diff --git a/beetsplug/musicbrainz.py b/beetsplug/musicbrainz.py
index 428490f46..5bbcea2fa 100644
--- a/beetsplug/musicbrainz.py
+++ b/beetsplug/musicbrainz.py
@@ -155,16 +155,10 @@ def track_url(trackid: str) -> str:
 def _get_related_artist_names(
     relations: list[ArtistRelation], relation_type: ArtistRelationType
 ) -> str:
-    """Given a list representing the artist relationships extract the names of
-    the remixers and concatenate them.
-    """
-    related_artists = []
-
-    for relation in relations:
-        if relation["type"] == relation_type:
-            related_artists.append(relation["artist"]["name"])
-
-    return ", ".join(related_artists)
+    """Return a comma-separated list of artist names for a relation type."""
+    return ", ".join(
+        r["artist"]["name"] for r in relations if r["type"] == relation_type
+    )
 
 
 def album_url(albumid: str) -> str:
diff --git a/test/plugins/factories/musicbrainz.py b/test/plugins/factories/musicbrainz.py
index cae21bb98..8ef6f390d 100644
--- a/test/plugins/factories/musicbrainz.py
+++ b/test/plugins/factories/musicbrainz.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 import factory
+from factory.fuzzy import FuzzyChoice
+
+from beetsplug._utils.musicbrainz import ArtistRelationType
 
 
 class _SortNameFactory(factory.DictFactory):
@@ -6,13 +9,16 @@ class _SortNameFactory(factory.DictFactory):
     sort_name = factory.LazyAttribute(lambda o: f"{o.name}, The")
 
 
-class AliasFactory(_SortNameFactory):
-    class Params:
-        suffix = ""
-
+class _PeriodFactory(factory.DictFactory):
     begin: str | None = None
     end: str | None = None
     ended = factory.LazyAttribute(lambda obj: obj.end is not None)
+
+
+class AliasFactory(_SortNameFactory, _PeriodFactory):
+    class Params:
+        suffix = ""
+
     locale: str | None = None
     name = factory.LazyAttribute(lambda o: f"Alias {o.suffix}")
     primary = False
@@ -39,3 +45,20 @@ class ArtistCreditFactory(factory.DictFactory):
     artist = factory.SubFactory(ArtistFactory)
     joinphrase = ""
     name = factory.LazyAttribute(lambda o: f"{o.artist['name']} Credit")
+
+
+class ArtistRelationFactory(_PeriodFactory):
+    artist = factory.SubFactory(
+        ArtistFactory,
+        name=factory.LazyAttribute(
+            lambda o: f"{o.factory_parent.type.capitalize()} Artist"
+        ),
+    )
+    attribute_ids = factory.Dict({})
+    attribute_credits = factory.Dict({})
+    attributes = factory.List([])
+    direction = "backward"
+    source_credit = ""
+    target_credit = ""
+    type = FuzzyChoice(ArtistRelationType.__args__)  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+    type_id = factory.Faker("uuid4")
diff --git a/test/plugins/test_musicbrainz.py b/test/plugins/test_musicbrainz.py
index 64d436820..04c926fdf 100644
--- a/test/plugins/test_musicbrainz.py
+++ b/test/plugins/test_musicbrainz.py
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ def artist_credit_factory(**kwargs) -> mb.ArtistCredit:
     return factories.ArtistCreditFactory.build(**kwargs)
 
 
+def artist_relation_factory(**kwargs) -> mb.ArtistRelation:
+    return factories.ArtistRelationFactory.build(**kwargs)
+
+
 class MusicBrainzTestCase(BeetsTestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super().setUp()
@@ -187,20 +191,9 @@ class MusicBrainzTestCase(BeetsTestCase):
             )
         if remixer:
             recording["artist_relations"] = [
-                {
-                    "type": "remixer",
-                    "type_id": "RELATION TYPE ID",
-                    "direction": "backward",
-                    "artist": artist_factory(name="Recording Remixer"),
-                    "attribute_ids": {},
-                    "attribute_values": {},
-                    "attributes": [],
-                    "begin": None,
-                    "end": None,
-                    "ended": False,
-                    "source_credit": "",
-                    "target_credit": "",
-                }
+                artist_relation_factory(
+                    type="remixer", artist__name="Recording Remixer"
+                )
             ]
         return recording