diff --git a/.changeset/polite-ligers-hang.md b/.changeset/polite-ligers-hang.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..182822fc6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/polite-ligers-hang.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-techdocs': patch
+---
+
+Use entity title as label in `TechDocsReaderPageHeader` if available
diff --git a/.changeset/ten-wombats-reply.md b/.changeset/ten-wombats-reply.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ec60aad81b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/ten-wombats-reply.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-techdocs-addons-test-utils': patch
+---
+
+Update default mock
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-addons-test-utils/src/test-utils.tsx b/plugins/techdocs-addons-test-utils/src/test-utils.tsx
index 2c20199038..0d65e7e51e 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-addons-test-utils/src/test-utils.tsx
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-addons-test-utils/src/test-utils.tsx
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ type TechDocsAddonTesterOptions = {
 
 const defaultOptions: TechDocsAddonTesterOptions = {
   dom: <></>,
-  entity: {},
+  entity: { metadata: { name: '' } },
   metadata: {},
   componentId: 'docs',
   apis: [],
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/components/TechDocsReaderPageHeader/TechDocsReaderPageHeader.tsx b/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/components/TechDocsReaderPageHeader/TechDocsReaderPageHeader.tsx
index 204ac835e4..9cf3d15471 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/components/TechDocsReaderPageHeader/TechDocsReaderPageHeader.tsx
+++ b/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/components/TechDocsReaderPageHeader/TechDocsReaderPageHeader.tsx
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ export const TechDocsReaderPageHeader = (
           <EntityRefLink
             color="inherit"
             entityRef={entityRef}
+            title={entityMetadata?.metadata.title}
             defaultKind="Component"
           />
         }