diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5f18db0..1e4dfa7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,11 +7,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## Unreleased
 - Update CODEOWNERS
 - Updated `getAuthorization` to use the correct API URL.
+- Rename `getConnection(name: string)` -> `getAuthorization(developerName: string, attachmentNameOrColorUrl = "HEROKU_APPLINK")`, accepting a new attachmentNameOrColorOrUrl to use a specific Applink addon's config.
+- Remove node-fetch in favor of native fetch, add `HTTPResponseError`
 
 ## [0.1.0-ea] - 2024-08-12
 
 - Initial
-
-## [1.0.0]
-
-- Rename `getConnection(name: string)` -> `getAuthorization(developerName: string, attachmentNameOrColorUrl = "HEROKU_APPLINK")`, accepting a new attachmentNameOrColorOrUrl to use a specific Applink addon's config.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9c39c10..34b39d6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
     "csv-stringify": "^6.2.3",
     "jsforce": "^2.0.0-beta.24",
     "luxon": "^3.2.1",
-    "node-fetch": "^2.7.0",
     "throng": "^5.0.0",
     "whatwg-mimetype": "^3.0.0"
   },
diff --git a/src/add-ons/heroku-applink.ts b/src/add-ons/heroku-applink.ts
index 7e3453c..1ac91c3 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/heroku-applink.ts
+++ b/src/add-ons/heroku-applink.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * For full license text, see the LICENSE file in the repo root or https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
  */
 
-import { HttpRequestUtil } from "../utils/request";
+import { HttpRequestUtil, HTTPResponseError } from "../utils/request";
 import { OrgImpl } from "../sdk/org";
 import { Org } from "../index";
 import {
@@ -58,16 +58,24 @@ export async function getAuthorization(
   try {
     response = await HTTP_REQUEST.request(authUrl, opts);
   } catch (err) {
+    if (err instanceof HTTPResponseError) {
+      let errorResponse;
+      try {
+        errorResponse = await err.response.json();
+      } catch (jsonError) {
+        // If JSON parsing fails, fall through to the generic error
+      }
+
+      if (errorResponse?.title && errorResponse?.detail) {
+        throw new Error(`${errorResponse.title} - ${errorResponse.detail}`);
+      }
+    }
+
     throw new Error(
       `Unable to get connection ${developerName}: ${err.message}`
     );
   }
 
-  // error response
-  if (response.title && response.detail) {
-    throw new Error(`${response.title} - ${response.detail}`);
-  }
-
   return new OrgImpl(
     response.org.user_auth.access_token,
     response.org.api_version,
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index a5c8abd..c21fcde 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { InvocationEventImpl } from "./sdk/invocation-event.js";
 import { LoggerImpl } from "./sdk/logger.js";
 import { QueryOperation } from "jsforce/lib/api/bulk";
 import { getAuthorization } from "./add-ons/heroku-applink.js";
+import { HTTPResponseError } from "./utils/request.js";
 
 const CONTENT_TYPE_HEADER = "Content-Type";
 const X_CLIENT_CONTEXT_HEADER = "x-client-context";
@@ -105,6 +106,8 @@ export function parseDataActionEvent(payload: any): DataCloudActionEvent {
   return payload as DataCloudActionEvent;
 }
 
+export { HTTPResponseError };
+
 //  T Y P E S
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/utils/request.ts b/src/utils/request.ts
index 5625452..9509923 100644
--- a/src/utils/request.ts
+++ b/src/utils/request.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,14 @@
  * For full license text, see the LICENSE file in the repo root or https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
  */
 
-import fetch from "node-fetch";
+/** Error thrown by the SDK when receiving non-2xx responses on HTTP requests. */
+export class HTTPResponseError extends Error {
+  response: any;
+  constructor(response: Response) {
+    super(`HTTP Error Response: ${response.status}: ${response.statusText}`);
+    this.response = response;
+  }
+}
 
 /**
  * Handles HTTP requests.
@@ -13,6 +20,11 @@ import fetch from "node-fetch";
 export class HttpRequestUtil {
   async request(url: string, opts: any, json = true) {
     const response = await fetch(url, opts);
+
+    if (!response.ok) {
+      throw new HTTPResponseError(response);
+    }
+
     return json ? response.json() : response;
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/add-ons/heroku-applink.test.ts b/test/add-ons/heroku-applink.test.ts
index 157f6bc..c2f7cb2 100644
--- a/test/add-ons/heroku-applink.test.ts
+++ b/test/add-ons/heroku-applink.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 import { expect } from "chai";
 import sinon from "sinon";
-import { HttpRequestUtil } from "../../src/utils/request";
+import { HttpRequestUtil, HTTPResponseError } from "../../src/utils/request";
 import { getAuthorization } from "../../src/add-ons/heroku-applink";
 import { OrgImpl } from "../../src/sdk/org";
 
@@ -110,10 +110,14 @@ describe("getAuthorization", () => {
   });
 
   it("should throw error when response contains error details", async () => {
-    httpRequestStub.resolves({
-      title: "Not Found",
-      detail: "Authorization not found",
-    });
+    const errorResponse = new Response(
+      JSON.stringify({
+        title: "Not Found",
+        detail: "Authorization not found",
+      }),
+      { status: 404 }
+    );
+    httpRequestStub.rejects(new HTTPResponseError(errorResponse));
 
     try {
       await getAuthorization("testDev");
@@ -122,4 +126,20 @@ describe("getAuthorization", () => {
       expect(error.message).to.equal("Not Found - Authorization not found");
     }
   });
+
+  it("should handle non-JSON error responses gracefully", async () => {
+    const invalidJsonResponse = new Response("Invalid JSON content", {
+      status: 500,
+    });
+    httpRequestStub.rejects(new HTTPResponseError(invalidJsonResponse));
+
+    try {
+      await getAuthorization("testDev");
+      expect.fail("Should have thrown an error");
+    } catch (error) {
+      expect(error.message).to.equal(
+        "Unable to get connection testDev: HTTP Error Response: 500: "
+      );
+    }
+  });
 });
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7487f22..35df472 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2648,7 +2648,7 @@ no-case@^3.0.4:
     lower-case "^2.0.2"
     tslib "^2.0.3"
 
-node-fetch@^2.6.1, node-fetch@^2.7.0:
+node-fetch@^2.6.1:
   version "2.7.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.7.0.tgz#d0f0fa6e3e2dc1d27efcd8ad99d550bda94d187d"
   integrity sha512-c4FRfUm/dbcWZ7U+1Wq0AwCyFL+3nt2bEw05wfxSz+DWpWsitgmSgYmy2dQdWyKC1694ELPqMs/YzUSNozLt8A==