diff --git a/core/modules/aggregator/src/Tests/AggregatorTestBase.php b/core/modules/aggregator/src/Tests/AggregatorTestBase.php
index 13f0a77..ac19e50 100755
--- a/core/modules/aggregator/src/Tests/AggregatorTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/aggregator/src/Tests/AggregatorTestBase.php
@@ -355,10 +355,12 @@ public function getHtmlEntitiesSample() {
   public function createSampleNodes($count = 5) {
     // Post $count article nodes.
     for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++) {
-      $edit = array();
-      $edit['title[0][value]'] = $this->randomMachineName();
-      $edit['body[0][value]'] = $this->randomMachineName();
-      $this->drupalPostForm('node/add/article', $edit, t('Save'));
+      $this->drupalCreateNode(array(
+        'type' => 'article',
+        'title' => $this->randomMachineName(),
+        'body' => array(array('value' => $this->randomMachineName())),
+        'promote' => 1,
+      ));
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/node/src/Entity/Node.php b/core/modules/node/src/Entity/Node.php
index 7b20a3b..f781c62 100755
--- a/core/modules/node/src/Entity/Node.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/src/Entity/Node.php
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ public static function baseFieldDefinitions(EntityTypeInterface $entity_type) {
       ->setLabel(t('Promoted to front page'))
       ->setRevisionable(TRUE)
       ->setTranslatable(TRUE)
-      ->setDefaultValue(TRUE)
+      ->setDefaultValue(FALSE)
       ->setDisplayOptions('form', array(
         'type' => 'boolean_checkbox',
         'settings' => array(
diff --git a/core/modules/node/src/Tests/Views/NodeLanguageTest.php b/core/modules/node/src/Tests/Views/NodeLanguageTest.php
index 97ef4e3..878acad 100755
--- a/core/modules/node/src/Tests/Views/NodeLanguageTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/src/Tests/Views/NodeLanguageTest.php
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ protected function setUp() {
       $node = $this->drupalCreateNode(array('title' => $title, 'langcode' => 'es', 'type' => 'page', 'promote' => 1));
       foreach (array('en', 'fr') as $langcode) {
         if (isset($this->nodeTitles[$langcode][$index])) {
-          $translation = $node->addTranslation($langcode, array('title' => $this->nodeTitles[$langcode][$index]));
+          $translation = $node->addTranslation($langcode, array('title' => $this->nodeTitles[$langcode][$index], 'promote' => 1));
           $translation->body->value = $this->randomMachineName(32);
         }
       }
diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Tests/RssTest.php b/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Tests/RssTest.php
index 0871b4b..628acb3 100755
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Tests/RssTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Tests/RssTest.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class RssTest extends TaxonomyTestBase {
   protected function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
 
-    $this->drupalLogin($this->drupalCreateUser(['administer taxonomy', 'bypass node access', 'administer content types', 'administer node display']));
+    $this->drupalLogin($this->drupalCreateUser(['administer taxonomy', 'bypass node access', 'administer content types', 'administer node display', 'administer nodes']));
     $this->vocabulary = $this->createVocabulary();
     $this->fieldName = 'taxonomy_' . $this->vocabulary->id();
 
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ function testTaxonomyRss() {
     $edit = array();
     $edit['title[0][value]'] = $this->randomMachineName();
     $edit[$this->fieldName . '[]'] = $term1->id();
-    $this->drupalPostForm('node/add/article', $edit, t('Save'));
+    $edit['promote[value]'] = TRUE;
+    $this->drupalPostForm('node/add/article', $edit, t('Save and publish'));
 
     // Check that the term is displayed when the RSS feed is viewed.
     $this->drupalGet('rss.xml');