diff --git a/VisualEditor.hooks.php b/VisualEditor.hooks.php
index b03171b74a..44e92980e3 100644
--- a/VisualEditor.hooks.php
+++ b/VisualEditor.hooks.php
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ class VisualEditorHooks {
 		global $wgVisualEditorEnableEventLogging, $wgResourceModules,
 			$wgVisualEditorEnableGenderSurvey;
 
+		wfUseMW( '1.22alpha' );
+
 		if ( $wgVisualEditorEnableEventLogging ) {
 			if ( class_exists( 'ResourceLoaderSchemaModule' ) ) {
 				// EventLogging schema module for logging edit events.