diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/calendar_date_picker.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/calendar_date_picker.dart
index e8f5bf8437b..74a99efe0cd 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/calendar_date_picker.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/calendar_date_picker.dart
@@ -1542,18 +1542,20 @@ class _YearPickerState extends State<YearPicker> {
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    assert(debugCheckHasMaterial(context));
     return Column(
       children: <Widget>[
         const Divider(),
         Expanded(
-          child: GridView.builder(
-            controller: _scrollController,
-            dragStartBehavior: widget.dragStartBehavior,
-            gridDelegate: _YearPickerGridDelegate(context),
-            itemBuilder: _buildYearItem,
-            itemCount: math.max(_itemCount, minYears),
-            padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: _yearPickerPadding),
+          child: Material(
+            type: MaterialType.transparency,
+            child: GridView.builder(
+              controller: _scrollController,
+              dragStartBehavior: widget.dragStartBehavior,
+              gridDelegate: _YearPickerGridDelegate(context),
+              itemBuilder: _buildYearItem,
+              itemCount: math.max(_itemCount, minYears),
+              padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: _yearPickerPadding),
+            ),
           ),
         ),
         const Divider(),
diff --git a/packages/flutter/test/material/calendar_date_picker_test.dart b/packages/flutter/test/material/calendar_date_picker_test.dart
index 92f25490ab6..571ca47ce24 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/test/material/calendar_date_picker_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/test/material/calendar_date_picker_test.dart
@@ -1734,6 +1734,42 @@ void main() {
         ),
       );
     });
+
+    // Regression test for https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/155198.
+    testWidgets('Ink features are painted on inner Material', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+      await tester.pumpWidget(
+        yearPicker(
+          firstDate: DateTime(2020),
+          lastDate: DateTime(2030),
+          selectedDate: DateTime(2025),
+        ),
+      );
+
+      expect(find.byType(Material), findsNWidgets(2));
+
+      // Material outside the GridView.
+      final MaterialInkController outerMaterial = Material.of(
+        tester.element(find.byType(YearPicker)),
+      );
+      // Material directly wrapping the GridView.
+      final MaterialInkController innerMaterial = Material.of(
+        tester.element(find.byType(GridView)),
+      );
+
+      expect(outerMaterial, isNot(same(innerMaterial)));
+      expect((outerMaterial as dynamic).debugInkFeatures, isNull);
+      expect((innerMaterial as dynamic).debugInkFeatures, isNull);
+
+      // Hover over the 2022 year item to trigger the ink highlight.
+      final TestGesture gesture = await tester.createGesture(kind: PointerDeviceKind.mouse);
+      await gesture.addPointer(location: tester.getCenter(find.text('2022')));
+      addTearDown(gesture.removePointer);
+      await tester.pump();
+
+      // Only the inner Material should have ink features.
+      expect((outerMaterial as dynamic).debugInkFeatures, isNull);
+      expect((innerMaterial as dynamic).debugInkFeatures, hasLength(1));
+    });
   });
 
   group('Calendar Delegate', () {