diff --git a/spacy/displacy/render.py b/spacy/displacy/render.py
index 40b9986e85b..72425b9c3f7 100644
--- a/spacy/displacy/render.py
+++ b/spacy/displacy/render.py
@@ -442,15 +442,17 @@ def render_arrow(
             y_curve = -self.distance
         arrowhead = self.get_arrowhead(direction, x_start, y, x_end)
         arc = self.get_arc(x_start, y, y_curve, x_end)
-        label_side = "right" if self.direction == "rtl" else "left"
+        label_arc = arc
+        if self.direction == "rtl":
+            label_arc = self.get_arc(x_end, y, y_curve, x_start)
         return TPL_DEP_ARCS.format(
             id=self.id,
             i=i,
             stroke=self.arrow_stroke,
             head=arrowhead,
             label=label,
-            label_side=label_side,
             arc=arc,
+            label_arc=label_arc,
         )
 
     def get_arc(self, x_start: int, y: int, y_curve: int, x_end: int) -> str:
diff --git a/spacy/displacy/templates.py b/spacy/displacy/templates.py
index 40f5376b18d..b9376b379cd 100644
--- a/spacy/displacy/templates.py
+++ b/spacy/displacy/templates.py
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@
 TPL_DEP_ARCS = """
 <g class="displacy-arrow">
     <path class="displacy-arc" id="arrow-{id}-{i}" stroke-width="{stroke}px" d="{arc}" fill="none" stroke="currentColor"/>
+    <path class="displacy-label-arc" id="label-{id}-{i}" d="{label_arc}" fill="none" stroke="none"/>
     <text dy="1.25em" style="font-size: 0.8em; letter-spacing: 1px">
-        <textPath xlink:href="#arrow-{id}-{i}" class="displacy-label" startOffset="50%" side="{label_side}" fill="currentColor" text-anchor="middle">{label}</textPath>
+        <textPath xlink:href="#label-{id}-{i}" class="displacy-label" startOffset="50%" fill="currentColor" text-anchor="middle">{label}</textPath>
     </text>
     <path class="displacy-arrowhead" d="{head}" fill="currentColor"/>
 </g>
diff --git a/spacy/tests/test_displacy.py b/spacy/tests/test_displacy.py
index b83c7db07f4..76086081cd7 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/test_displacy.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/test_displacy.py
@@ -329,6 +329,9 @@ def test_displacy_rtl():
     assert "direction: rtl" in html
     assert 'direction="rtl"' in html
     assert f'lang="{nlp.lang}"' in html
+    assert 'class="displacy-label-arc"' in html
+    assert 'xlink:href="#label-' in html
+    assert " side=" not in html
     html = displacy.render(doc, page=True, style="ent")
     assert "direction: rtl" in html
     assert f'lang="{nlp.lang}"' in html