diff --git a/plugins/airbrake/package.json b/plugins/airbrake/package.json
index 92e142c1a9..1c38212f36 100644
--- a/plugins/airbrake/package.json
+++ b/plugins/airbrake/package.json
@@ -28,14 +28,13 @@
     "@material-ui/core": "^4.12.2",
     "@material-ui/icons": "^4.9.1",
     "@material-ui/lab": "4.0.0-alpha.57",
-    "react-use": "^17.2.4",
-    "object-hash": "^2.2.0"
+    "object-hash": "^2.2.0",
+    "react-use": "^17.2.4"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "react": "^16.13.1 || ^17.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/object-hash": "^2.2.1",
     "@backstage/app-defaults": "^0.1.6",
     "@backstage/cli": "^0.13.1",
     "@backstage/core-app-api": "^0.5.2",
@@ -46,8 +45,10 @@
     "@testing-library/user-event": "^13.1.8",
     "@types/jest": "^26.0.7",
     "@types/node": "^14.14.32",
-    "msw": "^0.35.0",
+    "@types/object-hash": "^2.2.1",
     "cross-fetch": "^3.0.6",
+    "msw": "^0.35.0",
+    "nock": "^13.2.4",
     "react-router": "6.0.0-beta.0"
   },
   "files": [
diff --git a/plugins/airbrake/src/api/production-api.test.ts b/plugins/airbrake/src/api/production-api.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..89b7908f9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/airbrake/src/api/production-api.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { ProductionAirbrakeApi } from './production-api';
+import nock from 'nock';
+import mockGroupsData from './mock/airbrake-groups-api-mock.json';
+
+describe('The production Airbrake API', () => {
+  let productionApi: ProductionAirbrakeApi;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    productionApi = new ProductionAirbrakeApi('fakeApiKey');
+  });
+
+  it('fetches groups using the provided project ID', async () => {
+    const scope = nock('https://api.airbrake.io')
+      .get('/api/v4/projects/123456/groups?key=fakeApiKey')
+      .reply(200, mockGroupsData);
+    expect(scope.isDone()).toBe(false);
+
+    const groups = await productionApi.fetchGroups('123456');
+
+    expect(scope.isDone()).toBe(true);
+    expect(groups).toStrictEqual(mockGroupsData);
+  });
+
+  it('throws if fetching groups was unsuccessful', async () => {
+    const scope = nock('https://api.airbrake.io')
+      .get('/api/v4/projects/123456/groups?key=fakeApiKey')
+      .reply(500, mockGroupsData);
+    expect(scope.isDone()).toBe(false);
+
+    await expect(productionApi.fetchGroups('123456')).rejects.toThrow();
+
+    expect(scope.isDone()).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 83e5796a6e..efe58ad8f0 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -16155,6 +16155,11 @@ lodash.once@^4.0.0, lodash.once@^4.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash.once/-/lodash.once-4.1.1.tgz#0dd3971213c7c56df880977d504c88fb471a97ac"
   integrity sha1-DdOXEhPHxW34gJd9UEyI+0cal6w=
 
+lodash.set@^4.3.2:
+  version "4.3.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash.set/-/lodash.set-4.3.2.tgz#d8757b1da807dde24816b0d6a84bea1a76230b23"
+  integrity sha1-2HV7HagH3eJIFrDWqEvqGnYjCyM=
+
 lodash.sortby@^4.7.0:
   version "4.7.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash.sortby/-/lodash.sortby-4.7.0.tgz#edd14c824e2cc9c1e0b0a1b42bb5210516a42438"
@@ -17658,6 +17663,16 @@ no-case@^3.0.4:
     lower-case "^2.0.2"
     tslib "^2.0.3"
 
+nock@^13.2.4:
+  version "13.2.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/nock/-/nock-13.2.4.tgz#43a309d93143ee5cdcca91358614e7bde56d20e1"
+  integrity sha512-8GPznwxcPNCH/h8B+XZcKjYPXnUV5clOKCjAqyjsiqA++MpNx9E9+t8YPp0MbThO+KauRo7aZJ1WuIZmOrT2Ug==
+  dependencies:
+    debug "^4.1.0"
+    json-stringify-safe "^5.0.1"
+    lodash.set "^4.3.2"
+    propagate "^2.0.0"
+
 node-abort-controller@^3.0.1:
   version "3.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-abort-controller/-/node-abort-controller-3.0.1.tgz#f91fa50b1dee3f909afabb7e261b1e1d6b0cb74e"
@@ -19759,6 +19774,11 @@ prop-types@^15.0.0, prop-types@^15.5.10, prop-types@^15.5.7, prop-types@^15.5.8,
     object-assign "^4.1.1"
     react-is "^16.13.1"
 
+propagate@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/propagate/-/propagate-2.0.1.tgz#40cdedab18085c792334e64f0ac17256d38f9a45"
+  integrity sha512-vGrhOavPSTz4QVNuBNdcNXePNdNMaO1xj9yBeH1ScQPjk/rhg9sSlCXPhMkFuaNNW/syTvYqsnbIJxMBfRbbag==
+
 properties-reader@^2.2.0:
   version "2.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/properties-reader/-/properties-reader-2.2.0.tgz#41d837fe143d8d5f2386b6a869a1975c0b2c595c"