diff --git a/Sources/SwiftDocC/Infrastructure/Link Resolution/ExternalPathHierarchyResolver.swift b/Sources/SwiftDocC/Infrastructure/Link Resolution/ExternalPathHierarchyResolver.swift
index 44477ca52..4378130aa 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftDocC/Infrastructure/Link Resolution/ExternalPathHierarchyResolver.swift	
+++ b/Sources/SwiftDocC/Infrastructure/Link Resolution/ExternalPathHierarchyResolver.swift	
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ extension LinkDestinationSummary {
     
     /// Create a topic render render reference for this link summary and its content variants.
     func makeTopicRenderReference() -> TopicRenderReference {
-        let (kind, role) = DocumentationContentRenderer.renderKindAndRole(kind, semantic: nil)
+        let (kind, role) = DocumentationContentRenderer.renderKindAndRole(kind, semantic: nil, linkSummary: self)
         
         var titleVariants = VariantCollection(defaultValue: title)
         var abstractVariants = VariantCollection(defaultValue: abstract ?? [])
diff --git a/Sources/SwiftDocC/Model/Rendering/DocumentationContentRenderer.swift b/Sources/SwiftDocC/Model/Rendering/DocumentationContentRenderer.swift
index 0d6ee8dd4..20fcf8d73 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftDocC/Model/Rendering/DocumentationContentRenderer.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftDocC/Model/Rendering/DocumentationContentRenderer.swift
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ public class DocumentationContentRenderer {
         return true
     }
 
-    static func renderKindAndRole(_ kind: DocumentationNode.Kind?, semantic: Semantic?) -> (RenderNode.Kind, String) {
+    static func renderKindAndRole(_ kind: DocumentationNode.Kind?, semantic: Semantic? = nil, linkSummary: LinkDestinationSummary? = nil) -> (RenderNode.Kind, String) {
         guard let kind else {
             return (.article, role(for: .article).rawValue)
         }
@@ -270,6 +270,9 @@ public class DocumentationContentRenderer {
         default:
             if let article = semantic as? Article {
                 return (.article, roleForArticle(article, nodeKind: kind).rawValue)
+            } else if kind == .article, let summary = linkSummary, summary.taskGroups != nil {
+                // For external references: Articles with task groups are API Collections and should have collectionGroup role
+                return (.article, Self.role(for: .collectionGroup).rawValue)
             } else {
                 return (.article, role)
             }
diff --git a/Tests/SwiftDocCTests/Rendering/DocumentationContentRendererTests.swift b/Tests/SwiftDocCTests/Rendering/DocumentationContentRendererTests.swift
index daf92c4e1..a04678f09 100644
--- a/Tests/SwiftDocCTests/Rendering/DocumentationContentRendererTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/SwiftDocCTests/Rendering/DocumentationContentRendererTests.swift
@@ -131,6 +131,24 @@ class DocumentationContentRendererTests: XCTestCase {
             ]
         )
     }
+    
+    func testRenderKindAndRoleForAPICollection() throws {
+        // Articles with task groups should get collectionGroup role for external references
+        let apiCollectionSummary = LinkDestinationSummary(
+            kind: .article,
+            language: .swift,
+            relativePresentationURL: URL(string: "/documentation/test/external/api-collection")!,
+            referenceURL: URL(string: "doc://com.example.test/documentation/test/external/api-collection")!,
+            title: "External API Collection",
+            availableLanguages: [.swift],
+            taskGroups: [LinkDestinationSummary.TaskGroup(title: "Symbols", identifiers: ["doc://com.example.test/symbol1"])],
+            variants: []
+        )
+
+        let (kind, role) = DocumentationContentRenderer.renderKindAndRole(.article, semantic: nil, linkSummary: apiCollectionSummary)
+        XCTAssertEqual(kind, RenderNode.Kind.article)
+        XCTAssertEqual(role, "collectionGroup")
+    }
 }
 
 private extension DocumentationDataVariantsTrait {