diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/form/Textarea/Textarea.module.css b/packages/react/src/components/form/Textarea/Textarea.module.css
index 123577d0d9..a738e22f8e 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/form/Textarea/Textarea.module.css
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/form/Textarea/Textarea.module.css
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     border-color: var(--fds-semantic-border-neutral-default);
   }
 
-  .error > .textarea:not(:focus-visible) {
+  .textarea[aria-invalid='true']:not(:focus-visible) {
     border-color: var(--fds-semantic-border-danger-default);
     box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px var(--fds-semantic-border-danger-default);
   }