diff --git a/src/vector_of_array.jl b/src/vector_of_array.jl
index af4da6e9..0ca19a09 100644
--- a/src/vector_of_array.jl
+++ b/src/vector_of_array.jl
@@ -1162,6 +1162,16 @@ end
     ) where {T}
     return similar(Array{T}, dims)
 end
+# On Julia versions where Base.similar(::AbstractArray, ::Type, ::Tuple{Integer,
+# Vararg{Integer}}) still exists (removed upstream in 1.12), that method and the
+# one above are each more specific than the other in one argument position,
+# which Aqua reports as an ambiguity. Pin down the Integer-only intersection
+# explicitly, mirroring the equivalent pair of methods Base itself defines.
+@inline function Base.similar(
+        VA::AbstractVectorOfArray, ::Type{T}, dims::Tuple{Integer, Vararg{Integer}}
+    ) where {T}
+    return similar(Array{T}, dims)
+end
 
 
 # fill!