diff --git a/third-party/http-parser/README.md b/third-party/http-parser/README.md
index eedd7f8c..439b3099 100644
--- a/third-party/http-parser/README.md
+++ b/third-party/http-parser/README.md
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ callback in a threadsafe manner. This allows http-parser to be used in
 multi-threaded contexts.
 
 Example:
-```
+```c
  typedef struct {
   socket_t sock;
   void* buffer;
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ void http_parser_thread(socket_t sock) {
  parser supplied to callback functions */
  parser->data = my_data;
 
- http_parser_settings settings; / * set up callbacks */
+ http_parser_settings settings; /* set up callbacks */
  settings.on_url = my_url_callback;
 
  /* execute parser */
diff --git a/third-party/http-parser/http_parser.c b/third-party/http-parser/http_parser.c
index 3c896ffa..895bf0c7 100644
--- a/third-party/http-parser/http_parser.c
+++ b/third-party/http-parser/http_parser.c
@@ -1366,12 +1366,7 @@ reexecute:
                   || c != CONTENT_LENGTH[parser->index]) {
                 parser->header_state = h_general;
               } else if (parser->index == sizeof(CONTENT_LENGTH)-2) {
-                if (parser->flags & F_CONTENTLENGTH) {
-                  SET_ERRNO(HPE_UNEXPECTED_CONTENT_LENGTH);
-                  goto error;
-                }
                 parser->header_state = h_content_length;
-                parser->flags |= F_CONTENTLENGTH;
               }
               break;
 
@@ -1474,6 +1469,12 @@ reexecute:
               goto error;
             }
 
+            if (parser->flags & F_CONTENTLENGTH) {
+              SET_ERRNO(HPE_UNEXPECTED_CONTENT_LENGTH);
+              goto error;
+            }
+
+            parser->flags |= F_CONTENTLENGTH;
             parser->content_length = ch - '0';
             break;
 
diff --git a/third-party/http-parser/http_parser.h b/third-party/http-parser/http_parser.h
index 105ae510..ea263948 100644
--- a/third-party/http-parser/http_parser.h
+++ b/third-party/http-parser/http_parser.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ extern "C" {
 /* Also update SONAME in the Makefile whenever you change these. */
 #define HTTP_PARSER_VERSION_MAJOR 2
 #define HTTP_PARSER_VERSION_MINOR 7
-#define HTTP_PARSER_VERSION_PATCH 0
+#define HTTP_PARSER_VERSION_PATCH 1
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__MINGW32__) && \
diff --git a/third-party/http-parser/test.c b/third-party/http-parser/test.c
index 456a78ad..f5744aa0 100644
--- a/third-party/http-parser/test.c
+++ b/third-party/http-parser/test.c
@@ -1745,6 +1745,32 @@ const struct message responses[] =
   ,.body= ""
   }
 
+#define CONTENT_LENGTH_X 21
+, {.name= "Content-Length-X"
+  ,.type= HTTP_RESPONSE
+  ,.raw= "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n"
+         "Content-Length-X: 0\r\n"
+         "Transfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n"
+         "\r\n"
+         "2\r\n"
+         "OK\r\n"
+         "0\r\n"
+         "\r\n"
+  ,.should_keep_alive= TRUE
+  ,.message_complete_on_eof= FALSE
+  ,.http_major= 1
+  ,.http_minor= 1
+  ,.status_code= 200
+  ,.response_status= "OK"
+  ,.num_headers= 2
+  ,.headers= { { "Content-Length-X", "0" }
+             , { "Transfer-Encoding", "chunked" }
+             }
+  ,.body= "OK"
+  ,.num_chunks_complete= 2
+  ,.chunk_lengths= { 2 }
+  }
+
 , {.name= NULL } /* sentinel */
 };
 
@@ -3850,11 +3876,10 @@ test_message_connect (const struct message *msg)
 {
   char *buf = (char*) msg->raw;
   size_t buflen = strlen(msg->raw);
-  size_t nread;
 
   parser_init(msg->type);
 
-  nread = parse_connect(buf, buflen);
+  parse_connect(buf, buflen);
 
   if (num_messages != 1) {
     printf("\n*** num_messages != 1 after testing '%s' ***\n\n", msg->name);