diff --git a/.rubocop_manual_todo.yml b/.rubocop_manual_todo.yml
index b96cc49e01d10a65e05a3b53169f6732a6af0951..05aff51ed6ac0947af42c005c9c6c02235c98e1b 100644
--- a/.rubocop_manual_todo.yml
+++ b/.rubocop_manual_todo.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ FactoryBot/InlineAssociation:
     - 'spec/factories/import_export_uploads.rb'
     - 'spec/factories/merge_requests.rb'
     - 'spec/factories/notes.rb'
-    - 'spec/factories/sent_notifications.rb'
     - 'spec/factories/uploads.rb'
     - 'spec/factories/wiki_pages.rb'
 
diff --git a/spec/factories/sent_notifications.rb b/spec/factories/sent_notifications.rb
index 11116af7dbbb0885984166e0f28144f291cb2f07..f10a3235202ffd0df5b6593f28322eb3e183c0fa 100644
--- a/spec/factories/sent_notifications.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/sent_notifications.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   factory :sent_notification do
     project
     recipient { project.creator }
-    noteable { create(:issue, project: project) }
+    noteable { association(:issue, project: project) }
     reply_key { SentNotification.reply_key }
   end
 end