diff --git a/plugins/grpc/java/v1.61.0/.dockerignore b/plugins/grpc/java/v1.61.0/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d0f124ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/grpc/java/v1.61.0/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*
+!Dockerfile
diff --git a/plugins/grpc/java/v1.61.0/Dockerfile b/plugins/grpc/java/v1.61.0/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..702359917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/grpc/java/v1.61.0/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.4
+FROM debian:bookworm-20240110 AS build
+
+ARG TARGETARCH
+
+WORKDIR /build
+RUN apt-get update \
+ && apt-get install -y curl
+RUN arch=${TARGETARCH}; \
+    if [ "${arch}" = "arm64" ]; then\
+        arch="aarch_64"; \
+    elif [ "${arch}" = "amd64" ]; then\
+        arch="x86_64"; \
+    fi; \
+    echo "${arch}"; \
+    curl -fsSL -o protoc-gen-grpc-java https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/io/grpc/protoc-gen-grpc-java/1.61.0/protoc-gen-grpc-java-1.61.0-linux-${arch}.exe
+
+FROM gcr.io/distroless/base-debian12:latest@sha256:0a93daa199e7c6e387cea8cf03fac676146735caf6965d276d86ebd3a441f27e
+COPY --from=build --link --chmod=0755 --chown=root:root /build/protoc-gen-grpc-java .
+USER nobody
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/protoc-gen-grpc-java" ]
diff --git a/plugins/grpc/java/v1.61.0/buf.plugin.yaml b/plugins/grpc/java/v1.61.0/buf.plugin.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46e969b08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/grpc/java/v1.61.0/buf.plugin.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+version: v1
+name: buf.build/grpc/java
+plugin_version: v1.61.0
+source_url: https://github.com/grpc/grpc-java
+integration_guide_url: https://grpc.io/docs/languages/java/quickstart
+description: Generates Java client and server stubs for the gRPC framework.
+deps:
+  - plugin: buf.build/protocolbuffers/java:v25.2
+output_languages:
+  - java
+spdx_license_id: Apache-2.0
+license_url: https://github.com/grpc/grpc-java/blob/v1.61.0/LICENSE
+registry:
+  maven:
+    deps:
+      - io.grpc:grpc-core:1.61.0
+      - io.grpc:grpc-protobuf:1.61.0
+      - io.grpc:grpc-stub:1.61.0
+    additional_runtimes:
+      - name: lite
+        deps:
+          - io.grpc:grpc-core:1.61.0
+          - io.grpc:grpc-protobuf-lite:1.61.0
+          - io.grpc:grpc-stub:1.61.0
+        opts: [lite]
diff --git a/tests/testdata/buf.build/grpc/java/v1.61.0/eliza/plugin.sum b/tests/testdata/buf.build/grpc/java/v1.61.0/eliza/plugin.sum
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..89db7e53c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testdata/buf.build/grpc/java/v1.61.0/eliza/plugin.sum
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+h1:JxPHwkUrJ1JIJxbaqbGPI67w5SSW9FnMVGfdbY+U0Pc=
diff --git a/tests/testdata/buf.build/grpc/java/v1.61.0/petapis/plugin.sum b/tests/testdata/buf.build/grpc/java/v1.61.0/petapis/plugin.sum
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c7ffe6b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testdata/buf.build/grpc/java/v1.61.0/petapis/plugin.sum
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+h1:YJj8SX8W/lFMpjTsPt/S/qCQBV0FjNMiPPiG2w0Ty2g=