diff --git a/i18n/default_de.json b/i18n/default_de.json
index d0e636f..ef886fd 100644
--- a/i18n/default_de.json
+++ b/i18n/default_de.json
@@ -1316,5 +1316,6 @@
   "Fail": "Fehler",
   "Environment": "Umgebung",
   "Modules": "Module",
-  "Version": "Version"
+  "Version": "Version",
+  "Breadcrumb": "Breadcrumb"
 }
diff --git a/i18n/default_en.json b/i18n/default_en.json
index e73e3ca..2f6b342 100644
--- a/i18n/default_en.json
+++ b/i18n/default_en.json
@@ -1316,5 +1316,6 @@
   "Fail": "Fail",
   "Environment": "Environment",
   "Modules": "Modules",
-  "Version": "Version"
+  "Version": "Version",
+  "Breadcrumb": "Breadcrumb"
 }
diff --git a/templates/partials/app-breadcrumb.phtml b/templates/partials/app-breadcrumb.phtml
index e00d4b1..e65e102 100644
--- a/templates/partials/app-breadcrumb.phtml
+++ b/templates/partials/app-breadcrumb.phtml
@@ -8,24 +8,25 @@ if (!$items) {
 }
 $lastIndex = count($items) - 1;
 ?>
-<div class="app-breadcrumb">
-  <?php foreach ($items as $index => $item): ?>
-    <?php
-    $label = (string) ($item['label'] ?? '');
-    $href = (string) ($item['href'] ?? '');
-    $path = (string) ($item['path'] ?? '');
-    $isLast = $index === $lastIndex;
-    if ($href === '' && $path !== '') {
-        $href = lurl($path);
-    }
-    ?>
-    <?php if ($href !== '' && !$isLast): ?>
-      <a href="<?php e($href); ?>"><?php e($label); ?></a>
-    <?php else: ?>
-      <span<?php if ($isLast): ?> aria-current="page"<?php endif; ?>><?php e($label); ?></span>
-    <?php endif; ?>
-    <?php if (!$isLast): ?>
-      <i class="bi bi-chevron-right"></i>
-    <?php endif; ?>
-  <?php endforeach; ?>
-</div>
+<nav class="app-breadcrumb" aria-label="<?php e(t('Breadcrumb')); ?>">
+  <ol>
+    <?php foreach ($items as $index => $item): ?>
+      <?php
+      $label = (string) ($item['label'] ?? '');
+      $href = (string) ($item['href'] ?? '');
+      $path = (string) ($item['path'] ?? '');
+      $isLast = $index === $lastIndex;
+      if ($href === '' && $path !== '') {
+          $href = lurl($path);
+      }
+      ?>
+      <li>
+        <?php if ($href !== '' && !$isLast): ?>
+          <a href="<?php e($href); ?>"><?php e($label); ?></a>
+        <?php else: ?>
+          <span<?php if ($isLast): ?> aria-current="page"<?php endif; ?>><?php e($label); ?></span>
+        <?php endif; ?>
+      </li>
+    <?php endforeach; ?>
+  </ol>
+</nav>
diff --git a/web/css/components/app-breadcrumb.css b/web/css/components/app-breadcrumb.css
index ec78cc5..5b6d85a 100644
--- a/web/css/components/app-breadcrumb.css
+++ b/web/css/components/app-breadcrumb.css
@@ -1,15 +1,74 @@
 @layer components {
-  /* Breadcrumb navigation — separator-delimited path links. */
-.app-breadcrumb {
-  margin-bottom: 5px;
-  display: flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  gap: 3px;
-  font-size: var(--text-xs);
-}
+  /*
+   * Breadcrumb navigation — WAI-ARIA breadcrumb pattern with CSS-only separators.
+   *
+   * Self-contained: explicitly resets inherited shell nav/ol/li rules
+   * (app-shell.css lines 2844-2956) to avoid layout side-effects.
+   */
+  .app-breadcrumb {
+    display: block;
+    justify-content: initial;
+    overflow: initial;
+    margin-bottom: 0.375rem;
+    font-size: var(--text-xs);
+    line-height: var(--app-line-height);
+  }
 
-.app-breadcrumb a {
-    color: inherit;
+  .app-breadcrumb ol {
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+    gap: 0.375rem;
+    list-style: none;
+    margin: 0;
+    padding: 0;
+  }
+
+  .app-breadcrumb li {
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    margin: 0;
+    padding: 0;
+  }
+
+  .app-breadcrumb li::before {
+    content: none;
+  }
+
+  .app-breadcrumb li + li::before {
+    content: "/";
+    color: var(--app-muted-color);
+    font-size: 0.75em;
+    margin-inline-end: 0.375rem;
+    pointer-events: none;
+  }
+
+  .app-breadcrumb a {
+    display: inline;
+    margin: 0;
+    padding: 0;
+    color: var(--app-muted-color);
     text-decoration: none;
-}
+    border-radius: var(--app-border-radius);
+    transition: color var(--app-transition);
+  }
+
+  .app-breadcrumb a:hover {
+    color: var(--app-primary-hover);
+    text-decoration: underline;
+    text-underline-offset: var(--app-text-underline-offset);
+  }
+
+  .app-breadcrumb a:focus-visible {
+    background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--app-contrast) 8%, transparent);
+    color: var(--app-contrast);
+    outline: var(--app-outline-width) solid var(--app-primary-focus);
+    outline-offset: 0.125rem;
+  }
+
+  .app-breadcrumb [aria-current="page"] {
+    color: var(--app-color);
+    font-weight: 500;
+    pointer-events: none;
+  }
 }