diff --git a/.ci/change-uuid.jl b/.ci/change-uuid.jl
deleted file mode 100644
index 45f529f..0000000
--- a/.ci/change-uuid.jl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-using UUIDs
-
-project_filename = joinpath(dirname(@__DIR__), "Project.toml")
-
-write("Project.toml", replace(read("Project.toml", String), r"uuid = .*?\n" =>"uuid = \"$(uuid4())\"\n"))
diff --git a/.ci/test_and_change_uuid.jl b/.ci/test_and_change_uuid.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2175e52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/test_and_change_uuid.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+@static if Base.VERSION >= v"1.6"
+    using TOML
+    using Test
+else
+    using Pkg: TOML
+    using Test
+end
+
+# To generate the new UUID, we simply modify the first character of the original UUID
+const original_uuid = "4607b0f0-06f3-5cda-b6b1-a6196a1729e9"
+const new_uuid      = "5607b0f0-06f3-5cda-b6b1-a6196a1729e9"
+
+# `@__DIR__` is the `.ci/` folder.
+# Therefore, `dirname(@__DIR__)` is the repository root.
+const project_filename = joinpath(dirname(@__DIR__), "Project.toml")
+
+@testset "Test that the UUID is unchanged" begin
+    project_dict = TOML.parsefile(project_filename)
+    @test project_dict["uuid"] == original_uuid
+end
+
+write(
+    project_filename,
+    replace(
+        read(project_filename, String),
+        r"uuid = .*?\n" => "uuid = \"$(new_uuid)\"\n",
+    ),
+)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index d405621..8271df9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ jobs:
             ${{ runner.os }}-test-${{ env.cache-name }}-
             ${{ runner.os }}-test-${{ matrix.os }}
             ${{ runner.os }}-
-      - run: julia --color=yes test/suitesparse_uuid.jl
-      - run: julia --color=yes .ci/change-uuid.jl
+      - run: julia --color=yes .ci/test_and_change_uuid.jl
       - uses: julia-actions/julia-buildpkg@v1
       - uses: julia-actions/julia-runtest@v1
       - uses: julia-actions/julia-processcoverage@v1
diff --git a/test/suitesparse_uuid.jl b/test/suitesparse_uuid.jl
deleted file mode 100644
index a0bf14e..0000000
--- a/test/suitesparse_uuid.jl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-using Pkg
-using Test
-
-@testset "SuiteSparse UUID" begin
-    project_filename = joinpath(dirname(@__DIR__), "Project.toml")
-    project = Pkg.TOML.parsefile(project_filename)
-    uuid = project["uuid"]
-    correct_uuid = "4607b0f0-06f3-5cda-b6b1-a6196a1729e9"
-    @test uuid == correct_uuid
-end