diff --git a/tools/ui-components/src/button/button.stories.tsx b/tools/ui-components/src/button/button.stories.tsx
index 1650aecfeaf..dc01dd5e055 100644
--- a/tools/ui-components/src/button/button.stories.tsx
+++ b/tools/ui-components/src/button/button.stories.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ const story = {
         'size',
         'disabled',
         'block',
-        'to',
+        'href',
+        'download',
         'target',
         'onClick'
       ]
@@ -41,7 +42,10 @@ const story = {
     onClick: {
       action: 'clicked'
     },
-    to: {
+    href: {
+      control: { type: 'text' }
+    },
+    download: {
       control: { type: 'text' }
     }
   }
@@ -95,7 +99,14 @@ FullWidth.args = {
 export const AsALink = Template.bind({});
 AsALink.args = {
   children: "I'm a link that looks like a button",
-  to: 'https://www.freecodecamp.org'
+  href: 'https://www.freecodecamp.org'
+};
+
+export const AsADownloadLink = Template.bind({});
+AsALink.args = {
+  children: "I'm a link that looks like a button",
+  href: 'https://www.freecodecamp.org',
+  download: 'download.txt'
 };
 
 export default story;
diff --git a/tools/ui-components/src/button/button.test.tsx b/tools/ui-components/src/button/button.test.tsx
index 689a29cc0a8..2498d61c6de 100644
--- a/tools/ui-components/src/button/button.test.tsx
+++ b/tools/ui-components/src/button/button.test.tsx
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ describe('Button', () => {
     expect(onClick).not.toBeCalled();
   });
 
-  it('should render an anchor element if the `to` prop is defined', () => {
-    render(<Button to='https://www.freecodecamp.org'>freeCodeCamp</Button>);
+  it('should render an anchor element if the `href` prop is defined', () => {
+    render(<Button href='https://www.freecodecamp.org'>freeCodeCamp</Button>);
 
     const link = screen.getByRole('link', { name: /freeCodeCamp/i });
     const button = screen.queryByRole('button', { name: /freeCodeCamp/i });
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ describe('Button', () => {
     expect(button).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
-  it('should render a button element if the `to` and `disabled` props are both defined', () => {
+  it('should render a button element if the `href` and `disabled` props are both defined', () => {
     render(
-      <Button to='https://www.freecodecamp.org' disabled>
+      <Button href='https://www.freecodecamp.org' disabled>
         freeCodeCamp
       </Button>
     );
diff --git a/tools/ui-components/src/button/button.tsx b/tools/ui-components/src/button/button.tsx
index 90735342b67..e4d1bf731bf 100644
--- a/tools/ui-components/src/button/button.tsx
+++ b/tools/ui-components/src/button/button.tsx
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ export const Button = React.forwardRef<
       children,
       disabled,
       block,
-      to,
+      href,
+      download,
       target
     },
     ref
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ export const Button = React.forwardRef<
       [onClick]
     );
 
-    const renderButton = useCallback(() => {
+    const renderButton: () => JSX.Element = useCallback(() => {
       return (
         <button
           ref={ref as React.ForwardedRef<HTMLButtonElement>}
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ export const Button = React.forwardRef<
       );
     }, [children, classes, ref, type, handleClick, disabled]);
 
-    const renderLink = useCallback(() => {
+    const renderLink: () => JSX.Element = useCallback(() => {
       // Render a `button` tag if `disabled` is defined to keep the component semantically correct
       // as a link cannot be disabled.
       if (disabled) {
@@ -165,15 +166,25 @@ export const Button = React.forwardRef<
         <a
           ref={ref as React.ForwardedRef<HTMLAnchorElement>}
           className={classes}
-          href={to}
+          href={href}
+          download={download}
           target={target}
         >
           {children}
         </a>
       );
-    }, [children, classes, ref, disabled, to, target, renderButton]);
+    }, [
+      children,
+      classes,
+      ref,
+      disabled,
+      href,
+      target,
+      renderButton,
+      download
+    ]);
 
-    if (to) {
+    if (href) {
       return renderLink();
     } else {
       return renderButton();
diff --git a/tools/ui-components/src/button/types.ts b/tools/ui-components/src/button/types.ts
index c38498008c1..257965eb4ba 100644
--- a/tools/ui-components/src/button/types.ts
+++ b/tools/ui-components/src/button/types.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export type ButtonVariant = 'primary' | 'danger' | 'info';
 export type ButtonSize = 'small' | 'medium' | 'large';
 
 export interface ButtonProps
-  extends React.ButtonHTMLAttributes<HTMLButtonElement> {
+  extends React.ButtonHTMLAttributes<HTMLButtonElement | HTMLAnchorElement> {
   children: React.ReactNode;
   variant?: ButtonVariant;
   size?: ButtonSize;
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export interface ButtonProps
   type?: 'submit' | 'button';
   disabled?: boolean;
   block?: boolean;
-  to?: string;
+  href?: string;
+  download?: string;
   target?: React.HTMLAttributeAnchorTarget;
 }
diff --git a/tools/ui-components/src/link/types.ts b/tools/ui-components/src/link/types.ts
index 3e61ebaeec4..fd75facb341 100644
--- a/tools/ui-components/src/link/types.ts
+++ b/tools/ui-components/src/link/types.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-export interface LinkProps {
+export interface LinkProps
+  extends React.AnchorHTMLAttributes<HTMLAnchorElement> {
   children: React.ReactNode;
   block?: boolean;
   to?: string;