diff --git a/.rubocop_manual_todo.yml b/.rubocop_manual_todo.yml
index 9b20af55520e31a9bcc5d8be04ba10fd0a2d2107..97217081e29d560d112d549aafbaac01bec9f39c 100644
--- a/.rubocop_manual_todo.yml
+++ b/.rubocop_manual_todo.yml
@@ -41,16 +41,6 @@ Graphql/Descriptions:
     - 'ee/app/graphql/types/vulnerability_severity_enum.rb'
     - 'ee/app/graphql/types/vulnerability_state_enum.rb'
 
-# WIP See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/267606
-FactoryBot/InlineAssociation:
-  Exclude:
-    - 'spec/factories/atlassian_identities.rb'
-    - 'spec/factories/events.rb'
-    - 'spec/factories/git_wiki_commit_details.rb'
-    - 'spec/factories/gitaly/commit.rb'
-    - 'spec/factories/group_group_links.rb'
-    - 'spec/factories/import_export_uploads.rb'
-
 # WIP: See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/220040
 Rails/SaveBang:
   Exclude:
diff --git a/spec/factories/atlassian_identities.rb b/spec/factories/atlassian_identities.rb
index 698cf4ae7ad2157509776861ec63fd638ac5c173..80420e335a9618b10780bc9d786640d6bded2c67 100644
--- a/spec/factories/atlassian_identities.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/atlassian_identities.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 FactoryBot.define do
   factory :atlassian_identity, class: 'Atlassian::Identity' do
     extern_uid { generate(:username) }
-    user { create(:user) }
+    user { association(:user) }
     expires_at { 2.weeks.from_now }
     token { SecureRandom.alphanumeric(1254) }
     refresh_token { SecureRandom.alphanumeric(45) }
diff --git a/spec/factories/events.rb b/spec/factories/events.rb
index 6c9f1ba01371a58b1b25a04f46f39fdeac34dbb9..c9e4ada3ffa3972baec9536dd4dc9bf53e436025 100644
--- a/spec/factories/events.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/events.rb
@@ -27,17 +27,20 @@
 
     factory :wiki_page_event do
       action { :created }
+      # rubocop: disable FactoryBot/InlineAssociation
+      # A persistent project is needed to have a wiki page being created properly.
       project { @overrides[:wiki_page]&.container || create(:project, :wiki_repo) }
-      target { create(:wiki_page_meta, :for_wiki_page, wiki_page: wiki_page) }
+      # rubocop: enable FactoryBot/InlineAssociation
+      target { association(:wiki_page_meta, :for_wiki_page, wiki_page: wiki_page) }
 
       transient do
-        wiki_page { create(:wiki_page, container: project) }
+        wiki_page { association(:wiki_page, container: project) }
       end
     end
 
     trait :has_design do
       transient do
-        design { create(:design, issue: create(:issue, project: project)) }
+        design { association(:design, issue: association(:issue, project: project)) }
       end
     end
 
@@ -45,7 +48,7 @@
       has_design
 
       transient do
-        note { create(:note, author: author, project: project, noteable: design) }
+        note { association(:note, author: author, project: project, noteable: design) }
       end
 
       action { :commented }
diff --git a/spec/factories/git_wiki_commit_details.rb b/spec/factories/git_wiki_commit_details.rb
index b35f102fd4dba1e51e184be5e15b757eaa53bd81..fb3f2954b12934e7ef10b6fd01f7d84081f05334 100644
--- a/spec/factories/git_wiki_commit_details.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/git_wiki_commit_details.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     skip_create
 
     transient do
-      author { create(:user) }
+      author { association(:user) }
     end
 
     sequence(:message) { |n| "Commit message #{n}" }
diff --git a/spec/factories/gitaly/commit.rb b/spec/factories/gitaly/commit.rb
index 2ed201e9aacf952cc2bfed898688de05d0f7f11a..4e8220e449a58df604cca5524a6d65e6cc6c5148 100644
--- a/spec/factories/gitaly/commit.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/gitaly/commit.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     subject { "My commit" }
 
     body { subject + "\nMy body" }
-    author { build(:gitaly_commit_author) }
-    committer { build(:gitaly_commit_author) }
+    author { association(:gitaly_commit_author) }
+    committer { association(:gitaly_commit_author) }
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/factories/group_group_links.rb b/spec/factories/group_group_links.rb
index 6f98886faffb3dde00962f59f96eb4b6a98a7ffa..2a582d8525b0d5e1a566943aa40fbe3be88b142e 100644
--- a/spec/factories/group_group_links.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/group_group_links.rb
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 FactoryBot.define do
   factory :group_group_link do
-    shared_group { create(:group) }
-    shared_with_group { create(:group) }
+    shared_group { association(:group) }
+    shared_with_group { association(:group) }
     group_access { Gitlab::Access::DEVELOPER }
 
     trait(:guest) { group_access { Gitlab::Access::GUEST } }
diff --git a/spec/factories/import_export_uploads.rb b/spec/factories/import_export_uploads.rb
index 8521411e0e81463559c74e461787114901afc3a7..e1dd0c10ff266d8d98fb2031c50f3b2265e5921e 100644
--- a/spec/factories/import_export_uploads.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/import_export_uploads.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 FactoryBot.define do
   factory :import_export_upload do
-    project { create(:project) }
+    project { association(:project) }
   end
 end