diff --git a/.changelog/5412.added b/.changelog/5412.added
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..62e35791f17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/5412.added
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+`opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-json-file`: add OTLP JSON file Docker tests
diff --git a/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/.gitignore b/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..00f8578309a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Directory the OTLP JSON File exporter writes to during docker tests, created at
+# runtime and tailed by the collector's otlp_json_file receiver (see
+# docker-compose.yml).
+otlpexporter/otlp-file-data/
diff --git a/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/collector-config.yaml b/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/collector-config.yaml
index dbd52364e17..1be73178a92 100644
--- a/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/collector-config.yaml
+++ b/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/collector-config.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,18 @@ receivers:
         endpoint: 0.0.0.0:4317
       http:
         endpoint: 0.0.0.0:4318
+  otlp_json_file/traces:
+    include: [/otlp-file-data/traces/*.jsonl]
+    start_at: beginning
+    include_file_name: false
+  otlp_json_file/metrics:
+    include: [/otlp-file-data/metrics/*.jsonl]
+    start_at: beginning
+    include_file_name: false
+  otlp_json_file/logs:
+    include: [/otlp-file-data/logs/*.jsonl]
+    start_at: beginning
+    include_file_name: false
 
 exporters:
   otlphttp:
@@ -13,11 +25,11 @@ exporters:
 service:
   pipelines:
     traces:
-      receivers: [otlp]
+      receivers: [otlp, otlp_json_file/traces]
       exporters: [otlphttp]
     metrics:
-      receivers: [otlp]
+      receivers: [otlp, otlp_json_file/metrics]
       exporters: [otlphttp]
     logs:
-      receivers: [otlp]
+      receivers: [otlp, otlp_json_file/logs]
       exporters: [otlphttp]
diff --git a/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/docker-compose.yml b/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/docker-compose.yml
index 52cc7074d4a..b686d2848a8 100644
--- a/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/docker-compose.yml
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ services:
         - "8888:8888"
         - "55678:55678"
   otcollector:
-    image: otel/opentelemetry-collector:0.149.0
+    image: otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib:0.156.0
     command: ["--config=/etc/otelcol/collector-config.yaml"]
     volumes:
       - ./collector-config.yaml:/etc/otelcol/collector-config.yaml
+      - ./otlpexporter/otlp-file-data:/otlp-file-data
     ports:
       - "4317:4317"
       - "4318:4318"
diff --git a/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/otlpexporter/__init__.py b/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/otlpexporter/__init__.py
index 0976ac5b690..66c7864e970 100644
--- a/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/otlpexporter/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/otlpexporter/__init__.py
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from collections.abc import Callable
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-from typing import Any, Generic, TypeVar
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any, Generic, Literal, TypeVar
+from uuid import uuid4
 
 ExporterT = TypeVar("ExporterT")
 
@@ -13,15 +16,27 @@
     "x-another-header": "another-value",
 }
 
+# Directory bind mounted into the collector container (see docker-compose.yml).
+OTLP_FILE_DATA_DIR = Path(__file__).parent / "otlp-file-data"
+
 
 @dataclass
 class ExporterConfig(Generic[ExporterT]):
     id: str
     exporter_class: type[ExporterT]
     kwargs: dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
+    lazy_kwargs: dict[str, Callable[[], Any]] = field(default_factory=dict)
 
     def build(self) -> ExporterT:
-        return self.exporter_class(**self.kwargs)
+        extra = {key: factory() for key, factory in self.lazy_kwargs.items()}
+        return self.exporter_class(**self.kwargs, **extra)
+
+
+def make_otlp_file(signal: Literal["traces", "metrics", "logs"]) -> str:
+    """Return a unique .jsonl path under the collector mounted directory."""
+    directory = OTLP_FILE_DATA_DIR / signal
+    directory.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    return str(directory / f"{uuid4().hex}.jsonl")
 
 
 def _attrs_to_dict(attributes) -> dict:
diff --git a/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/otlpexporter/test_otlp_logs_functional.py b/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/otlpexporter/test_otlp_logs_functional.py
index 02fc8f555b5..4d7b42e27d5 100644
--- a/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/otlpexporter/test_otlp_logs_functional.py
+++ b/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/otlpexporter/test_otlp_logs_functional.py
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 from inline_snapshot import snapshot
 
 from opentelemetry._logs import Logger, SeverityNumber
+from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.json.file._log_exporter import (
+    FileLogExporter,
+)
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc._log_exporter import (
     OTLPLogExporter as GRPCLogExporter,
 )
@@ -28,7 +31,7 @@
 from opentelemetry.sdk.resources import Resource
 from opentelemetry.test._otlp_test_server import OtlpProtoTestServer
 
-from . import CUSTOM_HEADERS, ExporterConfig, _attrs_to_dict
+from . import CUSTOM_HEADERS, ExporterConfig, _attrs_to_dict, make_otlp_file
 
 LOG_EXPORTER_CONFIGS: list[ExporterConfig[LogRecordExporter]] = [
     ExporterConfig(
@@ -75,6 +78,11 @@
         exporter_class=GRPCLogExporter,
         kwargs={"insecure": True, "headers": CUSTOM_HEADERS},
     ),
+    ExporterConfig(
+        id="file",
+        exporter_class=FileLogExporter,
+        lazy_kwargs={"path": lambda: make_otlp_file("logs")},
+    ),
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/otlpexporter/test_otlp_metrics_functional.py b/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/otlpexporter/test_otlp_metrics_functional.py
index 2691dd4f7af..2b92b21c70f 100644
--- a/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/otlpexporter/test_otlp_metrics_functional.py
+++ b/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/otlpexporter/test_otlp_metrics_functional.py
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 from grpc import Compression as GRPCCompression
 from inline_snapshot import snapshot
 
+from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.json.file.metric_exporter import (
+    FileMetricExporter,
+)
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.metric_exporter import (
     OTLPMetricExporter as GRPCMetricExporter,
 )
@@ -32,7 +35,7 @@
 from opentelemetry.sdk.resources import Resource
 from opentelemetry.test._otlp_test_server import OtlpProtoTestServer
 
-from . import CUSTOM_HEADERS, ExporterConfig, _attrs_to_dict
+from . import CUSTOM_HEADERS, ExporterConfig, _attrs_to_dict, make_otlp_file
 
 METRIC_EXPORTER_CONFIGS: list[ExporterConfig[MetricExporter]] = [
     ExporterConfig(
@@ -79,6 +82,11 @@
         exporter_class=GRPCMetricExporter,
         kwargs={"insecure": True, "headers": CUSTOM_HEADERS},
     ),
+    ExporterConfig(
+        id="file",
+        exporter_class=FileMetricExporter,
+        lazy_kwargs={"path": lambda: make_otlp_file("metrics")},
+    ),
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/otlpexporter/test_otlp_traces_functional.py b/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/otlpexporter/test_otlp_traces_functional.py
index 9eb8a2a5ec5..e917ad33e98 100644
--- a/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/otlpexporter/test_otlp_traces_functional.py
+++ b/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/otlpexporter/test_otlp_traces_functional.py
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 from grpc import Compression as GRPCCompression
 from inline_snapshot import snapshot
 
+from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.json.file.trace_exporter import (
+    FileSpanExporter,
+)
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.trace_exporter import (
     OTLPSpanExporter as GRPCSpanExporter,
 )
@@ -24,7 +27,7 @@
 from opentelemetry.test._otlp_test_server import OtlpProtoTestServer
 from opentelemetry.trace import Link, SpanContext, StatusCode, TraceFlags
 
-from . import CUSTOM_HEADERS, ExporterConfig, _attrs_to_dict
+from . import CUSTOM_HEADERS, ExporterConfig, _attrs_to_dict, make_otlp_file
 
 TRACE_EXPORTER_CONFIGS: list[ExporterConfig[SpanExporter]] = [
     ExporterConfig(
@@ -71,6 +74,11 @@
         exporter_class=GRPCSpanExporter,
         kwargs={"insecure": True, "headers": CUSTOM_HEADERS},
     ),
+    ExporterConfig(
+        id="file",
+        exporter_class=FileSpanExporter,
+        lazy_kwargs={"path": lambda: make_otlp_file("traces")},
+    ),
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index bbeb8b1ae1d..e60a1406f39 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -376,16 +376,25 @@ deps =
   otlpexporter: -e {toxinidir}/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc
   otlpexporter: -e {toxinidir}/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http
   otlpexporter: -e {toxinidir}/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp
+  otlpexporter: -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-proto-json
+  otlpexporter: -e {toxinidir}/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-json-common
+  otlpexporter: -e {toxinidir}/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-json-file
 
   opencensus: -e {toxinidir}/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-opencensus
 
 allowlist_externals =
     docker
+    mkdir
+    rm
 
 changedir =
   tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests
 
 commands_pre =
+  ; Remove stale .jsonl files so the collector doesn't replay old runs, then
+  ; recreate the dirs (user-owned) before docker creates the bind-mount source.
+  rm -rf otlpexporter/otlp-file-data
+  mkdir -p otlpexporter/otlp-file-data/traces otlpexporter/otlp-file-data/metrics otlpexporter/otlp-file-data/logs
   docker compose version
   docker compose up -d
 commands =