diff --git a/.rubocop_todo/layout/line_length.yml b/.rubocop_todo/layout/line_length.yml
index 16b3419ef029bafa11588255ad618420b430fc24..d9f18726897aebecef5d9aa01701ae0868bdb1a2 100644
--- a/.rubocop_todo/layout/line_length.yml
+++ b/.rubocop_todo/layout/line_length.yml
@@ -4692,7 +4692,6 @@ Layout/LineLength:
     - 'spec/rubocop/cop/gitlab/mark_used_feature_flags_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/rubocop/cop/lint/last_keyword_argument_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/rubocop/cop/migration/safer_boolean_column_spec.rb'
-    - 'spec/rubocop/cop/migration/update_column_in_batches_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/rubocop/cop/performance/readlines_each_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/rubocop/cop/rspec/env_assignment_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/rubocop/cop/rspec/expect_gitlab_tracking_spec.rb'
diff --git a/.rubocop_todo/naming/heredoc_delimiter_naming.yml b/.rubocop_todo/naming/heredoc_delimiter_naming.yml
index 9b6d26a53ca474c9167cf48a2e159584afe7fea7..02cc7d2a85c7f7118115e2f3d2ab31934ad6166d 100644
--- a/.rubocop_todo/naming/heredoc_delimiter_naming.yml
+++ b/.rubocop_todo/naming/heredoc_delimiter_naming.yml
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ Naming/HeredocDelimiterNaming:
     - 'spec/models/concerns/ci/maskable_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/models/integrations/asana_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/models/ssh_host_key_spec.rb'
-    - 'spec/rubocop/cop/migration/update_column_in_batches_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/services/ci/create_downstream_pipeline_service_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/services/ci/create_pipeline_service/cache_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/services/ci/create_pipeline_service/evaluate_runner_tags_spec.rb'
diff --git a/.rubocop_todo/rspec/context_wording.yml b/.rubocop_todo/rspec/context_wording.yml
index f6fbdd31463d784a7a0f1e284a8328fcd5037bd9..d29aedff63fc526d3c7bc314639fa3d92a7a64fb 100644
--- a/.rubocop_todo/rspec/context_wording.yml
+++ b/.rubocop_todo/rspec/context_wording.yml
@@ -2578,7 +2578,6 @@ RSpec/ContextWording:
     - 'spec/rubocop/cop/migration/safer_boolean_column_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/rubocop/cop/migration/schedule_async_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/rubocop/cop/migration/timestamps_spec.rb'
-    - 'spec/rubocop/cop/migration/update_column_in_batches_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/rubocop/cop/migration/versioned_migration_class_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/rubocop/cop/performance/ar_exists_and_present_blank_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/rubocop/cop/qa/ambiguous_page_object_name_spec.rb'
diff --git a/.rubocop_todo/rspec/empty_line_after_hook.yml b/.rubocop_todo/rspec/empty_line_after_hook.yml
index fbfb7e8bfe0aeb81906bef1e5b31d1b190b29635..7dc3fd235a4a4ac53b3ddee55741c632d9ea6419 100644
--- a/.rubocop_todo/rspec/empty_line_after_hook.yml
+++ b/.rubocop_todo/rspec/empty_line_after_hook.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ RSpec/EmptyLineAfterHook:
     - 'spec/requests/api/pages/internal_access_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/requests/api/pages/private_access_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/requests/api/pages/public_access_spec.rb'
-    - 'spec/rubocop/cop/migration/update_column_in_batches_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/services/merge_requests/execute_approval_hooks_service_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/services/notes/create_service_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/services/notes/quick_actions_service_spec.rb'
diff --git a/.rubocop_todo/rspec/instance_variable.yml b/.rubocop_todo/rspec/instance_variable.yml
index fe632cdd57b817c52bf1ed1d0629553a155d01c4..a5a0cec68d4b546398f0fbce0e813b591f71f2aa 100644
--- a/.rubocop_todo/rspec/instance_variable.yml
+++ b/.rubocop_todo/rspec/instance_variable.yml
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ RSpec/InstanceVariable:
     - 'spec/requests/git_http_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/requests/openid_connect_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/requests/projects/issues/discussions_spec.rb'
-    - 'spec/rubocop/cop/migration/update_column_in_batches_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/services/ci/process_sync_events_service_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/services/labels/update_service_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/services/members/destroy_service_spec.rb'
diff --git a/.rubocop_todo/rspec/missing_feature_category.yml b/.rubocop_todo/rspec/missing_feature_category.yml
index a5cee560ef19ade155e9131b58ea72f734bb7cd2..d4d20e2cf6b4926641ab6e6f0b838ee68afb5c69 100644
--- a/.rubocop_todo/rspec/missing_feature_category.yml
+++ b/.rubocop_todo/rspec/missing_feature_category.yml
@@ -5338,7 +5338,6 @@ RSpec/MissingFeatureCategory:
     - 'spec/rubocop/cop/migration/schema_addition_methods_no_post_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/rubocop/cop/migration/sidekiq_queue_migrate_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/rubocop/cop/migration/timestamps_spec.rb'
-    - 'spec/rubocop/cop/migration/update_column_in_batches_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/rubocop/cop/migration/with_lock_retries_disallowed_method_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/rubocop/cop/migration/with_lock_retries_with_change_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/rubocop/cop/performance/active_record_subtransaction_methods_spec.rb'
diff --git a/.rubocop_todo/rspec/scattered_let.yml b/.rubocop_todo/rspec/scattered_let.yml
index 573991418f742fd5d25e0def7016e5d09f11d570..592f11ef77218353b567a37d26268a2866212a8d 100644
--- a/.rubocop_todo/rspec/scattered_let.yml
+++ b/.rubocop_todo/rspec/scattered_let.yml
@@ -223,7 +223,6 @@ RSpec/ScatteredLet:
     - 'spec/requests/api/notes_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/requests/api/project_clusters_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/requests/jira_routing_spec.rb'
-    - 'spec/rubocop/cop/migration/update_column_in_batches_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/serializers/build_details_entity_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/serializers/ci/job_entity_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/serializers/merge_requests/pipeline_entity_spec.rb'
diff --git a/rubocop/cop/migration/update_column_in_batches.rb b/rubocop/cop/migration/update_column_in_batches.rb
index 309a2f414534d9350d4a8b568678686a280fb9d5..e97f51361a9e23fedcdb605813cf1dbe82273b8f 100644
--- a/rubocop/cop/migration/update_column_in_batches.rb
+++ b/rubocop/cop/migration/update_column_in_batches.rb
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def checksum_filenames(pattern)
           digest = Digest::SHA256.new
 
           rails_root.glob(pattern) do |path|
-            digest.update(path.to_path)
+            digest.update(path.relative_path_from(rails_root).to_path)
           end
 
           digest.hexdigest
diff --git a/spec/rubocop/cop/migration/update_column_in_batches_spec.rb b/spec/rubocop/cop/migration/update_column_in_batches_spec.rb
index d48b42247f235dd02d65f523c5dbbf8352eb8e2f..131a9a2712b1709be085a2db2505f34472e30634 100644
--- a/spec/rubocop/cop/migration/update_column_in_batches_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rubocop/cop/migration/update_column_in_batches_spec.rb
@@ -4,50 +4,42 @@
 
 require_relative '../../../../rubocop/cop/migration/update_column_in_batches'
 
-RSpec.describe RuboCop::Cop::Migration::UpdateColumnInBatches do
+RSpec.describe RuboCop::Cop::Migration::UpdateColumnInBatches, feature_category: :database do
   let(:tmp_rails_root) { Pathname.new(rails_root_join('tmp', 'rails_root')) }
   let(:migration_code) do
-    <<-END
-    def up
-      update_column_in_batches(:projects, :name, "foo") do |table, query|
-        query.where(table[:name].eq(nil))
+    <<~RUBY
+      def up
+        update_column_in_batches(:projects, :name, "foo") do |table, query|
+          query.where(table[:name].eq(nil))
+        end
       end
-    end
-    END
+    RUBY
   end
 
+  let(:spec_filepath) { 'spec/migrations/my_super_migration_spec.rb' }
+
   before do
+    tmp_rails_root.mkpath
     allow(cop).to receive(:rails_root).and_return(tmp_rails_root)
   end
+
   after do
-    FileUtils.rm_rf(tmp_rails_root)
+    tmp_rails_root.rmtree
   end
 
-  let(:spec_filepath) { File.join(tmp_rails_root, 'spec', 'migrations', 'my_super_migration_spec.rb') }
-
-  context 'outside of a migration' do
+  context 'when outside of a migration' do
     it 'does not register any offenses' do
       expect_no_offenses(migration_code)
     end
   end
 
-  shared_context 'with a migration file' do
+  shared_examples 'a migration file with no spec file' do
     before do
-      FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.dirname(migration_filepath))
-      @migration_file = File.new(migration_filepath, 'w+')
-    end
-    after do
-      @migration_file.close
+      touch_file(migration_filepath)
     end
-  end
-
-  shared_examples 'a migration file with no spec file' do
-    include_context 'with a migration file'
-
-    let(:relative_spec_filepath) { Pathname.new(spec_filepath).relative_path_from(tmp_rails_root) }
 
     it 'registers an offense when using update_column_in_batches' do
-      expect_offense(<<~RUBY, @migration_file)
+      expect_offense(<<~RUBY, tmp_rails_root.join(migration_filepath).to_path)
         def up
           update_column_in_batches(:projects, :name, "foo") do |table, query|
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Migration running `update_column_in_batches` [...]
@@ -59,14 +51,9 @@ def up
   end
 
   shared_examples 'a migration file with a spec file' do
-    include_context 'with a migration file'
-
     before do
-      FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.dirname(spec_filepath))
-      @spec_file = File.new(spec_filepath, 'w+')
-    end
-    after do
-      @spec_file.close
+      touch_file(migration_filepath)
+      touch_file(spec_filepath)
     end
 
     it 'does not register any offenses' do
@@ -75,31 +62,31 @@ def up
   end
 
   context 'when in migration' do
-    let(:migration_filepath) { File.join(tmp_rails_root, 'db', 'migrate', '20121220064453_my_super_migration.rb') }
+    let(:migration_filepath) { 'db/migrate/20121220064453_my_super_migration.rb' }
 
     it_behaves_like 'a migration file with no spec file'
     it_behaves_like 'a migration file with a spec file'
   end
 
   context 'when in a post migration' do
-    let(:migration_filepath) { File.join(tmp_rails_root, 'db', 'post_migrate', '20121220064453_my_super_migration.rb') }
+    let(:migration_filepath) { 'db/post_migrate/20121220064453_my_super_migration.rb' }
 
     it_behaves_like 'a migration file with no spec file'
     it_behaves_like 'a migration file with a spec file'
   end
 
-  context 'EE migrations' do
-    let(:spec_filepath) { File.join(tmp_rails_root, 'ee', 'spec', 'migrations', 'my_super_migration_spec.rb') }
+  context 'for EE migrations' do
+    let(:spec_filepath) { 'ee/spec/migrations/my_super_migration_spec.rb' }
 
     context 'when in a migration' do
-      let(:migration_filepath) { File.join(tmp_rails_root, 'ee', 'db', 'migrate', '20121220064453_my_super_migration.rb') }
+      let(:migration_filepath) { 'ee/db/migrate/20121220064453_my_super_migration.rb' }
 
       it_behaves_like 'a migration file with no spec file'
       it_behaves_like 'a migration file with a spec file'
     end
 
     context 'when in a post migration' do
-      let(:migration_filepath) { File.join(tmp_rails_root, 'ee', 'db', 'post_migrate', '20121220064453_my_super_migration.rb') }
+      let(:migration_filepath) { 'ee/db/post_migrate/20121220064453_my_super_migration.rb' }
 
       it_behaves_like 'a migration file with no spec file'
       it_behaves_like 'a migration file with a spec file'
@@ -116,12 +103,13 @@ def up
     end
 
     # The computed SHA from sorted list of filenames above
-    it { is_expected.to eq('687c9239e00d9e7744131f3d1de27901cfe2d21e64969f5c30b6ea2817aac801') }
+    it { is_expected.to eq('833525c0d9c95d066dbfc8d973153b44a1f8a42694b54de3aaa854cb9f72a6bd') }
+  end
 
-    private
+  private
 
-    def touch_file(path)
-      full_path = tmp_rails_root.join(path)
+  def touch_file(path)
+    tmp_rails_root.join(path).tap do |full_path|
       full_path.dirname.mkpath
       full_path.write('')
     end