diff --git a/core/modules/hal/lib/Drupal/hal/Tests/NodeTest.php b/core/modules/hal/lib/Drupal/hal/Tests/NodeTest.php
index c1ca759..eff2163 100644
--- a/core/modules/hal/lib/Drupal/hal/Tests/NodeTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/hal/lib/Drupal/hal/Tests/NodeTest.php
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@
 class NodeTest extends DrupalUnitTestBase {
 
   /**
+   * The serializer used for testing.
+   *
+   * @var \Symfony\Component\Serializer\Serializer
+   */
+  protected $serializer;
+
+  /**
    * Modules to enable.
    *
    * @var array
@@ -61,10 +68,13 @@ function setUp() {
 
     // We need a valid and existent content type for testing the entity
     // denormalizer.
-    $node_type = entity_create('node_type', array(
-      'type' => 'page',
-    ));
+    $node_type = $this->container
+      ->get('plugin.manager.entity')
+      ->getStorageController('node_type')
+      ->create(array('type' => 'page'));
     $node_type->save();
+
+    $this->serializer = $this->container->get('serializer');
   }
 
   /**
@@ -85,8 +95,7 @@ public function testLimitedFieldCardinality() {
       ),
     );
 
-    $serializer = $this->container->get('serializer');
-    $node = $serializer->denormalize($data, 'Drupal\node\Entity\Node', 'hal_json');
+    $node = $this->serializer->denormalize($data, 'Drupal\node\Entity\Node', 'hal_json');
     $this->assertEqual(count($node->get('field_test')), 1, 'Exactly one field item was created.');
     $this->assertEqual($node->get('field_test')->getValue(), $data['field_test']);
   }