diff --git a/lib/rules/template-no-invalid-role.js b/lib/rules/template-no-invalid-role.js
index 9c82372821..192c0899a0 100644
--- a/lib/rules/template-no-invalid-role.js
+++ b/lib/rules/template-no-invalid-role.js
@@ -1,92 +1,22 @@
-const VALID_ROLES = new Set([
-  'alert',
-  'alertdialog',
-  'application',
-  'article',
+const { roles } = require('aria-query');
+
+// Valid ARIA roles = concrete (non-abstract) entries from aria-query, plus the
+// WAI-ARIA 1.3 draft roles that aria-query 5.3.2 doesn't yet ship. The
+// ARIA 1.2 base roles, DPUB-ARIA (doc-*), and Graphics-ARIA (graphics-*) all
+// come from aria-query. `associationlist*`, `comment`, and `suggestion` are in
+// the current ARIA 1.3 editor's draft (https://w3c.github.io/aria/) but not
+// yet in aria-query, so they're listed here until the next aria-query release
+// adds them.
+const ARIA_13_DRAFT_ROLES = [
   'associationlist',
   'associationlistitemkey',
   'associationlistitemvalue',
-  'banner',
-  'blockquote',
-  'button',
-  'caption',
-  'cell',
-  'checkbox',
-  'code',
-  'columnheader',
-  'combobox',
   'comment',
-  'complementary',
-  'contentinfo',
-  'definition',
-  'deletion',
-  'dialog',
-  'directory',
-  'document',
-  'emphasis',
-  'feed',
-  'figure',
-  'form',
-  'generic',
-  'grid',
-  'gridcell',
-  'group',
-  'heading',
-  'img',
-  'insertion',
-  'link',
-  'list',
-  'listbox',
-  'listitem',
-  'log',
-  'main',
-  'mark',
-  'marquee',
-  'math',
-  'menu',
-  'menubar',
-  'menuitem',
-  'menuitemcheckbox',
-  'menuitemradio',
-  'meter',
-  'navigation',
-  'none',
-  'note',
-  'option',
-  'paragraph',
-  'presentation',
-  'progressbar',
-  'radio',
-  'radiogroup',
-  'region',
-  'row',
-  'rowgroup',
-  'rowheader',
-  'scrollbar',
-  'search',
-  'searchbox',
-  'separator',
-  'slider',
-  'spinbutton',
-  'status',
-  'strong',
-  'subscript',
   'suggestion',
-  'superscript',
-  'switch',
-  'tab',
-  'table',
-  'tablist',
-  'tabpanel',
-  'term',
-  'textbox',
-  'time',
-  'timer',
-  'toolbar',
-  'tooltip',
-  'tree',
-  'treegrid',
-  'treeitem',
+];
+const VALID_ROLES = new Set([
+  ...[...roles.keys()].filter((role) => !roles.get(role).abstract),
+  ...ARIA_13_DRAFT_ROLES,
 ]);
 
 // Elements with semantic meaning that should not be given role="presentation" or role="none"
@@ -225,34 +155,39 @@ module.exports = {
           return;
         }
 
-        const role = roleAttr.value.chars.trim();
-        if (!role) {
+        const raw = roleAttr.value.chars.trim();
+        if (!raw) {
           return;
         }
 
-        const roleLower = role.toLowerCase();
+        // ARIA role attribute is a whitespace-separated list of tokens
+        // (role-fallback pattern per ARIA 1.2 §5.4). Validate each token.
+        const tokens = raw.split(/\s+/u).map((t) => t.toLowerCase());
 
-        // Check for nonexistent roles
-        if (catchNonexistentRoles && !VALID_ROLES.has(roleLower)) {
-          context.report({
-            node: roleAttr,
-            messageId: 'invalid',
-            data: { role },
-          });
-          return;
+        if (catchNonexistentRoles) {
+          const invalidToken = tokens.find((token) => !VALID_ROLES.has(token));
+          if (invalidToken) {
+            context.report({
+              node: roleAttr,
+              messageId: 'invalid',
+              data: { role: invalidToken },
+            });
+            return;
+          }
         }
 
         // Check for presentation/none role on semantic elements (case-insensitive per WAI-ARIA 1.2:
         // "Case-sensitivity of the comparison inherits from the case-sensitivity of the host language"
         // and HTML is case-insensitive — https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.2/#document-handling_author-errors_roles)
-        if (
-          (roleLower === 'presentation' || roleLower === 'none') &&
-          SEMANTIC_ELEMENTS.has(node.tag)
-        ) {
+        const offendingToken = tokens.find((t) => t === 'presentation' || t === 'none');
+        if (offendingToken && SEMANTIC_ELEMENTS.has(node.tag)) {
           context.report({
             node: roleAttr,
             messageId: 'presentationOnSemantic',
-            data: { role, tag: node.tag },
+            // Report the specific offending token, not the whole raw role
+            // string — e.g. for role="presentation foo" we point at
+            // 'presentation' rather than the full attribute value.
+            data: { role: offendingToken, tag: node.tag },
           });
         }
       },
diff --git a/tests/audit/aria-role/peer-parity.js b/tests/audit/aria-role/peer-parity.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ec82dd815
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/audit/aria-role/peer-parity.js
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+// Audit fixture — translates peer-plugin test cases into assertions against
+// our rule (`ember/template-no-invalid-role` + `ember/template-no-abstract-roles`).
+// Runs as part of the default Vitest suite (via the `tests/**/*.js` include
+// glob) and serves double-duty: (1) auditable record of peer-parity
+// divergences, (2) regression coverage pinning CURRENT behavior. Each case
+// encodes what OUR rule does today; divergences from upstream plugins are
+// annotated as `DIVERGENCE —`. Peer-only constructs that can't be translated
+// to Ember templates (JSX spread props, Vue v-bind, Angular `$event`,
+// undefined-handler expression analysis) are marked `AUDIT-SKIP`.
+//
+// Peers covered: jsx-a11y/aria-role, vuejs-accessibility/aria-role,
+// lit-a11y/aria-role.
+//
+// Source files (context/ checkouts):
+//   - eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y-main/__tests__/src/rules/aria-role-test.js
+//   - eslint-plugin-vuejs-accessibility-main/src/rules/__tests__/aria-role.test.ts
+//   - eslint-plugin-lit-a11y/tests/lib/rules/aria-role.js
+
+'use strict';
+
+const rule = require('../../../lib/rules/template-no-invalid-role');
+const RuleTester = require('eslint').RuleTester;
+
+const ruleTester = new RuleTester({
+  parser: require.resolve('ember-eslint-parser'),
+  parserOptions: { ecmaVersion: 2022, sourceType: 'module' },
+});
+
+ruleTester.run('audit:aria-role (gts)', rule, {
+  valid: [
+    // === Upstream parity (valid in both jsx-a11y and us) ===
+    // jsx-a11y: valid (base case, no role)
+    '<template><div /></template>',
+    '<template><div></div></template>',
+
+    // jsx-a11y / vue-a11y / lit-a11y: valid (concrete, non-abstract, single role)
+    '<template><div role="button"></div></template>',
+    '<template><div role="progressbar"></div></template>',
+    '<template><div role="navigation"></div></template>',
+    '<template><div role="alert"></div></template>',
+    '<template><div role="switch"></div></template>',
+
+    // Dynamic role — both plugins and we skip
+    '<template><div role={{this.role}}></div></template>',
+    '<template><div role="{{if @open "dialog" "contentinfo"}}"></div></template>',
+
+    // === DIVERGENCE — case-insensitivity ===
+    // jsx-a11y: INVALID (`<div role="Button" />` is rejected, case-sensitive).
+    // Our rule lowercases the role before lookup; we allow this. Intentional:
+    // HTML attribute values are case-insensitive in many contexts, and the
+    // existing test suite encodes this as an explicit design choice.
+    '<template><div role="Button">Click</div></template>',
+    '<template><div role="NAVIGATION">Nav</div></template>',
+
+    // === Parity — space-separated multiple roles ===
+    // jsx-a11y / vuejs-accessibility: VALID — splits on whitespace, each
+    //   token must be a valid role. Our rule now does the same.
+    '<template><div role="tabpanel row"></div></template>',
+    '<template><section role="doc-appendix doc-bibliography"></section></template>',
+
+    // === Parity — DPUB-ARIA (doc-*) roles ===
+    // jsx-a11y / vuejs-accessibility: VALID via aria-query. Our rule now
+    //   derives VALID_ROLES from aria-query's concrete role keys, covering
+    //   all 40+ doc-* roles.
+    '<template><div role="doc-abstract"></div></template>',
+    '<template><section role="doc-appendix"></section></template>',
+
+    // === Parity — Graphics-ARIA (graphics-*) roles on <svg> ===
+    // jsx-a11y: VALID. Our rule: VALID via aria-query.
+    '<template><svg role="graphics-document"></svg></template>',
+    '<template><svg role="graphics-document document"></svg></template>',
+  ],
+
+  invalid: [
+    // === Upstream parity (invalid in both jsx-a11y and us) ===
+    {
+      code: '<template><div role="foobar"></div></template>',
+      output: null,
+      errors: [{ messageId: 'invalid' }],
+    },
+    {
+      code: '<template><div role="datepicker"></div></template>',
+      output: null,
+      errors: [{ messageId: 'invalid' }],
+    },
+    // jsx-a11y: invalid (`range` is an abstract role).
+    // Ours: `range` is not in VALID_ROLES so we flag it as "not a valid ARIA role".
+    // Upstream says "abstract role"; we conflate. Message wording differs.
+    {
+      code: '<template><div role="range"></div></template>',
+      output: null,
+      errors: [{ messageId: 'invalid' }],
+    },
+
+    // === DIVERGENCE — empty role string ===
+    // jsx-a11y: INVALID — `<div role="" />` flagged.
+    // vue-a11y: INVALID — same.
+    // Our rule: early-return on empty/whitespace role (line 229 of rule). NO FLAG.
+    // So this case reflects OUR (non-flagging) behavior with an explicit note.
+    // (No invalid assertion possible here — we'd need to move this to valid,
+    //  or fix the rule to flag.)
+
+    // === Parity — space-separated with at least one invalid token ===
+    // jsx-a11y: INVALID — splits and flags the token `foobar`.
+    // Our rule: splits on whitespace and now names the offending token
+    //   specifically (`'foobar'`) rather than the whole compound string.
+    {
+      code: '<template><div role="tabpanel row foobar"></div></template>',
+      output: null,
+      errors: [{ messageId: 'invalid' }],
+    },
+  ],
+});
+
+// === DIVERGENCE — empty role string (captured as valid because we don't flag) ===
+// Intentionally isolated so the intent is clear.
+ruleTester.run('audit:aria-role empty string (gts)', rule, {
+  valid: [
+    // jsx-a11y + vue-a11y both flag this. We don't. This captures OUR behavior.
+    '<template><div role=""></div></template>',
+  ],
+  invalid: [],
+});
+
+const hbsRuleTester = new RuleTester({
+  parser: require.resolve('ember-eslint-parser/hbs'),
+  parserOptions: { ecmaVersion: 2022, sourceType: 'module' },
+});
+
+hbsRuleTester.run('audit:aria-role (hbs)', rule, {
+  valid: [
+    '<div></div>',
+    '<div role="button"></div>',
+    '<div role="navigation"></div>',
+    // DIVERGENCE case-insensitivity (see gts section).
+    '<div role="Button"></div>',
+    // DIVERGENCE empty string (we don't flag).
+    '<div role=""></div>',
+    // Parity — space-separated all-valid tokens.
+    '<div role="tabpanel row"></div>',
+    // Parity — DPUB-ARIA.
+    '<div role="doc-abstract"></div>',
+    // Parity — Graphics-ARIA on <svg>.
+    '<svg role="graphics-document"></svg>',
+  ],
+  invalid: [
+    {
+      code: '<div role="foobar"></div>',
+      output: null,
+      errors: [{ messageId: 'invalid' }],
+    },
+    // Parity — compound with at least one invalid token.
+    {
+      code: '<div role="tabpanel row foobar"></div>',
+      output: null,
+      errors: [{ messageId: 'invalid' }],
+    },
+  ],
+});
diff --git a/tests/lib/rules/template-no-invalid-role.js b/tests/lib/rules/template-no-invalid-role.js
index efca5e138a..303e8ef66f 100644
--- a/tests/lib/rules/template-no-invalid-role.js
+++ b/tests/lib/rules/template-no-invalid-role.js
@@ -57,9 +57,6 @@ ruleTester.run('template-no-invalid-role', rule, {
     '<template><table role="textbox"></table></template>',
     '<template><div role="{{if this.inModal "dialog" "contentinfo" }}"></div></template>',
 
-    // Missing VALID_ROLES entries: associationlistitemkey, associationlistitemvalue, cell
-    '<template><div role="associationlistitemkey">Key</div></template>',
-    '<template><div role="associationlistitemvalue">Value</div></template>',
     '<template><td role="cell">Data</td></template>',
 
     // Case-insensitive role matching
@@ -71,6 +68,26 @@ ruleTester.run('template-no-invalid-role', rule, {
       code: '<template><div role="command interface"></div></template>',
       options: [{ catchNonexistentRoles: false }],
     },
+
+    // DPUB-ARIA (doc-*) and Graphics-ARIA (graphics-*) are valid per aria-query.
+    '<template><div role="doc-abstract">Abstract</div></template>',
+    '<template><section role="doc-chapter"></section></template>',
+    '<template><svg role="graphics-document"></svg></template>',
+    '<template><svg role="graphics-object"></svg></template>',
+
+    // Whitespace-separated role fallback list — ARIA 1.2 §5.4. Each token
+    // must individually be valid.
+    '<template><div role="tabpanel row"></div></template>',
+    '<template><svg role="graphics-document document"></svg></template>',
+    '<template><section role="doc-appendix doc-bibliography"></section></template>',
+
+    // ARIA 1.3 draft roles — not in aria-query 5.3.2 but spec-blessed, so
+    // the rule accepts them via the inline allowlist.
+    '<template><div role="associationlist"></div></template>',
+    '<template><div role="associationlistitemkey"></div></template>',
+    '<template><div role="associationlistitemvalue"></div></template>',
+    '<template><div role="comment"></div></template>',
+    '<template><div role="suggestion"></div></template>',
   ],
 
   invalid: [
@@ -164,18 +181,18 @@ ruleTester.run('template-no-invalid-role', rule, {
     {
       code: '<template><div role="command interface"></div></template>',
       output: null,
-      errors: [{ message: "Invalid ARIA role 'command interface'. Must be a valid ARIA role." }],
+      errors: [{ message: "Invalid ARIA role 'command'. Must be a valid ARIA role." }],
     },
     {
       code: '<template><div role="COMMAND INTERFACE"></div></template>',
       output: null,
-      errors: [{ message: "Invalid ARIA role 'COMMAND INTERFACE'. Must be a valid ARIA role." }],
+      errors: [{ message: "Invalid ARIA role 'command'. Must be a valid ARIA role." }],
     },
     {
       code: '<template><div role="command interface"></div></template>',
       output: null,
       options: [{ catchNonexistentRoles: true }],
-      errors: [{ message: "Invalid ARIA role 'command interface'. Must be a valid ARIA role." }],
+      errors: [{ message: "Invalid ARIA role 'command'. Must be a valid ARIA role." }],
     },
 
     // Newly added SEMANTIC_ELEMENTS: presentation/none on iframe, video, audio
@@ -234,9 +251,6 @@ hbsRuleTester.run('template-no-invalid-role', rule, {
     '<AwesomeThing role="presentation"></AwesomeThing>',
     '<table role="textbox"></table>',
     '<div role="{{if this.inModal "dialog" "contentinfo" }}"></div>',
-    // Missing VALID_ROLES entries: associationlistitemkey, associationlistitemvalue, cell
-    '<div role="associationlistitemkey">Key</div>',
-    '<div role="associationlistitemvalue">Value</div>',
     '<td role="cell">Data</td>',
     // Case-insensitive role matching
     '<div role="Button">Click</div>',
@@ -247,6 +261,24 @@ hbsRuleTester.run('template-no-invalid-role', rule, {
       code: '<div role="command interface"></div>',
       options: [{ catchNonexistentRoles: false }],
     },
+
+    // DPUB-ARIA (doc-*) and Graphics-ARIA (graphics-*) roles.
+    '<div role="doc-abstract">Abstract</div>',
+    '<section role="doc-chapter"></section>',
+    '<svg role="graphics-document"></svg>',
+
+    // Whitespace-separated role fallback list.
+    '<div role="tabpanel row"></div>',
+    '<svg role="graphics-document document"></svg>',
+    '<section role="doc-appendix doc-bibliography"></section>',
+
+    // ARIA 1.3 draft roles — not in aria-query 5.3.2 but spec-blessed, so
+    // the rule accepts them via the inline allowlist.
+    '<div role="associationlist"></div>',
+    '<div role="associationlistitemkey"></div>',
+    '<div role="associationlistitemvalue"></div>',
+    '<div role="comment"></div>',
+    '<div role="suggestion"></div>',
   ],
   invalid: [
     {
@@ -302,18 +334,18 @@ hbsRuleTester.run('template-no-invalid-role', rule, {
     {
       code: '<div role="command interface"></div>',
       output: null,
-      errors: [{ message: "Invalid ARIA role 'command interface'. Must be a valid ARIA role." }],
+      errors: [{ message: "Invalid ARIA role 'command'. Must be a valid ARIA role." }],
     },
     {
       code: '<div role="command interface"></div>',
       output: null,
       options: [{ catchNonexistentRoles: true }],
-      errors: [{ message: "Invalid ARIA role 'command interface'. Must be a valid ARIA role." }],
+      errors: [{ message: "Invalid ARIA role 'command'. Must be a valid ARIA role." }],
     },
     {
       code: '<div role="COMMAND INTERFACE"></div>',
       output: null,
-      errors: [{ message: "Invalid ARIA role 'COMMAND INTERFACE'. Must be a valid ARIA role." }],
+      errors: [{ message: "Invalid ARIA role 'command'. Must be a valid ARIA role." }],
     },
     // Newly added SEMANTIC_ELEMENTS: presentation/none on iframe, video, audio, embed
     {