diff --git a/.rubocop_manual_todo.yml b/.rubocop_manual_todo.yml
index ab03f289c25fd666c69033ff605b703baacf7b3a..76e56f3a4a19d72d80909f3b020ec622ba2e7eb1 100644
--- a/.rubocop_manual_todo.yml
+++ b/.rubocop_manual_todo.yml
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ FactoryBot/InlineAssociation:
     - 'spec/factories/import_export_uploads.rb'
     - 'spec/factories/merge_requests.rb'
     - 'spec/factories/notes.rb'
-    - 'spec/factories/packages.rb'
-    - 'spec/factories/packages/package_file.rb'
     - 'spec/factories/sent_notifications.rb'
     - 'spec/factories/uploads.rb'
     - 'spec/factories/wiki_pages.rb'
diff --git a/spec/factories/packages.rb b/spec/factories/packages.rb
index e2c5b0009887cdf4b763e4221d0f3ab6c544760b..e4fadb51d416d6bd49c0a8215dba00ad2bd6dd28 100644
--- a/spec/factories/packages.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/packages.rb
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
       end
 
       trait(:without_loaded_metadatum) do
-        conan_metadatum { build(:conan_metadatum, package: nil) }
+        conan_metadatum { build(:conan_metadatum, package: nil) } # rubocop:disable FactoryBot/InlineAssociation
       end
     end
 
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
   end
 
   factory :composer_metadatum, class: 'Packages::Composer::Metadatum' do
-    package { create(:composer_package) }
+    package { association(:composer_package) }
 
     target_sha { '123' }
     composer_json { { name: 'foo' } }
@@ -166,12 +166,12 @@
   end
 
   factory :pypi_metadatum, class: 'Packages::Pypi::Metadatum' do
-    package { create(:pypi_package, without_loaded_metadatum: true) }
+    package { association(:pypi_package, without_loaded_metadatum: true) }
     required_python { '>=2.7' }
   end
 
   factory :nuget_metadatum, class: 'Packages::Nuget::Metadatum' do
-    package { create(:nuget_package) }
+    package { association(:nuget_package) }
 
     license_url { 'http://www.gitlab.com' }
     project_url { 'http://www.gitlab.com' }
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
   end
 
   factory :conan_file_metadatum, class: 'Packages::Conan::FileMetadatum' do
-    package_file { create(:conan_package_file, :conan_recipe_file, without_loaded_metadatum: true) }
+    package_file { association(:conan_package_file, :conan_recipe_file, without_loaded_metadatum: true) }
     recipe_revision { '0' }
     conan_file_type { 'recipe_file' }
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
     end
 
     trait(:package_file) do
-      package_file { create(:conan_package_file, :conan_package, without_loaded_metadatum: true) }
+      package_file { association(:conan_package_file, :conan_package, without_loaded_metadatum: true) }
       conan_file_type { 'package_file' }
       package_revision { '0' }
       conan_package_reference { '123456789' }
@@ -201,8 +201,8 @@
   end
 
   factory :packages_dependency_link, class: 'Packages::DependencyLink' do
-    package { create(:nuget_package) }
-    dependency { create(:packages_dependency) }
+    package { association(:nuget_package) }
+    dependency { association(:packages_dependency) }
     dependency_type { :dependencies }
 
     trait(:with_nuget_metadatum) do
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
   end
 
   factory :nuget_dependency_link_metadatum, class: 'Packages::Nuget::DependencyLinkMetadatum' do
-    dependency_link { create(:packages_dependency_link) }
+    dependency_link { association(:packages_dependency_link) }
     target_framework { '.NETStandard2.0' }
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/factories/packages/package_file.rb b/spec/factories/packages/package_file.rb
index bcca48fb086fef6cbd4afefac4b7bc3cf5d447b8..643ab8e4f95e2a316d121389f1f2acb355cdddc3 100644
--- a/spec/factories/packages/package_file.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/packages/package_file.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     end
 
     factory :conan_package_file do
-      package { create(:conan_package, without_package_files: true) }
+      package { association(:conan_package, without_package_files: true) }
 
       transient do
         without_loaded_metadatum { false }