diff --git a/packages/core-components/src/components/CopyTextButton/CopyTextButton.test.tsx b/packages/core-components/src/components/CopyTextButton/CopyTextButton.test.tsx
index 9e3a94ee45..b84d3919e8 100644
--- a/packages/core-components/src/components/CopyTextButton/CopyTextButton.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/core-components/src/components/CopyTextButton/CopyTextButton.test.tsx
@@ -19,12 +19,9 @@ import { fireEvent } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { act } from 'react-dom/test-utils';
 import { renderInTestApp } from '@backstage/test-utils';
 import { CopyTextButton } from './CopyTextButton';
-import { ApiRegistry, ApiProvider } from '@backstage/core-app-api';
+import { ApiProvider, ApiRegistry } from '@backstage/core-app-api';
 import { errorApiRef, ErrorApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
-// should we add this to dev dependencies?
-// (already a dependency of react-use)
-// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
-import copy from 'copy-to-clipboard';
+import { useCopyToClipboard } from 'react-use';
 
 jest.mock('popper.js', () => {
   const PopperJS = jest.requireActual('popper.js');
@@ -37,6 +34,17 @@ jest.mock('popper.js', () => {
   };
 });
 
+jest.mock('react-use', () => {
+  const original = jest.requireActual('react-use');
+
+  return {
+    ...original,
+    useCopyToClipboard: jest
+      .fn()
+      .mockImplementation(original.useCopyToClipboard),
+  };
+});
+
 const props = {
   text: 'mockText',
   tooltipDelay: 2,
@@ -47,29 +55,30 @@ const apiRegistry = ApiRegistry.from([
   [
     errorApiRef,
     {
-      post(error) {
-        throw error;
-      },
+      post: jest.fn(),
       error$: jest.fn(),
     } as ErrorApi,
   ],
 ]);
 
-jest.mock('copy-to-clipboard', () => jest.fn());
-
 describe('<CopyTextButton />', () => {
   it('renders without exploding', async () => {
-    const { getByTestId } = await renderInTestApp(
+    const { getByTitle, queryByText } = await renderInTestApp(
       <ApiProvider apis={apiRegistry}>
         <CopyTextButton {...props} />
       </ApiProvider>,
     );
-    expect(getByTestId('copy-button')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(getByTitle('mockTooltip')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(queryByText('mockTooltip')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
-  it('displays tooltip on click', async () => {
+  it('displays tooltip and copy the text on click', async () => {
     jest.useFakeTimers();
-    document.execCommand = jest.fn();
+
+    const spy = useCopyToClipboard as jest.Mock;
+    const copy = jest.fn();
+    spy.mockReturnValue([{}, copy]);
+
     const rendered = await renderInTestApp(
       <ApiProvider apis={apiRegistry}>
         <CopyTextButton {...props} />
@@ -84,4 +93,18 @@ describe('<CopyTextButton />', () => {
     rendered.getByText('mockTooltip');
     jest.useRealTimers();
   });
+
+  it('reports copy errors', async () => {
+    const spy = useCopyToClipboard as jest.Mock;
+
+    const error = new Error('just an error');
+    spy.mockReturnValue([{ error }, jest.fn()]);
+
+    await renderInTestApp(
+      <ApiProvider apis={apiRegistry}>
+        <CopyTextButton {...props} />
+      </ApiProvider>,
+    );
+    expect(apiRegistry.get(errorApiRef)?.post).toHaveBeenCalledWith(error);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/core-components/src/components/CopyTextButton/CopyTextButton.tsx b/packages/core-components/src/components/CopyTextButton/CopyTextButton.tsx
index b7120f6ad3..cc0ecaf76f 100644
--- a/packages/core-components/src/components/CopyTextButton/CopyTextButton.tsx
+++ b/packages/core-components/src/components/CopyTextButton/CopyTextButton.tsx
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import { errorApiRef, useApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { IconButton, Tooltip } from '@material-ui/core';
 import CopyIcon from '@material-ui/icons/FileCopy';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import React, { MouseEventHandler, useState } from 'react';
+import React, { MouseEventHandler, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { useCopyToClipboard } from 'react-use';
 
 /**
@@ -51,8 +52,15 @@ export const CopyTextButton = (props: Props) => {
     ...defaultProps,
     ...props,
   };
+  const errorApi = useApi(errorApiRef);
   const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
-  const [, copyToClipboard] = useCopyToClipboard();
+  const [{ error }, copyToClipboard] = useCopyToClipboard();
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (error) {
+      errorApi.post(error);
+    }
+  }, [error, errorApi]);
 
   const handleCopyClick: MouseEventHandler = e => {
     e.stopPropagation();
@@ -71,7 +79,7 @@ export const CopyTextButton = (props: Props) => {
         open={open}
       >
         <IconButton onClick={handleCopyClick}>
-          <CopyIcon data-testid="copy-button" />
+          <CopyIcon />
         </IconButton>
       </Tooltip>
     </>