropdown-content>
 			</d2l-dropdown>
 		`;
diff --git a/components/tag-list/test/tag-list.test.js b/components/tag-list/test/tag-list.test.js
index 6de518842b..b6bb95134d 100644
--- a/components/tag-list/test/tag-list.test.js
+++ b/components/tag-list/test/tag-list.test.js
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ describe('d2l-tag-list-item', () => {
 			await waitUntil(() => elem._items, 'List items did not become ready');
 
 			const child = elem.children[1];
-			expect(child._labelText).to.be.equal('Another Tag');
+			expect(child._plainText).to.be.equal('Another Tag');
 		});
 	});
 
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ describe('d2l-tag-list-item-mixin-consumer', () => {
 			await waitUntil(() => elem._items, 'List items did not become ready');
 
 			const child = elem.children[3];
-			expect(child._labelText).to.be.equal('Tag');
+			expect(child._plainText).to.be.equal('Tag');
 		});
 
 		it('should error if not provided', async() => {