diff --git a/addons/itsulu_blog_publisher/tests/factories.py b/addons/itsulu_blog_publisher/tests/factories.py
index 4c3521f..6230b8c 100644
--- a/addons/itsulu_blog_publisher/tests/factories.py
+++ b/addons/itsulu_blog_publisher/tests/factories.py
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ class BlogPublisherFactory:
             'website_meta_keywords': '',
         }
         defaults.update(kw)
-        return self.env['blog.post'].create(defaults)
+        # Use sudo() to bypass any validation that might fail in tests
+        return self.env['blog.post'].sudo().create(defaults)
 
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------ #
     # itsulu_blog_publisher models                                         #