diff --git a/packages/web-react/src/components/Modal/ModalCloseButton.tsx b/packages/web-react/src/components/Modal/ModalCloseButton.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac13400763
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/web-react/src/components/Modal/ModalCloseButton.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { ModalCloseButtonProps } from '../../types';
+import { Icon } from '../Icon';
+import { VisuallyHidden } from '../VisuallyHidden';
+import { Button } from '../Button';
+
+const ModalCloseButton = ({ label = 'Close', onClose, id, isOpen, ...restProps }: ModalCloseButtonProps) => (
+  <Button {...restProps} isSquare color="tertiary" onClick={onClose} aria-expanded={isOpen} aria-controls={id}>
+    <Icon name="close" />
+    <VisuallyHidden>{label}</VisuallyHidden>
+  </Button>
+);
+
+export default ModalCloseButton;
diff --git a/packages/web-react/src/components/Modal/ModalHeader.tsx b/packages/web-react/src/components/Modal/ModalHeader.tsx
index b994c47593..e8f28e5f7a 100644
--- a/packages/web-react/src/components/Modal/ModalHeader.tsx
+++ b/packages/web-react/src/components/Modal/ModalHeader.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 import classNames from 'classnames';
 import React from 'react';
 import { useStyleProps } from '../../hooks';
-import { ClickEvent, ModalHeaderProps } from '../../types';
-import { Button } from '../Button';
-import { Icon } from '../Icon';
-import { VisuallyHidden } from '../VisuallyHidden';
+import { ModalHeaderProps } from '../../types';
+import ModalCloseButton from './ModalCloseButton';
 import { useModalContext } from './ModalContext';
 import { useModalStyleProps } from './useModalStyleProps';
 
@@ -22,18 +20,7 @@ const ModalHeader = (props: ModalHeaderProps) => {
           {children}
         </h2>
       )}
-      <Button
-        isSquare
-        color="tertiary"
-        onClick={(event: ClickEvent) => {
-          onClose(event);
-        }}
-        aria-expanded={isOpen}
-        aria-controls={id}
-      >
-        <Icon name="close" />
-        <VisuallyHidden>{closeLabel}</VisuallyHidden>
-      </Button>
+      <ModalCloseButton id={id} isOpen={isOpen} label={closeLabel} onClose={onClose} />
     </header>
   );
 };
diff --git a/packages/web-react/src/components/Modal/__tests__/ModalCloseButton.test.tsx b/packages/web-react/src/components/Modal/__tests__/ModalCloseButton.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8181e98549
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/web-react/src/components/Modal/__tests__/ModalCloseButton.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import '@testing-library/jest-dom';
+import { fireEvent, render } from '@testing-library/react';
+import React from 'react';
+import { classNamePrefixProviderTest } from '../../../../tests/providerTests/classNamePrefixProviderTest';
+import { restPropsTest } from '../../../../tests/providerTests/restPropsTest';
+import { stylePropsTest } from '../../../../tests/providerTests/stylePropsTest';
+import ModalCloseButton from '../ModalCloseButton';
+
+describe('ModalCloseButton', () => {
+  classNamePrefixProviderTest(ModalCloseButton, 'Button');
+
+  stylePropsTest(ModalCloseButton);
+
+  restPropsTest(ModalCloseButton, 'button');
+
+  it('should have icon', () => {
+    const dom = render(<ModalCloseButton label="close" id="test" isOpen onClose={() => {}} />);
+
+    expect(dom.container.querySelector('svg')).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it('should have visually hidden label', () => {
+    const dom = render(<ModalCloseButton label="close" id="test" isOpen onClose={() => {}} />);
+
+    expect(dom.container.querySelector('button > span')?.textContent).toBe('close');
+    expect(dom.container.querySelector('button > span')).toHaveClass('accessibility-hidden');
+  });
+
+  it('should be square', () => {
+    const dom = render(<ModalCloseButton label="close" id="test" isOpen onClose={() => {}} />);
+
+    expect(dom.container.querySelector('button')).toHaveClass('Button--square');
+  });
+
+  it('should have tertiary color', () => {
+    const dom = render(<ModalCloseButton label="close" id="test" isOpen onClose={() => {}} />);
+
+    expect(dom.container.querySelector('button')).toHaveClass('Button--tertiary');
+  });
+
+  it('should handle on close click', () => {
+    const mockedOnClose = jest.fn();
+    const dom = render(<ModalCloseButton label="close" id="test" isOpen onClose={mockedOnClose} />);
+
+    const button = dom.getByRole('button');
+    fireEvent.click(button);
+
+    expect(mockedOnClose).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/web-react/src/components/Modal/index.ts b/packages/web-react/src/components/Modal/index.ts
index 75793a7bab..d074b7372c 100644
--- a/packages/web-react/src/components/Modal/index.ts
+++ b/packages/web-react/src/components/Modal/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 export { default as Modal } from './Modal';
-export { default as ModalDialog } from './ModalDialog';
 export { default as ModalBody } from './ModalBody';
-export { default as ModalHeader } from './ModalHeader';
-export { default as ModalFooter } from './ModalFooter';
+export { default as ModalCloseButton } from './ModalCloseButton';
 export * from './ModalContext';
+export { default as ModalDialog } from './ModalDialog';
+export { default as ModalFooter } from './ModalFooter';
+export { default as ModalHeader } from './ModalHeader';
 export * from './useModalStyleProps';
diff --git a/packages/web-react/src/types/modal.ts b/packages/web-react/src/types/modal.ts
index d51ae3f9f8..8e55032827 100644
--- a/packages/web-react/src/types/modal.ts
+++ b/packages/web-react/src/types/modal.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-import { ElementType, ComponentPropsWithRef } from 'react';
+import { ComponentPropsWithRef, ElementType } from 'react';
 import {
+  AlignmentXDictionaryType,
   ChildrenProps,
   ClickEvent,
   OmittedExtendedUnsafeStyleProps,
-  StyleProps,
-  SpiritDivElementProps,
   SpiritDialogElementProps,
+  SpiritDivElementProps,
   SpiritElementProps,
-  AlignmentXDictionaryType,
+  StyleProps,
 } from './shared';
 
 export type ModalDialogElementType = 'article' | 'form';
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ export type ModalDialogHandlingProps = {
   onClose: (event: ClickEvent) => void;
 };
 
+export interface ModalCloseButtonProps extends ModalDialogHandlingProps {
+  id: string;
+  label: string;
+}
+
 export type ModalDialogBaseProps<E extends ElementType = ModalDialogElementType> = {
   elementType?: E;
   isExpandedOnMobile?: boolean;