diff --git a/cypress/e2e/collection-statistics.cy.ts b/cypress/e2e/collection-statistics.cy.ts
index 4712f60dc12..3e5a465e398 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/collection-statistics.cy.ts
+++ b/cypress/e2e/collection-statistics.cy.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ describe('Collection Statistics Page', () => {
 
     // Verify / wait until "Total Visits" table's label is non-empty
     // (This table loads these labels asynchronously, so we want to wait for them before analyzing page)
-    cy.get('table[data-test="TotalVisits"] td[data-test="statistics-label"]').should('have.length.greaterThan', 0).contains(REGEX_MATCH_NON_EMPTY_TEXT);
+    cy.get('table[data-test="TotalVisits"] th[data-test="statistics-label"]').contains(REGEX_MATCH_NON_EMPTY_TEXT);
 
     // Analyze <ds-collection-statistics-page> for accessibility issues
     testA11y('ds-collection-statistics-page');
diff --git a/cypress/e2e/community-statistics.cy.ts b/cypress/e2e/community-statistics.cy.ts
index b202b1e4502..00e23a90b37 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/community-statistics.cy.ts
+++ b/cypress/e2e/community-statistics.cy.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ describe('Community Statistics Page', () => {
 
     // Verify / wait until "Total Visits" table's label is non-empty
     // (This table loads these labels asynchronously, so we want to wait for them before analyzing page)
-    cy.get('table[data-test="TotalVisits"] td[data-test="statistics-label"]').contains(REGEX_MATCH_NON_EMPTY_TEXT);
+    cy.get('table[data-test="TotalVisits"] th[data-test="statistics-label"]').contains(REGEX_MATCH_NON_EMPTY_TEXT);
 
     // Analyze <ds-community-statistics-page> for accessibility issues
     testA11y('ds-community-statistics-page');
diff --git a/cypress/e2e/homepage-statistics.cy.ts b/cypress/e2e/homepage-statistics.cy.ts
index 7eb4635cdb9..0e0fca3c5bb 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/homepage-statistics.cy.ts
+++ b/cypress/e2e/homepage-statistics.cy.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ describe('Site Statistics Page', () => {
 
     // Verify / wait until "Total Visits" table's *last* label is non-empty
     // (This table loads these labels asynchronously, so we want to wait for them before analyzing page)
-    cy.get('table[data-test="TotalVisits"] td[data-test="statistics-label"]').last().contains(REGEX_MATCH_NON_EMPTY_TEXT);
+    cy.get('table[data-test="TotalVisits"] th[data-test="statistics-label"]').last().contains(REGEX_MATCH_NON_EMPTY_TEXT);
     // Wait an extra 500ms, just so all entries in Total Visits have loaded.
     cy.wait(500);
 
diff --git a/src/app/statistics-page/statistics-table/statistics-table.component.html b/src/app/statistics-page/statistics-table/statistics-table.component.html
index d6e78866fa7..9ea8ab2d03b 100644
--- a/src/app/statistics-page/statistics-table/statistics-table.component.html
+++ b/src/app/statistics-page/statistics-table/statistics-table.component.html
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ <h2 class="m-1">
 
     <tr *ngFor="let point of report.points"
         class="{{point.id}}-data">
-      <td scope="row" data-test="statistics-label">
+      <th scope="row" data-test="statistics-label">
         {{ getLabel(point) | async }}
-      </td>
+      </th>
       <td *ngFor="let header of headers"
           class="{{point.id}}-{{header}}-data">
         {{ point.values[header] }}