diff --git a/.dev/tests/php/test-template-tags.php b/.dev/tests/php/test-template-tags.php
index a0f7ef15..b755d9d5 100644
--- a/.dev/tests/php/test-template-tags.php
+++ b/.dev/tests/php/test-template-tags.php
@@ -1439,7 +1439,7 @@ public function test_site_branding_custom_logo_h1() {
 
 		set_theme_mod( 'custom_logo', $featured_image_id );
 
-		$this->expectOutputRegex( '/<h1 class="custom-logo"><a href="http:\/\/localhost:8889\/" class="custom-logo-link" rel="home">(<img)([^<]*|[^>]*)(.*\/>)<\/a><\/h1>/' );
+		$this->expectOutputRegex( '/<div class="custom-logo"><a href="http:\/\/localhost:8889\/" class="custom-logo-link" rel="home">(<img)([^<]*|[^>]*)(.*\/>)<\/a><\/div>/' );
 
 		Go\site_branding();
 
diff --git a/includes/template-tags.php b/includes/template-tags.php
index 3a30db62..aaecb55a 100755
--- a/includes/template-tags.php
+++ b/includes/template-tags.php
@@ -842,13 +842,13 @@ function site_branding( $args = array() ) {
 	if ( function_exists( 'the_custom_logo' ) && has_custom_logo() ) {
 
 		/**
-		 * Wrap the custom logo in an h1 element when the hiding the site title & tagline.
+		 * Wrap the custom logo in a div container when hiding the site title & tagline.
 		 */
 		add_filter(
 			'get_custom_logo',
 			function ( $html ) use ( $hide_title ) {
 
-				return $hide_title ? '<h1 class="custom-logo">' . $html . '</h1>' : $html;
+				return $hide_title ? '<div class="custom-logo">' . $html . '</div>' : $html;
 			},
 			PHP_INT_MAX
 		);