diff --git a/ee/app/services/virtual_registries/packages/maven/handle_file_request_service.rb b/ee/app/services/virtual_registries/packages/maven/handle_file_request_service.rb
index 26069b5fa02a7fbd973d8370d674cb6cee149d8d..46d52a79b27cb888e5dc0c2b99e953397ee108f3 100644
--- a/ee/app/services/virtual_registries/packages/maven/handle_file_request_service.rb
+++ b/ee/app/services/virtual_registries/packages/maven/handle_file_request_service.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ module VirtualRegistries
   module Packages
     module Maven
       class HandleFileRequestService < ::VirtualRegistries::BaseService
+        include Gitlab::InternalEventsTracking
+
         DIGEST_EXTENSIONS = %w[.sha1 .md5].freeze
         PERMISSIONS_CACHE_TTL = 5.minutes
 
@@ -98,6 +100,8 @@ def download_cache_entry_digest
           digest_format = File.extname(path)[1..] # file extension without the leading dot
           return ERRORS[:fips_unsupported_md5] if digest_format == 'md5' && Gitlab::FIPS.enabled?
 
+          create_event(from_upstream: false)
+
           ServiceResponse.success(
             payload: {
               action: :download_digest,
@@ -143,6 +147,8 @@ def relative_path
         end
 
         def download_cache_entry
+          create_event(from_upstream: false)
+
           ServiceResponse.success(
             payload: {
               action: :download_file,
@@ -157,6 +163,8 @@ def download_cache_entry
         end
 
         def workhorse_upload_url_response(upstream:)
+          create_event(from_upstream: true)
+
           ServiceResponse.success(
             payload: {
               action: :workhorse_upload_url,
@@ -164,6 +172,15 @@ def workhorse_upload_url_response(upstream:)
             }
           )
         end
+
+        def create_event(from_upstream:)
+          args = {
+            namespace: registry.group,
+            additional_properties: { label: from_upstream ? 'from_upstream' : 'from_cache' }
+          }
+          args[:user] = current_user if current_user.is_a?(User)
+          track_internal_event('pull_maven_package_file_through_virtual_registry', **args)
+        end
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/ee/config/events/pull_maven_package_file_through_virtual_registry.yml b/ee/config/events/pull_maven_package_file_through_virtual_registry.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e74a0f07d7d33c74408a3b965e43ec966f49288d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ee/config/events/pull_maven_package_file_through_virtual_registry.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+---
+description: Maven package file pulled through a maven virtual registry
+internal_events: true
+action: pull_maven_package_file_through_virtual_registry
+identifiers:
+  - namespace
+  - user
+additional_properties:
+  label:
+    description: Whether the upstream or the cache was used to fulfill the file request (one of from_upstream, from_cache)
+product_group: package_registry
+product_categories:
+  - virtual_registry
+milestone: '18.1'
+introduced_by_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/192689
+tiers:
+  - premium
+  - ultimate
diff --git a/ee/config/metrics/counts_all/count_total_pull_maven_package_file_through_virtual_registry_from_cache.yml b/ee/config/metrics/counts_all/count_total_pull_maven_package_file_through_virtual_registry_from_cache.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fbadba26e13f0420e11271223daca0df749782af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ee/config/metrics/counts_all/count_total_pull_maven_package_file_through_virtual_registry_from_cache.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+---
+key_path: counts.count_total_pull_maven_package_file_through_virtual_registry_from_cache
+description: Count of amount of maven package files pulled through virtual registries from cache
+product_group: package_registry
+product_categories:
+  - virtual_registry
+performance_indicator_type: []
+value_type: number
+status: active
+milestone: '18.1'
+introduced_by_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/192689
+time_frame:
+  - 28d
+  - 7d
+  - all
+data_source: internal_events
+data_category: optional
+tiers:
+  - premium
+  - ultimate
+events:
+  - name: pull_maven_package_file_through_virtual_registry
+    filter:
+      label: from_cache
diff --git a/ee/config/metrics/counts_all/count_total_pull_maven_package_file_through_virtual_registry_from_upstream.yml b/ee/config/metrics/counts_all/count_total_pull_maven_package_file_through_virtual_registry_from_upstream.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d1474f56d04ef25e82b7f9c0f3c0e622a87b286a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ee/config/metrics/counts_all/count_total_pull_maven_package_file_through_virtual_registry_from_upstream.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+---
+key_path: counts.count_total_pull_maven_package_file_through_virtual_registry_from_upstream
+description: Count of amount of maven package files pulled through virtual registries using upstreams (no cache)
+product_group: package_registry
+product_categories:
+  - virtual_registry
+performance_indicator_type: []
+value_type: number
+status: active
+milestone: '18.1'
+introduced_by_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/192689
+time_frame:
+  - 28d
+  - 7d
+  - all
+data_source: internal_events
+data_category: optional
+tiers:
+  - premium
+  - ultimate
+events:
+  - name: pull_maven_package_file_through_virtual_registry
+    filter:
+      label: from_upstream
diff --git a/ee/spec/services/virtual_registries/packages/maven/handle_file_request_service_spec.rb b/ee/spec/services/virtual_registries/packages/maven/handle_file_request_service_spec.rb
index d7e63539aeab95af1245e57cb202bfdd5013f209..5675b1d409b07c4870121e0ecefc3802f1924035 100644
--- a/ee/spec/services/virtual_registries/packages/maven/handle_file_request_service_spec.rb
+++ b/ee/spec/services/virtual_registries/packages/maven/handle_file_request_service_spec.rb
@@ -22,10 +22,17 @@
       end
 
       it 'returns a success service response' do
+        event_data = event_data_from(action)
         expect(service).to receive(:can?).and_call_original
-        expect(execute).to be_success
 
+        expect { execute }
+          .to trigger_internal_events('pull_maven_package_file_through_virtual_registry')
+          .with(**event_data[:args])
+          .and increment_usage_metrics(event_data[:metric_key])
+
+        expect(execute).to be_success
         expect(execute.payload[:action]).to eq(action)
+
         case action
         when :workhorse_upload_url
           expect(execute.payload[:action_params]).to eq(url: upstream_resource_url, upstream: upstream)
@@ -37,9 +44,22 @@
           expect(action_params[:file_md5]).to be_instance_of(String)
         when :download_digest
           expect(execute.payload[:action_params]).to eq(digest: expected_digest)
+        end
+      end
+
+      def event_data_from(action)
+        if action == :workhorse_upload_url
+          event_label = 'from_upstream'
+          metric_key = 'counts.count_total_pull_maven_package_file_through_virtual_registry_from_upstream'
         else
-          {}
+          event_label = 'from_cache'
+          metric_key = 'counts.count_total_pull_maven_package_file_through_virtual_registry_from_cache'
         end
+
+        args = { namespace: registry.group, additional_properties: { label: event_label } }
+        args[:user] = user if user.is_a?(User)
+
+        { args:, metric_key: }
       end
     end