diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 853de0f81345..a841561f17dd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
+- Remove `tabindex="-1"` from `input` elements in `search.html` layout to allow them to be accessible by keyboard. [#2982](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/2982)
 - Fix broken sidebar image in sample post. [#3013](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/3013)
 - Fix broken links in Upgrading documentation. [#3004](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/3004)
 
diff --git a/_layouts/search.html b/_layouts/search.html
index d18f22352204..9e661a364b04 100644
--- a/_layouts/search.html
+++ b/_layouts/search.html
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ <h1 id="page-title" class="page__title">{{ page.title }}</h1>
     {%- assign search_provider = site.search_provider | default: "lunr" -%}
     {%- case search_provider -%}
       {%- when "lunr" -%}
-        <input type="text" id="search" class="search-input" tabindex="-1" placeholder="{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].search_placeholder_text | default: 'Enter your search term...' }}" />
+        <input type="text" id="search" class="search-input" placeholder="{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].search_placeholder_text | default: 'Enter your search term...' }}" />
         <div id="results" class="results"></div>
       {%- when "google" -%}
         <form onsubmit="return googleCustomSearchExecute();" id="cse-search-box-form-id">
-        <input type="text" id="cse-search-input-box-id" class="search-input" tabindex="-1" placeholder="{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].search_placeholder_text | default: 'Enter your search term...' }}" />
+        <input type="text" id="cse-search-input-box-id" class="search-input" placeholder="{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].search_placeholder_text | default: 'Enter your search term...' }}" />
         </form>
         <div id="results" class="results">
           <gcse:searchresults-only></gcse:searchresults-only>
diff --git a/docs/_docs/18-history.md b/docs/_docs/18-history.md
index 877d446bc498..9a364da02093 100644
--- a/docs/_docs/18-history.md
+++ b/docs/_docs/18-history.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ permalink: /docs/history/
 excerpt: "Change log of enhancements and bug fixes made to the theme."
 sidebar:
   nav: docs
-last_modified_at: 2021-06-23T08:17:10-04:00
+last_modified_at: 2021-06-23T08:26:21-04:00
 toc: false
 ---
 
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ toc: false
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
+- Remove `tabindex="-1"` from `input` elements in `search.html` layout to allow them to be accessible by keyboard. [#2982](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/2982)
 - Fix broken sidebar image in sample post. [#3013](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/3013)
 - Fix broken links in Upgrading documentation. [#3004](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/3004)