diff --git a/EllesmereUIUnitFrames/EUI_UnitFrames_Engine.lua b/EllesmereUIUnitFrames/EUI_UnitFrames_Engine.lua
index fbd1187bd..49d8217eb 100644
--- a/EllesmereUIUnitFrames/EUI_UnitFrames_Engine.lua
+++ b/EllesmereUIUnitFrames/EUI_UnitFrames_Engine.lua
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ local CHANNEL_EVENTS = {
     -- exactly that moment. (The "Short" variants ride the Override's
     -- _absGate lockstep instead, which the absorb channel already covers.)
     text     = { "UNIT_HEALTH", "UNIT_MAXHEALTH", "UNIT_POWER_UPDATE", "UNIT_MAXPOWER", "UNIT_DISPLAYPOWER",
-                 "UNIT_NAME_UPDATE", "UNIT_LEVEL", "UNIT_CONNECTION",
+                 "UNIT_NAME_UPDATE", "UNIT_LEVEL", "UNIT_CONNECTION", "UNIT_FACTION",
                  "UNIT_ABSORB_AMOUNT_CHANGED", "UNIT_HEAL_ABSORB_AMOUNT_CHANGED",
                  "UNIT_MAX_HEALTH_MODIFIERS_CHANGED" },
     -- (UNIT_HEAL_PREDICTION deliberately absent: the absorb painter never