diff --git a/plugin/src/svg/serialize.ts b/plugin/src/svg/serialize.ts
index eced28e..895d484 100644
--- a/plugin/src/svg/serialize.ts
+++ b/plugin/src/svg/serialize.ts
@@ -36,14 +36,18 @@ export function createSymbol(symbolId: string, data: SvgData): LosslessEntry {
  * Assembles a complete sprite sheet SVG from an array of `<symbol>` entries.
  *
  * The sprite is an `<svg>` element with `xmlns` and `xmlns:xlink` attributes,
- * hidden via `style="display:none"`, containing all the symbols.
+ * hidden via `aria-hidden` and `position:absolute;width:0;height:0;overflow:hidden`
+ * so it occupies no space and is invisible to assistive technology.
+ * `display:none` is intentionally avoided — Firefox has a bug where `<defs>`
+ * content such as `<linearGradient>` and `<clipPath>` does not render correctly
+ * when referenced via `<use>` from a sprite container with `display:none`.
  *
  * @param symbols Array of `<symbol>` lossless entries (from `createSymbol`).
  * @returns       The sprite SVG as a string.
  *
  * @example
  *   const sprite = assembleSprite([symbol1, symbol2]);
- *   // → '<svg xmlns="..." style="display:none"><symbol id="a" ...>...</symbol><symbol id="b" ...>...</symbol></svg>'
+ *   // → '<svg xmlns="..." aria-hidden="true" style="position:absolute;width:0;height:0;overflow:hidden"><symbol id="a" ...>...</symbol></svg>'
  */
 export function assembleSprite(symbols: LosslessEntry[]): string {
   const entries: LosslessEntry[] = [
@@ -53,7 +57,8 @@ export function assembleSprite(symbols: LosslessEntry[]): string {
           $attr: {
             xmlns: 'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg',
             'xmlns:xlink': 'http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink',
-            style: 'display:none',
+            'aria-hidden': 'true',
+            style: 'position:absolute;width:0;height:0;overflow:hidden',
           },
         },
         ...symbols,
diff --git a/plugin/test/e2e/vanilla.spec.ts b/plugin/test/e2e/vanilla.spec.ts
index 7540686..940a74d 100644
--- a/plugin/test/e2e/vanilla.spec.ts
+++ b/plugin/test/e2e/vanilla.spec.ts
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ test.describe('Vanilla DOM — embedded sprite (animations page)', () => {
   test('animated sprite is inlined in animations.html', () => {
     const html = readDistFile('vanilla', 'animations.html');
     expect(html).toContain('<svg');
-    expect(html).toContain('display:none');
+    expect(html).toContain('position:absolute');
     expect(html).toContain('<symbol');
   });
 
diff --git a/plugin/test/unit/serialize.test.ts b/plugin/test/unit/serialize.test.ts
index dcb6d91..6e975e0 100644
--- a/plugin/test/unit/serialize.test.ts
+++ b/plugin/test/unit/serialize.test.ts
@@ -79,12 +79,14 @@ describe('assembleSprite', () => {
     expect(sprite).toContain('xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"');
   });
 
-  it('hides the sprite with display:none', () => {
+  it('hides the sprite container without display:none', () => {
     const data = parseSvg(readFixture('simple.svg'));
     const symbol = createSymbol('abc123', data);
     const sprite = assembleSprite([symbol]);
 
-    expect(sprite).toContain('style="display:none"');
+    expect(sprite).toContain('aria-hidden="true"');
+    expect(sprite).toContain('position:absolute');
+    expect(sprite).not.toContain('display:none');
   });
 
   it('includes multiple symbols', () => {