diff --git a/grpc/api/src/main/java/io/helidon/grpc/api/Grpc.java b/grpc/api/src/main/java/io/helidon/grpc/api/Grpc.java
index 4f5a50c2e70..3a4f3585cfe 100644
--- a/grpc/api/src/main/java/io/helidon/grpc/api/Grpc.java
+++ b/grpc/api/src/main/java/io/helidon/grpc/api/Grpc.java
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ public interface Grpc {
     }
 
     /**
-     * An annotation to indicate the response type of a gRPC method.
+     * An annotation to indicate the response type of gRPC method.
      */
     @Target(ElementType.METHOD)
     @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ public interface Grpc {
     /**
      * An annotation that can be used to specify the name of a configured gRPC channel.
      */
-    @Target({ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.METHOD})
+    @Target({ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR, ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.PARAMETER})
     @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
     @interface GrpcChannel {
 
diff --git a/microprofile/grpc/client/src/main/java/io/helidon/microprofile/grpc/client/ChannelProducer.java b/microprofile/grpc/client/src/main/java/io/helidon/microprofile/grpc/client/ChannelProducer.java
index 9a1cb1f3c5f..521965b2ed8 100644
--- a/microprofile/grpc/client/src/main/java/io/helidon/microprofile/grpc/client/ChannelProducer.java
+++ b/microprofile/grpc/client/src/main/java/io/helidon/microprofile/grpc/client/ChannelProducer.java
@@ -57,9 +57,8 @@ public class ChannelProducer {
      * @return a gRPC {@link io.grpc.Channel}
      */
     @Produces
-    @Grpc.GrpcChannel(GrpcChannelsProvider.DEFAULT_CHANNEL_NAME)
     public Channel get(InjectionPoint injectionPoint) {
-        Grpc.GrpcChannel qualifier = injectionPoint.getQualifiers()
+        Grpc.GrpcChannel qualifier = injectionPoint.getAnnotated().getAnnotations()
                 .stream()
                 .filter(q -> q.annotationType().equals(Grpc.GrpcChannel.class))
                 .map(q -> (Grpc.GrpcChannel) q)
@@ -70,16 +69,6 @@ public Channel get(InjectionPoint injectionPoint) {
         return findChannel(name);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Produces the default gRPC {@link io.grpc.Channel}.
-     *
-     * @return the default gRPC {@link io.grpc.Channel}
-     */
-    @Produces
-    public Channel getDefaultChannel() {
-        return findChannel(GrpcChannelsProvider.DEFAULT_CHANNEL_NAME);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Obtain the named {@link io.grpc.Channel}.
      *
diff --git a/microprofile/grpc/client/src/test/java/io/helidon/microprofile/grpc/client/ChannelInjectionTest.java b/microprofile/grpc/client/src/test/java/io/helidon/microprofile/grpc/client/ChannelInjectionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3a427d2f42d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/microprofile/grpc/client/src/test/java/io/helidon/microprofile/grpc/client/ChannelInjectionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+package io.helidon.microprofile.grpc.client;
+
+import io.helidon.grpc.api.Grpc;
+import io.helidon.microprofile.testing.junit5.HelidonTest;
+
+import io.grpc.Channel;
+import jakarta.inject.Inject;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.notNullValue;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+@HelidonTest
+class ChannelInjectionTest {
+
+    @Inject
+    @Grpc.GrpcChannel("echo-channel")
+    private Channel echoChannel1;
+
+    private final Channel echoChannel2;
+
+    @Inject
+    ChannelInjectionTest(@Grpc.GrpcChannel("echo-channel") Channel echoChannel2) {
+        this.echoChannel2 = echoChannel2;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testInjection() {
+        assertThat(echoChannel1, notNullValue());
+        assertThat(echoChannel2, notNullValue());
+        assertEquals(echoChannel1.getClass(), echoChannel2.getClass());
+        assertEquals(echoChannel1.authority(), echoChannel2.authority());
+    }
+}