diff --git a/src/components/modal/__snapshots__/modal_header_title.test.tsx.snap b/src/components/modal/__snapshots__/modal_header_title.test.tsx.snap
index e2e140b8fd7..eabac1765d1 100644
--- a/src/components/modal/__snapshots__/modal_header_title.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/components/modal/__snapshots__/modal_header_title.test.tsx.snap
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 // Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
 
+exports[`EuiModalHeaderTitle component 1`] = `
+<div
+  class="euiTitle euiModalHeader__title emotion-euiTitle-m"
+>
+  children
+</div>
+`;
+
 exports[`EuiModalHeaderTitle is rendered 1`] = `
 <h1
   aria-label="aria-label"
diff --git a/src/components/modal/confirm_modal.test.tsx b/src/components/modal/confirm_modal.test.tsx
index 9f420725d61..1447defabcf 100644
--- a/src/components/modal/confirm_modal.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/modal/confirm_modal.test.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import React from 'react';
 import { mount } from 'enzyme';
+import { render } from '../../test/rtl';
 
 import {
   findTestSubject,
@@ -33,7 +34,10 @@ beforeEach(() => {
 
 describe('EuiConfirmModal', () => {
   shouldRenderCustomStyles(
-    <EuiConfirmModal onCancel={() => {}}>children</EuiConfirmModal>
+    <EuiConfirmModal title="Test" onCancel={() => {}}>
+      children
+    </EuiConfirmModal>,
+    { childProps: ['titleProps'] }
   );
 
   test('renders EuiConfirmModal', () => {
@@ -196,4 +200,16 @@ describe('EuiConfirmModal', () => {
       });
     });
   });
+
+  test('titleProps', () => {
+    const { baseElement } = render(
+      <EuiConfirmModal
+        title="A confirmation modal"
+        titleProps={{ component: 'div', className: 'titlePropsTest' }}
+        onCancel={() => {}}
+      />
+    );
+    const title = baseElement.querySelector('.titlePropsTest');
+    expect(title?.tagName.toLowerCase()).toEqual('div');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/components/modal/confirm_modal.tsx b/src/components/modal/confirm_modal.tsx
index bfca07a31cf..a322c7a4cc4 100644
--- a/src/components/modal/confirm_modal.tsx
+++ b/src/components/modal/confirm_modal.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import React, {
   FunctionComponent,
+  ComponentProps,
   ReactNode,
   useEffect,
   useState,
@@ -17,7 +18,10 @@ import classnames from 'classnames';
 import { EuiModal, EuiModalProps } from './modal';
 import { EuiModalFooter } from './modal_footer';
 import { EuiModalHeader } from './modal_header';
-import { EuiModalHeaderTitle } from './modal_header_title';
+import {
+  EuiModalHeaderTitle,
+  EuiModalHeaderTitleProps,
+} from './modal_header_title';
 import { EuiModalBody } from './modal_body';
 
 import { useEuiTheme } from '../../services';
@@ -34,6 +38,7 @@ export interface EuiConfirmModalProps
    */
   children?: ReactNode;
   title?: ReactNode;
+  titleProps?: ComponentProps<EuiModalHeaderTitleProps>;
   cancelButtonText?: ReactNode;
   confirmButtonText?: ReactNode;
   onCancel: (
@@ -71,6 +76,7 @@ export const CANCEL_BUTTON = 'cancel';
 export const EuiConfirmModal: FunctionComponent<EuiConfirmModalProps> = ({
   children,
   title,
+  titleProps,
   onCancel,
   onConfirm,
   cancelButtonText,
@@ -118,7 +124,10 @@ export const EuiConfirmModal: FunctionComponent<EuiConfirmModalProps> = ({
   if (title) {
     modalTitle = (
       <EuiModalHeader>
-        <EuiModalHeaderTitle data-test-subj="confirmModalTitleText">
+        <EuiModalHeaderTitle
+          data-test-subj="confirmModalTitleText"
+          {...titleProps}
+        >
           {title}
         </EuiModalHeaderTitle>
       </EuiModalHeader>
diff --git a/src/components/modal/modal_header_title.test.tsx b/src/components/modal/modal_header_title.test.tsx
index 9ca267edd7a..dd0fd22c134 100644
--- a/src/components/modal/modal_header_title.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/modal/modal_header_title.test.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import React from 'react';
-import { render } from 'enzyme';
+import { render } from '../../test/rtl';
 import { requiredProps } from '../../test/required_props';
 import { shouldRenderCustomStyles } from '../../test/internal';
 
@@ -17,9 +17,16 @@ describe('EuiModalHeaderTitle', () => {
   shouldRenderCustomStyles(<EuiModalHeaderTitle>children</EuiModalHeaderTitle>);
 
   test('is rendered', () => {
-    const component = (
+    const { container } = render(
       <EuiModalHeaderTitle {...requiredProps}>children</EuiModalHeaderTitle>
     );
-    expect(render(component)).toMatchSnapshot();
+    expect(container.firstChild).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+
+  test('component', () => {
+    const { container } = render(
+      <EuiModalHeaderTitle component="div">children</EuiModalHeaderTitle>
+    );
+    expect(container.firstChild).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/components/modal/modal_header_title.tsx b/src/components/modal/modal_header_title.tsx
index 79815cf2ba1..842192abad8 100644
--- a/src/components/modal/modal_header_title.tsx
+++ b/src/components/modal/modal_header_title.tsx
@@ -6,26 +6,34 @@
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
 
-import React, { FunctionComponent, HTMLAttributes } from 'react';
+import React, { FunctionComponent, HTMLAttributes, ElementType } from 'react';
 import classnames from 'classnames';
 import { CommonProps } from '../common';
 
 import { EuiTitle } from '../title';
 
 export type EuiModalHeaderTitleProps = FunctionComponent<
-  HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivElement> & CommonProps
+  HTMLAttributes<HTMLHeadingElement> &
+    CommonProps & {
+      /**
+       * The tag to render
+       * @default h1
+       */
+      component?: ElementType;
+    }
 >;
 
 export const EuiModalHeaderTitle: EuiModalHeaderTitleProps = ({
   className,
   children,
+  component: Component = 'h1',
   ...rest
 }) => {
   const classes = classnames('euiModalHeader__title', className);
 
   return (
     <EuiTitle size="m" className={classes} {...rest}>
-      {React.isValidElement(children) ? children : <h1>{children}</h1>}
+      <Component>{children}</Component>
     </EuiTitle>
   );
 };
diff --git a/upcoming_changelogs/6530.md b/upcoming_changelogs/6530.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2b17e14c489
--- /dev/null
+++ b/upcoming_changelogs/6530.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+- Added the `component` prop to `EuiModalHeaderTitle`, which allows overriding the default `h1` tag
+- Added the `titleProps` prop to `EuiConfirmModal`, which allows overriding the default `h1` tag
+
+**Breaking changes**
+
+- `EuiModalHeaderTitle` now **always** wraps its children in a `h1` tag (previously attempted to conditionally detect whether its children were raw strings or not). To change this tag type to, e.g. a more generic `div`, use  the new `component` prop.