diff --git a/contrib/serf/CHANGES b/contrib/serf/CHANGES
index e4e1c892b78e..64eaaa3b5582 100644
--- a/contrib/serf/CHANGES
+++ b/contrib/serf/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-Serf 1.3.4 [2014-02-08, from /tags/1.3.4, rxxxx]
+Serf 1.3.5 [2014-04-27, from /tags/1.3.5, rxxxx]
+  Fix issue #125: no reverse lookup during Negotiate authentication for proxies.
+  Fix a crash caused by incorrect reuse of the ssltunnel CONNECT request (r2316)
+  Cancel request if response parsing failed + authn callback set (r2319)
+  Update the expired certificates in the test suite.
+
+
+Serf 1.3.4 [2014-02-08, from /tags/1.3.4, r2310]
   Fix issue #119: Endless loop during ssl tunnel setup with Negotiate authn
   Fix issue #123: Can't setup ssl tunnel which sends Connection close header
   Fix a race condition when initializing OpenSSL from multiple threads (r2263)
diff --git a/contrib/serf/auth/auth.c b/contrib/serf/auth/auth.c
index 6ba3ba5ab59e..811709122a8c 100644
--- a/contrib/serf/auth/auth.c
+++ b/contrib/serf/auth/auth.c
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ apr_status_t serf__handle_auth_response(int *consumed_response,
                consider the reponse body as invalid and discard it. */
             status = discard_body(response);
             *consumed_response = 1;
+
             if (!APR_STATUS_IS_EOF(status)) {
                 return status;
             }
diff --git a/contrib/serf/auth/auth_spnego.c b/contrib/serf/auth/auth_spnego.c
index c0ad27e362da..e55fad2ae938 100644
--- a/contrib/serf/auth/auth_spnego.c
+++ b/contrib/serf/auth/auth_spnego.c
@@ -335,8 +335,7 @@ do_auth(peer_t peer,
                                          &tmp, &tmp_len,
                                          gss_info);
     } else {
-        char *proxy_host;
-        apr_getnameinfo(&proxy_host, conn->ctx->proxy_address, 0);
+        char *proxy_host = conn->ctx->proxy_address->hostname;
         status = gss_api_get_credentials(conn,
                                          token, token_len, proxy_host,
                                          &tmp, &tmp_len,
diff --git a/contrib/serf/outgoing.c b/contrib/serf/outgoing.c
index 3fc726c038e4..0d0e5e2e1c9a 100644
--- a/contrib/serf/outgoing.c
+++ b/contrib/serf/outgoing.c
@@ -916,21 +916,22 @@ static apr_status_t handle_response(serf_request_t *request,
      * themselves by not registering credential callbacks.
      */
     if (request->conn->ctx->cred_cb) {
-      status = serf__handle_auth_response(&consumed_response,
-                                          request,
-                                          request->resp_bkt,
-                                          request->handler_baton,
-                                          pool);
+        status = serf__handle_auth_response(&consumed_response,
+                                            request,
+                                            request->resp_bkt,
+                                            request->handler_baton,
+                                            pool);
 
-      /* If there was an error reading the response (maybe there wasn't
-         enough data available), don't bother passing the response to the
-         application.
+        if (SERF_BUCKET_READ_ERROR(status)) {
+            /* Report the request as 'died'/'cancelled' to the application */
+            (void)(*request->handler)(request,
+                                      NULL,
+                                      request->handler_baton,
+                                      pool);
+        }
 
-         If the authentication was tried, but failed, pass the response
-         to the application, maybe it can do better. */
-      if (status) {
-          return status;
-      }
+        if (status)
+            return status;
     }
 
     if (!consumed_response) {
diff --git a/contrib/serf/serf.h b/contrib/serf/serf.h
index c28703f0c1c4..55d6a3a1b43e 100644
--- a/contrib/serf/serf.h
+++ b/contrib/serf/serf.h
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ void serf_debug__bucket_alloc_check(
 /* Version info */
 #define SERF_MAJOR_VERSION 1
 #define SERF_MINOR_VERSION 3
-#define SERF_PATCH_VERSION 4
+#define SERF_PATCH_VERSION 5
 
 /* Version number string */
 #define SERF_VERSION_STRING APR_STRINGIFY(SERF_MAJOR_VERSION) "." \
diff --git a/contrib/serf/ssltunnel.c b/contrib/serf/ssltunnel.c
index 28ca12700447..0ad04d677036 100644
--- a/contrib/serf/ssltunnel.c
+++ b/contrib/serf/ssltunnel.c
@@ -70,12 +70,11 @@ static apr_status_t handle_response(serf_request_t *request,
     req_ctx_t *ctx = handler_baton;
     serf_connection_t *conn = request->conn;
 
-    if (! response) {
-        serf_connection_request_create(conn,
-                                       setup_request,
-                                       ctx);
+    /* CONNECT request was cancelled. Assuming that this is during connection
+       reset, we can safely discard the request as a new one will be created
+       when setting up the next connection. */
+    if (!response)
         return APR_SUCCESS;
-    }
 
     status = serf_bucket_response_status(response, &sl);
     if (SERF_BUCKET_READ_ERROR(status)) {