diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 85e8601..e451e30 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 bootstrap extension Change Log
 
 - Bug #126: `yii\bootstrap\ToggleButtonGroup` was unable to work without model (makroxyz)
 - Bug #130: Fixed `yii\bootstrap\Collapse` to use pure numerical value on `content` property (meysampg)
+- Bug #137: Remove `role="navbar"` from `yii\bootstrap\NavBar` according to new aria specification (tino415)
 
 2.0.6 March 17, 2016
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diff --git a/NavBar.php b/NavBar.php
index e9feda5..fa7a807 100644
--- a/NavBar.php
+++ b/NavBar.php
@@ -100,9 +100,6 @@ class NavBar extends Widget
         } else {
             Html::addCssClass($this->options, ['widget' => 'navbar']);
         }
-        if (empty($this->options['role'])) {
-            $this->options['role'] = 'navigation';
-        }
         $options = $this->options;
         $tag = ArrayHelper::remove($options, 'tag', 'nav');
         echo Html::beginTag($tag, $options);
diff --git a/tests/NavBarTest.php b/tests/NavBarTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3734a63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/NavBarTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+namespace yiiunit\extensions\bootstrap;
+
+use yii\bootstrap\NavBar;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for NavBar widget
+ * 
+ * @group bootstrap
+ */
+class NavBarTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function testRender()
+    {
+        NavBar::$counter = 0;
+
+        $out = NavBar::widget([
+            'brandLabel' => 'My Company',
+            'brandUrl' => '/',
+            'options' => [
+                'class' => 'navbar-inverse navbar-static-top navbar-frontend',
+            ],
+        ]);
+
+        $expected = <<<EXPECTED
+<nav id="w0" class="navbar-inverse navbar-static-top navbar-frontend navbar"><div class="container"><div class="navbar-header"><button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#w0-collapse"><span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span>
+<span class="icon-bar"></span>
+<span class="icon-bar"></span>
+<span class="icon-bar"></span></button><a class="navbar-brand" href="/">My Company</a></div><div id="w0-collapse" class="collapse navbar-collapse"></div></div></nav>
+EXPECTED;
+
+        $this->assertEqualsWithoutLE($expected, $out);
+    }
+}