diff --git a/templates/tools/dockerfile/gcp_api_libraries_venv.include b/templates/tools/dockerfile/gcp_api_libraries_venv.include
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3cd4b48c44a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/tools/dockerfile/gcp_api_libraries_venv.include
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Install Google Cloud Platform API libraries
+# These are needed for uploading test results to BigQuery (e.g. by tools/run_tests scripts)
+# This template is similar to gcp_api_libraries.include but installs the
+# dependencies in a python virtual environment. This is required from pip 23.0
+# onwards as installation of system-wide packages is blocked by default.
+RUN /bin/bash -c "source $PYTHON_ENV/bin/activate && \
+  python3 -m pip install --upgrade google-auth==1.23.0 google-api-python-client==1.12.8 oauth2client==4.1.0"
diff --git a/templates/tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_go1.x/Dockerfile.template b/templates/tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_go1.x/Dockerfile.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3137796840f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_go1.x/Dockerfile.template
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+%YAML 1.2
+--- |
+  # Copyright 2024 The gRPC Authors
+  #
+  # 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
+  #
+  #     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  #
+  # 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.
+  
+  FROM golang:latest
+  
+  <%include file="../../go_path.include"/>
+  <%include file="../../run_tests_python_deps_venv.include"/>
+  # Define the default command.
+  CMD ["bash"]
+  
diff --git a/templates/tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_go1.x/build_interop.sh.template b/templates/tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_go1.x/build_interop.sh.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a08798b1d6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_go1.x/build_interop.sh.template
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+%YAML 1.2
+--- |
+  <%include file="../../go_build_interop.sh.include"/>  
diff --git a/templates/tools/dockerfile/run_tests_python_deps_venv.include b/templates/tools/dockerfile/run_tests_python_deps_venv.include
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..920cc7ca2d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/tools/dockerfile/run_tests_python_deps_venv.include
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#====================
+# run_tests.py python dependencies
+
+# Basic python dependencies to be able to run tools/run_tests python scripts
+# These dependencies are not sufficient to build gRPC Python, gRPC Python
+# deps are defined elsewhere (e.g. python_deps.include)
+# This template is similar to run_tests_python_deps.include but installs the
+# dependencies in a python virtual environment. This is required from pip 23.0
+# onwards as installation of system-wide packages is blocked by default.
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y ${'\\'}
+  python3 ${'\\'}
+  python3-pip ${'\\'}
+  python3-setuptools ${'\\'}
+  python3-yaml ${'\\'}
+  python3-venv ${'\\'}
+  && apt-get clean
+
+# Create a python virtual env for installing required dependencies.
+ENV PYTHON_ENV="/opt/venv/grpc-interop"
+RUN python3 -m venv "$PYTHON_ENV"
+RUN echo "source $PYTHON_ENV/bin/activate" >> ~/.bashrc
+
+# Use bash explicitly as /bin/sh doesn't support the "source" command.
+# use pinned version of pip to avoid sudden breakages
+# TODO(#36814): currently six is needed for tools/run_tests scripts
+# but since our python2 usage is deprecated, we should get rid of it.
+RUN /bin/bash -c "source $PYTHON_ENV/bin/activate && \
+  python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip==19.3.1 && \
+  python3 -m pip install six==1.16.0 && \
+  python3 -m pip install --upgrade google-auth==1.23.0 google-api-python-client==1.12.8 oauth2client==4.1.0"
+
+
+<%include file="./gcp_api_libraries_venv.include"/>
diff --git a/tools/bazelify_tests/dockerimage_current_versions.bzl b/tools/bazelify_tests/dockerimage_current_versions.bzl
index 54b4f77977f..90306784754 100644
--- a/tools/bazelify_tests/dockerimage_current_versions.bzl
+++ b/tools/bazelify_tests/dockerimage_current_versions.bzl
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ DOCKERIMAGE_CURRENT_VERSIONS = {
     "tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_go1.16.current_version": "docker://us-docker.pkg.dev/grpc-testing/testing-images-public/grpc_interop_go1.16@sha256:3767f47c9d06584c6c07b7ab536e13f3e87550330e6c2652ad288d3a72b0de23",
     "tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_go1.19.current_version": "docker://us-docker.pkg.dev/grpc-testing/testing-images-public/grpc_interop_go1.19@sha256:889e7ff34399a5e16af87940d1eaa239e56da307f7faca3f8f1d28379c2e3df3",
     "tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_go1.8.current_version": "docker://us-docker.pkg.dev/grpc-testing/testing-images-public/grpc_interop_go1.8@sha256:7830a301b37539252c592b9cd7fa30a6142d0afc717a05fc8d2b82c74fb45efe",
+    "tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_go1.x.current_version": "docker://us-docker.pkg.dev/grpc-testing/testing-images-public/grpc_interop_go1.x@sha256:c1d1babd31ea7e635aa68d56803212f9e0091ff628288c18dc86d890f837303a",
     "tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_http2.current_version": "docker://us-docker.pkg.dev/grpc-testing/testing-images-public/grpc_interop_http2@sha256:e3f247d8038374848fadf7215b841e3575c0b2a4217feb503a79b8004b164c5a",
     "tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_java.current_version": "docker://us-docker.pkg.dev/grpc-testing/testing-images-public/grpc_interop_java@sha256:6c0319bbbf77d6c198f61adf92d205efd33cbd2cccaf914a1af8f2dcb61b16a1",
     "tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_node.current_version": "docker://us-docker.pkg.dev/grpc-testing/testing-images-public/grpc_interop_node@sha256:549a7683cc024fb7ffee807eaa8acb6c2d5a5dd0184a2590f91852804eea39a4",
diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_go1.x.current_version b/tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_go1.x.current_version
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1437c2993ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_go1.x.current_version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+us-docker.pkg.dev/grpc-testing/testing-images-public/grpc_interop_go1.x:9740f2234d8c996def3f0e09791328c39dac0ab1@sha256:c1d1babd31ea7e635aa68d56803212f9e0091ff628288c18dc86d890f837303a
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_go1.x/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_go1.x/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d7b5ba18533
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_go1.x/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# Copyright 2024 The gRPC Authors
+#
+# 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
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# 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.
+
+FROM golang:latest
+
+# Using login shell removes Go from path, so we add it.
+RUN ln -s /usr/local/go/bin/go /usr/local/bin
+
+#====================
+# run_tests.py python dependencies
+
+# Basic python dependencies to be able to run tools/run_tests python scripts
+# These dependencies are not sufficient to build gRPC Python, gRPC Python
+# deps are defined elsewhere (e.g. python_deps.include)
+# This template is similar to run_tests_python_deps.include but installs the
+# dependencies in a python virtual environment. This is required from pip 23.0
+# onwards as installation of system-wide packages is blocked by default.
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+  python3 \
+  python3-pip \
+  python3-setuptools \
+  python3-yaml \
+  python3-venv \
+  && apt-get clean
+
+# Create a python virtual env for installing required dependencies.
+ENV PYTHON_ENV="/opt/venv/grpc-interop"
+RUN python3 -m venv "$PYTHON_ENV"
+RUN echo "source $PYTHON_ENV/bin/activate" >> ~/.bashrc
+
+# Use bash explicitly as /bin/sh doesn't support the "source" command.
+# use pinned version of pip to avoid sudden breakages
+# TODO(#36814): currently six is needed for tools/run_tests scripts
+# but since our python2 usage is deprecated, we should get rid of it.
+RUN /bin/bash -c "source $PYTHON_ENV/bin/activate &&   python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip==19.3.1 &&   python3 -m pip install six==1.16.0 &&   python3 -m pip install --upgrade google-auth==1.23.0 google-api-python-client==1.12.8 oauth2client==4.1.0"
+
+
+# Install Google Cloud Platform API libraries
+# These are needed for uploading test results to BigQuery (e.g. by tools/run_tests scripts)
+# This template is similar to gcp_api_libraries.include but installs the
+# dependencies in a python virtual environment. This is required from pip 23.0
+# onwards as installation of system-wide packages is blocked by default.
+RUN /bin/bash -c "source $PYTHON_ENV/bin/activate &&   python3 -m pip install --upgrade google-auth==1.23.0 google-api-python-client==1.12.8 oauth2client==4.1.0"
+
+
+# Define the default command.
+CMD ["bash"]
diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_go1.x/build_interop.sh b/tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_go1.x/build_interop.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..309340cb9ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_go1.x/build_interop.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright 2015 gRPC authors.
+#
+# 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
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# 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.
+#
+# Builds Go interop server and client in a base image.
+set -e
+
+# Turn on support for Go modules.
+export GO111MODULE=on
+
+# Clone just the grpc-go source code without any dependencies.
+# We are cloning from a local git repo that contains the right revision
+# to test instead of using "go get" to download from Github directly.
+git clone --recursive /var/local/jenkins/grpc-go src/google.golang.org/grpc
+
+# copy service account keys if available
+cp -r /var/local/jenkins/service_account $HOME || true
+
+# Build the interop client and server
+(cd src/google.golang.org/grpc/interop/client && go install)
+(cd src/google.golang.org/grpc/interop/server && go install)
+  
diff --git a/tools/interop_matrix/client_matrix.py b/tools/interop_matrix/client_matrix.py
index c22a8d59d0b..c2b990f7d01 100644
--- a/tools/interop_matrix/client_matrix.py
+++ b/tools/interop_matrix/client_matrix.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def should_build_docker_interop_image_from_release_tag(lang):
 # Dictionary of default runtimes per language
 LANG_RUNTIME_MATRIX = {
     "cxx": ["cxx"],  # This is actually debian8.
-    "go": ["go1.8", "go1.11", "go1.16", "go1.19"],
+    "go": ["go1.x"],
     "java": ["java"],
     "python": ["python", "pythonasyncio"],
     "node": ["node"],
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ LANG_RELEASE_MATRIX = {
             ("v1.61.2", ReleaseInfo(runtimes=["go1.19"])),
             ("v1.62.2", ReleaseInfo(runtimes=["go1.19"])),
             ("v1.63.2", ReleaseInfo(runtimes=["go1.19"])),
+            ("v1.64.0", ReleaseInfo()),
         ]
     ),
     "java": OrderedDict(