diff --git a/extension/_test/footnote.txt b/extension/_test/footnote.txt
index dcfc182..185aeef 100644
--- a/extension/_test/footnote.txt
+++ b/extension/_test/footnote.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ That's some text with a footnote.[^1]
     That's the second paragraph.
 //- - - - - - - - -//
 <p>That's some text with a footnote.<sup id="fnref:1"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup></p>
-<section class="footnotes" role="doc-endnotes">
+<div class="footnotes" role="doc-endnotes">
 <hr>
 <ol>
 <li id="fn:1" role="doc-endnote">
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ That's some text with a footnote.[^1]
 <p>That's the second paragraph.&#160;<a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-backref" role="doc-backlink">&#x21a9;&#xfe0e;</a></p>
 </li>
 </ol>
-</section>
+</div>
 //= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =//
 
 3
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ This[^3] is[^1] text with footnotes[^2].
 [^3]: Footnote three
 //- - - - - - - - -//
 <p>This<sup id="fnref:1"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup> is<sup id="fnref:2"><a href="#fn:2" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">2</a></sup> text with footnotes<sup id="fnref:3"><a href="#fn:3" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">3</a></sup>.</p>
-<section class="footnotes" role="doc-endnotes">
+<div class="footnotes" role="doc-endnotes">
 <hr>
 <ol>
 <li id="fn:1" role="doc-endnote">
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ This[^3] is[^1] text with footnotes[^2].
 <p>Footnote two&#160;<a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-backref" role="doc-backlink">&#x21a9;&#xfe0e;</a></p>
 </li>
 </ol>
-</section>
+</div>
 //= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =//
 
 
@@ -57,14 +57,14 @@ test![^1]
 [^1]: footnote
 //- - - - - - - - -//
 <p>test!<sup id="fnref:1"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup></p>
-<section class="footnotes" role="doc-endnotes">
+<div class="footnotes" role="doc-endnotes">
 <hr>
 <ol>
 <li id="fn:1" role="doc-endnote">
 <p>footnote&#160;<a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-backref" role="doc-backlink">&#x21a9;&#xfe0e;</a></p>
 </li>
 </ol>
-</section>
+</div>
 //= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =//
 
 6: Multiple references to the same footnotes should have different ids
@@ -80,12 +80,12 @@ something[^fn:1]
 <p>something<sup id="fnref:1"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup></p>
 <p>something<sup id="fnref1:1"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup></p>
 <p>something<sup id="fnref2:1"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup></p>
-<section class="footnotes" role="doc-endnotes">
+<div class="footnotes" role="doc-endnotes">
 <hr>
 <ol>
 <li id="fn:1" role="doc-endnote">
 <p>footnote text&#160;<a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-backref" role="doc-backlink">&#x21a9;&#xfe0e;</a>&#160;<a href="#fnref1:1" class="footnote-backref" role="doc-backlink">&#x21a9;&#xfe0e;</a>&#160;<a href="#fnref2:1" class="footnote-backref" role="doc-backlink">&#x21a9;&#xfe0e;</a></p>
 </li>
 </ol>
-</section>
+</div>
 //= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =//
diff --git a/extension/footnote.go b/extension/footnote.go
index 2d33548..0df0e55 100644
--- a/extension/footnote.go
+++ b/extension/footnote.go
@@ -601,14 +601,8 @@ func (r *FootnoteHTMLRenderer) renderFootnote(w util.BufWriter, source []byte, n
 }
 
 func (r *FootnoteHTMLRenderer) renderFootnoteList(w util.BufWriter, source []byte, node gast.Node, entering bool) (gast.WalkStatus, error) {
-	tag := "section"
-	if r.Config.XHTML {
-		tag = "div"
-	}
 	if entering {
-		_, _ = w.WriteString("<")
-		_, _ = w.WriteString(tag)
-		_, _ = w.WriteString(` class="footnotes" role="doc-endnotes"`)
+		_, _ = w.WriteString(`<div class="footnotes" role="doc-endnotes"`)
 		if node.Attributes() != nil {
 			html.RenderAttributes(w, node, html.GlobalAttributeFilter)
 		}
@@ -621,9 +615,7 @@ func (r *FootnoteHTMLRenderer) renderFootnoteList(w util.BufWriter, source []byt
 		_, _ = w.WriteString("<ol>\n")
 	} else {
 		_, _ = w.WriteString("</ol>\n")
-		_, _ = w.WriteString("</")
-		_, _ = w.WriteString(tag)
-		_, _ = w.WriteString(">\n")
+		_, _ = w.WriteString("</div>\n")
 	}
 	return gast.WalkContinue, nil
 }
diff --git a/extension/footnote_test.go b/extension/footnote_test.go
index 4b5ea1d..f2a7ded 100644
--- a/extension/footnote_test.go
+++ b/extension/footnote_test.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Another one.[^2]
 			Expected: `<p>That's some text with a footnote.<sup id="article12-fnref:1"><a href="#article12-fn:1" class="link-class" title="link-title-2-1" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup></p>
 <p>Same footnote.<sup id="article12-fnref1:1"><a href="#article12-fn:1" class="link-class" title="link-title-2-1" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup></p>
 <p>Another one.<sup id="article12-fnref:2"><a href="#article12-fn:2" class="link-class" title="link-title-1-2" role="doc-noteref">2</a></sup></p>
-<section class="footnotes" role="doc-endnotes">
+<div class="footnotes" role="doc-endnotes">
 <hr>
 <ol>
 <li id="article12-fn:1" role="doc-endnote">
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Another one.[^2]
 <p>Another footnote.&#160;<a href="#article12-fnref:2" class="backlink-class" title="backlink-title" role="doc-backlink">^</a></p>
 </li>
 </ol>
-</section>`,
+</div>`,
 		},
 		t,
 	)
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ Another one.[^2]
 			Expected: `<p>That's some text with a footnote.<sup id="article12-fnref:1"><a href="#article12-fn:1" class="link-class" title="link-title-2-1" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup></p>
 <p>Same footnote.<sup id="article12-fnref1:1"><a href="#article12-fn:1" class="link-class" title="link-title-2-1" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup></p>
 <p>Another one.<sup id="article12-fnref:2"><a href="#article12-fn:2" class="link-class" title="link-title-1-2" role="doc-noteref">2</a></sup></p>
-<section class="footnotes" role="doc-endnotes">
+<div class="footnotes" role="doc-endnotes">
 <hr>
 <ol>
 <li id="article12-fn:1" role="doc-endnote">
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ Another one.[^2]
 <p>Another footnote.&#160;<a href="#article12-fnref:2" class="backlink-class" title="backlink-title" role="doc-backlink">^</a></p>
 </li>
 </ol>
-</section>`,
+</div>`,
 		},
 		t,
 	)