diff --git a/lib/ve b/lib/ve
index 6b85afc55e..ac24b50f9e 160000
--- a/lib/ve
+++ b/lib/ve
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 6b85afc55e840c3f3ea0c70a2a2f93e572b36d75
+Subproject commit ac24b50f9e37736f60b92e1d688b15efc05f685d
diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/ce/nodes/ve.ce.MWEntityNode.js b/modules/ve-mw/ce/nodes/ve.ce.MWEntityNode.js
index 04dfa5cf9f..5956250f32 100644
--- a/modules/ve-mw/ce/nodes/ve.ce.MWEntityNode.js
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/ce/nodes/ve.ce.MWEntityNode.js
@@ -48,11 +48,13 @@ ve.ce.MWEntityNode.static.name = 'mwEntity';
 ve.ce.MWEntityNode.prototype.onUpdate = function () {
 	var
 		chr = this.model.getAttribute( 'character' ),
-		whitespaceHtmlChars = ve.ce.TextNode.whitespaceHtmlCharacters,
+		whitespaceHtmlChars = ve.ce.nodeFactory.lookup( 'text' ).static.whitespaceHtmlCharacters,
 		significantWhitespace = this.getModel().getParent().hasSignificantWhitespace();
+
 	if ( !significantWhitespace && Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call( whitespaceHtmlChars, chr ) ) {
 		chr = whitespaceHtmlChars[ chr ];
 	}
+
 	this.$element.text( chr );
 };