diff --git a/rewrite-maven/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/trait/MavenPlugin.java b/rewrite-maven/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/trait/MavenPlugin.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..95be7e1f920
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rewrite-maven/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/trait/MavenPlugin.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 the original author or authors.
+ * <p>
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.openrewrite.maven.trait;
+
+import lombok.Value;
+import org.openrewrite.Cursor;
+import org.openrewrite.internal.lang.Nullable;
+import org.openrewrite.trait.Trait;
+import org.openrewrite.xml.XPathMatcher;
+import org.openrewrite.xml.tree.Xml;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+@Value
+public class MavenPlugin implements Trait<Xml.Tag> {
+    static final XPathMatcher PLUGIN_MATCHER = new XPathMatcher("//plugins/plugin");
+
+    Cursor cursor;
+    String groupId;
+
+    @Nullable
+    String artifactId;
+
+    public static class Matcher extends MavenTraitMatcher<MavenPlugin> {
+
+        @Override
+        protected @Nullable MavenPlugin test(Cursor cursor) {
+            Object value = cursor.getValue();
+            if (value instanceof Xml.Tag) {
+                Xml.Tag tag = (Xml.Tag) value;
+
+                // `XPathMatcher` is still a bit expensive
+                if (!"plugin".equals(tag.getName()) ||
+                    (!PLUGIN_MATCHER.matches(cursor))) {
+                    return null;
+                }
+
+                return new MavenPlugin(
+                        cursor,
+                        getProperty(cursor, "groupId").orElse("org.apache.maven.plugins"),
+                        getProperty(cursor, "artifactId").orElse(null)
+                );
+            }
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        private Optional<String> getProperty(Cursor cursor, String property) {
+            Xml.Tag tag = cursor.getValue();
+            if (getResolutionResult(cursor).getPom().getProperties() != null) {
+                if (tag.getChildValue(property).isPresent() && tag.getChildValue(property).get().trim().startsWith("${")) {
+                    String propertyKey = tag.getChildValue(property).get().trim();
+                    return Optional.ofNullable(getResolutionResult(cursor).getPom().getValue(propertyKey));
+                }
+            }
+            return tag.getChildValue(property);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/trait/MavenPluginTest.java b/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/trait/MavenPluginTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..876394715f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/trait/MavenPluginTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 the original author or authors.
+ * <p>
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.openrewrite.maven.trait;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.openrewrite.marker.SearchResult;
+import org.openrewrite.test.RecipeSpec;
+import org.openrewrite.test.RewriteTest;
+
+import static org.openrewrite.maven.Assertions.pomXml;
+import static org.openrewrite.maven.trait.Traits.mavenPlugin;
+
+public class MavenPluginTest implements RewriteTest {
+
+    @Override
+    public void defaults(RecipeSpec spec) {
+        spec.recipe(RewriteTest.toRecipe(() -> mavenPlugin().asVisitor(plugin ->
+          SearchResult.found(plugin.getTree(), plugin.getGroupId() + ":" + plugin.getArtifactId()))));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void findMavenPlugin() {
+        rewriteRun(
+          pomXml(
+            """
+              <project>
+                  <groupId>com.mycompany.app</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>my-app</artifactId>
+                  <version>1</version>
+                  <build>
+                      <plugins>
+                          <plugin>
+                              <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+                              <artifactId>quarkus-bootstrap-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                              <version>3.0.0.Beta1</version>
+                          </plugin>
+                      </plugins>
+                  </build>
+              </project>
+              """,
+            """
+              <project>
+                  <groupId>com.mycompany.app</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>my-app</artifactId>
+                  <version>1</version>
+                  <build>
+                      <plugins>
+                          <!--~~(io.quarkus:quarkus-bootstrap-maven-plugin)~~>--><plugin>
+                              <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+                              <artifactId>quarkus-bootstrap-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                              <version>3.0.0.Beta1</version>
+                          </plugin>
+                      </plugins>
+                  </build>
+              </project>
+              """
+          )
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/trait/Traits.java b/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/trait/Traits.java
index 36fd5fe372a..b62fa1e8251 100644
--- a/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/trait/Traits.java
+++ b/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/trait/Traits.java
@@ -22,4 +22,8 @@ private Traits() {
     public static MavenDependency.Matcher mavenDependency() {
         return new MavenDependency.Matcher();
     }
+
+    public static MavenPlugin.Matcher mavenPlugin() {
+        return new MavenPlugin.Matcher();
+    }
 }