diff --git a/src/components/Widgets/Markdown/MarkdownControl/VisualEditor/index.js b/src/components/Widgets/Markdown/MarkdownControl/VisualEditor/index.js
index abd93050..f50b8077 100644
--- a/src/components/Widgets/Markdown/MarkdownControl/VisualEditor/index.js
+++ b/src/components/Widgets/Markdown/MarkdownControl/VisualEditor/index.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import styles from './index.css';
 export default class Editor extends Component {
   constructor(props) {
     super(props);
-    const emptyText = Text.createFromString('');
+    const emptyText = Text.create('');
     const emptyBlock = Block.create({ kind: 'block', type: 'paragraph', nodes: [ emptyText ] });
     const emptyRawDoc = { nodes: [emptyBlock] };
     const rawDoc = this.props.value && markdownToSlate(this.props.value);
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ export default class Editor extends Component {
       shortcode: plugin.id,
       shortcodeData,
     };
-    const nodes = [Text.createFromString('')];
+    const nodes = [Text.create('')];
     const block = { kind: 'block', type: 'shortcode', data, isVoid: true, nodes };
     let change = editorState.change();
     const { focusBlock } = change.state;
diff --git a/src/components/Widgets/Markdown/MarkdownControl/VisualEditor/keys.js b/src/components/Widgets/Markdown/MarkdownControl/VisualEditor/keys.js
index a020c8ca..7e659c29 100644
--- a/src/components/Widgets/Markdown/MarkdownControl/VisualEditor/keys.js
+++ b/src/components/Widgets/Markdown/MarkdownControl/VisualEditor/keys.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ function onKeyDown(e, data, change) {
   const createDefaultBlock = () => {
     return Block.create({
       type: 'paragraph',
-      nodes: [Text.createFromString('')]
+      nodes: [Text.create('')]
     });
   };
   if (data.key === 'enter') {
diff --git a/src/components/Widgets/Markdown/MarkdownControl/VisualEditor/plugins.js b/src/components/Widgets/Markdown/MarkdownControl/VisualEditor/plugins.js
index 0d44ff81..b4822ec3 100644
--- a/src/components/Widgets/Markdown/MarkdownControl/VisualEditor/plugins.js
+++ b/src/components/Widgets/Markdown/MarkdownControl/VisualEditor/plugins.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const SoftBreak = (options = {}) => ({
       return trimmed.insertBlock(defaultBlock);
     }
 
-    const textNode = Text.createFromString('\n');
+    const textNode = Text.create('\n');
     const breakNode = Inline.create({ type: 'break', nodes: [ textNode ] });
     return change
       .insertInline(breakNode)
diff --git a/src/components/Widgets/Markdown/MarkdownControl/VisualEditor/rules.js b/src/components/Widgets/Markdown/MarkdownControl/VisualEditor/rules.js
index 96c189e0..7d0aa68d 100644
--- a/src/components/Widgets/Markdown/MarkdownControl/VisualEditor/rules.js
+++ b/src/components/Widgets/Markdown/MarkdownControl/VisualEditor/rules.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const enforceNeverEmpty = {
   normalize: change => {
     const block = Block.create({
       type: 'paragraph',
-      nodes: [Text.createFromString('')],
+      nodes: [Text.create('')],
     });
     const { key } = change.state.document;
     return change.insertNodeByKey(key, 0, block).focus();