diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/navigation_bar.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/navigation_bar.dart
index 0390faaf7c8..d0b7017c269 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/navigation_bar.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/navigation_bar.dart
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ import 'text_theme.dart';
 import 'theme.dart';
 import 'tooltip.dart';
 
+const double _kIndicatorHeight = 64;
+const double _kIndicatorWidth = 32;
+
 // Examples can assume:
 // late BuildContext context;
 // late bool _isDrawerOpen;
@@ -429,11 +432,14 @@ class _NavigationDestinationBuilder extends StatelessWidget {
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
     final _NavigationDestinationInfo info = _NavigationDestinationInfo.of(context);
+    final NavigationBarThemeData navigationBarTheme = NavigationBarTheme.of(context);
+    final NavigationBarThemeData defaults = _defaultsFor(context);
+
     return _NavigationBarDestinationSemantics(
       child: _NavigationBarDestinationTooltip(
         message: tooltip ?? label,
-        child: InkWell(
-          highlightColor: Colors.transparent,
+        child: _IndicatorInkWell(
+          customBorder: navigationBarTheme.indicatorShape ?? defaults.indicatorShape,
           onTap: info.onTap,
           child: Row(
             children: <Widget>[
@@ -451,6 +457,31 @@ class _NavigationDestinationBuilder extends StatelessWidget {
   }
 }
 
+class _IndicatorInkWell extends InkResponse {
+  const _IndicatorInkWell({
+    super.child,
+    super.onTap,
+    super.customBorder,
+  }) : super(
+    containedInkWell: true,
+    highlightColor: Colors.transparent,
+  );
+
+  @override
+  RectCallback? getRectCallback(RenderBox referenceBox) {
+    final double indicatorOffsetX = referenceBox.size.width / 2;
+    const double indicatorOffsetY = 30.0;
+
+    return () {
+      return Rect.fromCenter(
+        center: Offset(indicatorOffsetX, indicatorOffsetY),
+        width: _kIndicatorHeight,
+        height: _kIndicatorWidth,
+      );
+    };
+  }
+}
+
 /// Inherited widget for passing data from the [NavigationBar] to the
 /// [NavigationBar.destinations] children widgets.
 ///
@@ -562,8 +593,8 @@ class NavigationIndicator extends StatelessWidget {
     super.key,
     required this.animation,
     this.color,
-    this.width = 64,
-    this.height = 32,
+    this.width = _kIndicatorHeight,
+    this.height = _kIndicatorWidth,
     this.borderRadius = const BorderRadius.all(Radius.circular(16)),
     this.shape,
   });
diff --git a/packages/flutter/test/material/navigation_bar_test.dart b/packages/flutter/test/material/navigation_bar_test.dart
index 7491d36a13c..93d1afb478a 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/test/material/navigation_bar_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/test/material/navigation_bar_test.dart
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/gestures.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
 
+import '../rendering/mock_canvas.dart';
+
 void main() {
   testWidgets('Navigation bar updates destinations when tapped', (WidgetTester tester) async {
     int mutatedIndex = -1;
@@ -553,6 +556,122 @@ void main() {
 
     expect(newHeight, equals(initialHeight));
   });
+
+  testWidgets('Navigation indicator renders ripple', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+    final Widget widget = _buildWidget(
+      NavigationBar(
+        destinations: const <Widget>[
+          NavigationDestination(
+            icon: Icon(Icons.ac_unit),
+            label: 'AC',
+          ),
+          NavigationDestination(
+            icon: Icon(Icons.access_alarm),
+            label: 'Alarm',
+          ),
+        ],
+        onDestinationSelected: (int i) {
+        },
+      ),
+    );
+
+    await tester.pumpWidget(widget);
+
+    final TestGesture gesture = await tester.createGesture(kind: PointerDeviceKind.mouse);
+    await gesture.addPointer();
+    await gesture.moveTo(tester.getCenter(find.byIcon(Icons.access_alarm)));
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+
+    final RenderObject inkFeatures = tester.allRenderObjects.firstWhere((RenderObject object) => object.runtimeType.toString() == '_RenderInkFeatures');
+    const Offset indicatorCenter = Offset(600, 30);
+    const Size includedIndicatorSize = Size(64, 32);
+    const Size excludedIndicatorSize = Size(74, 40);
+    expect(
+      inkFeatures,
+      paints
+        ..clipPath(
+          pathMatcher: isPathThat(
+            includes: <Offset>[
+              // Left center.
+              Offset(indicatorCenter.dx - (includedIndicatorSize.width / 2), indicatorCenter.dy),
+              // Top center.
+              Offset(indicatorCenter.dx, indicatorCenter.dy - (includedIndicatorSize.height / 2)),
+              // Right center.
+              Offset(indicatorCenter.dx + (includedIndicatorSize.width / 2), indicatorCenter.dy),
+              // Bottom center.
+              Offset(indicatorCenter.dx, indicatorCenter.dy + (includedIndicatorSize.height / 2)),
+            ],
+            excludes: <Offset>[
+              // Left center.
+              Offset(indicatorCenter.dx - (excludedIndicatorSize.width / 2), indicatorCenter.dy),
+              // Top center.
+              Offset(indicatorCenter.dx, indicatorCenter.dy - (excludedIndicatorSize.height / 2)),
+              // Right center.
+              Offset(indicatorCenter.dx + (excludedIndicatorSize.width / 2), indicatorCenter.dy),
+              // Bottom center.
+              Offset(indicatorCenter.dx, indicatorCenter.dy + (excludedIndicatorSize.height / 2)),
+            ],
+          ),
+        )
+        ..circle(
+          x: indicatorCenter.dx,
+          y: indicatorCenter.dy,
+          radius: 35.0,
+          color: const Color(0x0a000000),
+        )
+    );
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('Navigation indicator scale transform', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+    int selectedIndex = 0;
+
+    Widget buildNavigationBar() {
+      return MaterialApp(
+        theme: ThemeData.light(),
+        home: Scaffold(
+          bottomNavigationBar: Center(
+            child: NavigationBar(
+              selectedIndex: selectedIndex,
+              destinations: const <Widget>[
+                NavigationDestination(
+                  icon: Icon(Icons.ac_unit),
+                  label: 'AC',
+                ),
+                NavigationDestination(
+                  icon: Icon(Icons.access_alarm),
+                  label: 'Alarm',
+                ),
+              ],
+              onDestinationSelected: (int i) { },
+            ),
+          ),
+        ),
+      );
+    }
+
+    await tester.pumpWidget(buildNavigationBar());
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+    final Finder transformFinder = find.descendant(
+      of: find.byType(NavigationIndicator),
+      matching: find.byType(Transform),
+    ).last;
+    Matrix4 transform = tester.widget<Transform>(transformFinder).transform;
+    expect(transform.getColumn(0)[0], 0.0);
+
+    selectedIndex = 1;
+    await tester.pumpWidget(buildNavigationBar());
+    await tester.pump(const Duration(milliseconds: 100));
+    transform = tester.widget<Transform>(transformFinder).transform;
+    expect(transform.getColumn(0)[0], closeTo(0.7805849514007568, precisionErrorTolerance));
+
+    await tester.pump(const Duration(milliseconds: 100));
+    transform = tester.widget<Transform>(transformFinder).transform;
+    expect(transform.getColumn(0)[0], closeTo(0.9473570239543915, precisionErrorTolerance));
+
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+    transform = tester.widget<Transform>(transformFinder).transform;
+    expect(transform.getColumn(0)[0], 1.0);
+  });
 }
 
 Widget _buildWidget(Widget child) {