diff --git a/checkpoint/orbax/checkpoint/experimental/v1/_src/testing/v1_checkpointer_compatibility_test.py b/checkpoint/orbax/checkpoint/experimental/v1/_src/testing/v1_checkpointer_compatibility_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c4850035
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checkpoint/orbax/checkpoint/experimental/v1/_src/testing/v1_checkpointer_compatibility_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Copyright 2026 The Orbax Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""Tests for experimental Checkpointer compatibility against static managed checkpoints."""
+
+from absl import flags
+from absl.testing import absltest
+import jax
+from orbax.checkpoint.experimental.v1._src.testing.compatibility import manager_compatibility_test_base
+
+
+FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
+
+jax.config.update('jax_enable_x64', True)
+
+
+class V1CheckpointerCompatibilityTest(
+    manager_compatibility_test_base.ManagerCompatibilityTestBase,
+):
+  pass
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  absltest.main()
diff --git a/checkpoint/orbax/checkpoint/experimental/v1/_src/testing/v1_compatibility_load_test.py b/checkpoint/orbax/checkpoint/experimental/v1/_src/testing/v1_compatibility_load_test.py
index b4c2409e8..dd86d2683 100644
--- a/checkpoint/orbax/checkpoint/experimental/v1/_src/testing/v1_compatibility_load_test.py
+++ b/checkpoint/orbax/checkpoint/experimental/v1/_src/testing/v1_compatibility_load_test.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 
 from absl import flags
 from absl.testing import absltest
-from absl.testing import parameterized
 import jax
 from orbax.checkpoint.experimental.v1._src.testing.compatibility import checkpointables_metadata_compatibility_test_base
 from orbax.checkpoint.experimental.v1._src.testing.compatibility import load_checkpointables_compatibility_test_base
@@ -29,28 +28,24 @@
 
 class CheckpointablesMetadataTest(
     checkpointables_metadata_compatibility_test_base.CheckpointablesMetadataCompatibilityTestBase,
-    parameterized.TestCase,
 ):
   pass
 
 
 class LoadCheckpointablesTest(
     load_checkpointables_compatibility_test_base.LoadCheckpointablesCompatibilityTestBase,
-    parameterized.TestCase,
 ):
   pass
 
 
 class LoadPytreeTest(
     load_pytree_compatibility_test_base.LoadPytreeCompatibilityTestBase,
-    parameterized.TestCase,
 ):
   pass
 
 
 class PytreeMetadataTest(
     pytree_metadata_compatibility_test_base.PytreeMetadataCompatibilityTestBase,
-    parameterized.TestCase,
 ):
   pass