diff --git a/plugins/grpc/java/v1.53.0/.dockerignore b/plugins/grpc/java/v1.53.0/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d0f124ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/grpc/java/v1.53.0/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*
+!Dockerfile
diff --git a/plugins/grpc/java/v1.53.0/Dockerfile b/plugins/grpc/java/v1.53.0/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..05de61993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/grpc/java/v1.53.0/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.4
+FROM debian:bullseye-20230208 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/1.53.0/protoc-gen-grpc-java-1.53.0-linux-${arch}.exe
+
+FROM gcr.io/distroless/base-debian11
+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/v1.53.0/buf.plugin.yaml b/plugins/grpc/java/v1.53.0/buf.plugin.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cec268dd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/grpc/java/v1.53.0/buf.plugin.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+version: v1
+name: buf.build/grpc/java
+plugin_version: v1.53.0
+source_url: https://github.com/grpc/grpc-java
+description: Generates Java client and server stubs for the gRPC framework.
+deps:
+  - plugin: buf.build/protocolbuffers/java:v21.12
+output_languages:
+  - java
+spdx_license_id: Apache-2.0
+license_url: https://github.com/grpc/grpc-java/blob/v1.53.0/LICENSE
diff --git a/tests/testdata/buf.build/grpc/java/v1.53.0/eliza/plugin.sum b/tests/testdata/buf.build/grpc/java/v1.53.0/eliza/plugin.sum
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5249722c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testdata/buf.build/grpc/java/v1.53.0/eliza/plugin.sum
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+h1:x4SmOqGvhCF6N9X86v+io1nM3iqEq1MyVrCMM3DiHzU=
diff --git a/tests/testdata/buf.build/grpc/java/v1.53.0/petapis/plugin.sum b/tests/testdata/buf.build/grpc/java/v1.53.0/petapis/plugin.sum
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4cca3538d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testdata/buf.build/grpc/java/v1.53.0/petapis/plugin.sum
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+h1:tTrIqBRCHtt1QS9ul/fCKksPq7C6e+kEDCIHeUJ1Fos=