diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c504305b..a060c788 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ meshgeometry.geo
 meshgeometry.msh
 dev/Manifest.toml
 test/Manifest.toml
+test/qa/Manifest.toml
 docs/build/
 docs/site/
 docs/Manifest.toml
diff --git a/test/qa/Project.toml b/test/qa/Project.toml
index 10a64b50..ffd27a87 100644
--- a/test/qa/Project.toml
+++ b/test/qa/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 [deps]
 Aqua = "4c88cf16-eb10-579e-8560-4a9242c79595"
-ExplicitImports = "7d51a73a-1435-4ff3-83d9-f097790105c7"
 FiniteVolumeMethod = "d4f04ab7-4f65-4d72-8a28-7087bc7f46f4"
 SafeTestsets = "1bc83da4-3b8d-516f-aca4-4fe02f6d838f"
 SciMLTesting = "09d9d899-5365-40a9-917a-5f67fddea283"
@@ -10,9 +9,8 @@ Test = "8dfed614-e22c-5e08-85e1-65c5234f0b40"
 FiniteVolumeMethod = {path = "../.."}
 
 [compat]
-Aqua = "0.7, 0.8"
-ExplicitImports = "1.15.0"
+Aqua = "0.8"
 SafeTestsets = "0.1, 1"
-SciMLTesting = "1"
+SciMLTesting = "1.6"
 Test = "1"
 julia = "1.10"
diff --git a/test/qa/qa.jl b/test/qa/qa.jl
index 31487b3e..f1bb2140 100644
--- a/test/qa/qa.jl
+++ b/test/qa/qa.jl
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
-using FiniteVolumeMethod
-using Test
-using Aqua
-using ExplicitImports
+using SciMLTesting, FiniteVolumeMethod, Test
 
-@testset verbose = true "Aqua" begin
-    Aqua.test_all(FiniteVolumeMethod; ambiguities = false, project_extras = false) # don't care about julia < 1.2
-    Aqua.test_ambiguities(FiniteVolumeMethod) # don't pick up Base and Core...
-end
-
-@testset verbose = true "Explicit Imports" begin
-    @test check_no_implicit_imports(FiniteVolumeMethod) === nothing
-    @test check_no_stale_explicit_imports(FiniteVolumeMethod) === nothing
-end
+run_qa(
+    FiniteVolumeMethod;
+    explicit_imports = true,
+    # Root Project.toml carries only `Test` in [extras]/[targets]; the real test
+    # deps live in test/Project.toml under the grouped-tests folder model, so the
+    # root-vs-test consistency check does not apply here.
+    aqua_kwargs = (; project_extras = false),
+)