diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 49003f7..d81ac6a 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ except:
 
 setuptools.setup(
         name='warcprox',
-        version='2.2.1b2.dev122',
+        version='2.2.1b2.dev123',
         description='WARC writing MITM HTTP/S proxy',
         url='https://github.com/internetarchive/warcprox',
         author='Noah Levitt',
diff --git a/tests/test_warcprox.py b/tests/test_warcprox.py
index 5f426fc..5afd906 100755
--- a/tests/test_warcprox.py
+++ b/tests/test_warcprox.py
@@ -1653,12 +1653,12 @@ def test_empty_response(
     url = 'http://localhost:%s/empty-response' % http_daemon.server_port
     response = requests.get(url, proxies=archiving_proxies, verify=False)
     assert response.status_code == 502
-    assert response.reason == 'Remote end closed connection without response'
+    # this is the reason in python >= 3.5 but not in 3.4 and 2.7
+    # assert response.reason == 'Remote end closed connection without response'
 
     url = 'https://localhost:%s/empty-response' % https_daemon.server_port
     response = requests.get(url, proxies=archiving_proxies, verify=False)
     assert response.status_code == 502
-    assert response.reason == 'Remote end closed connection without response'
 
 def test_payload_digest(warcprox_, http_daemon):
     '''