diff --git a/test/factories.rb b/test/factories.rb
index c035d31..9e98a02 100644
--- a/test/factories.rb
+++ b/test/factories.rb
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ module Noosfero::Factory
     attrs[:slug] = attrs[:name].to_slug if attrs[:name].present? && attrs[:slug].blank? && defaults[:slug].present?
     data = defaults_for(name).merge(attrs)
     object = name.to_s.camelize.constantize.new
-    data.each { |attribute, value| object.send(attribute.to_s+'=', value) }
+    object.assign_attributes(data, :without_protection => true)
     object
  end
 
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