diff --git a/lib/Parser.js b/lib/Parser.js
index 7efa3ab..fe746b1 100644
--- a/lib/Parser.js
+++ b/lib/Parser.js
@@ -55,17 +55,14 @@ inherits(Parser, EventEmitter);
 
 Parser.prototype.setStream = function(stream) {
   if (/^v0\.8\./.test(process.version)) {
-    var newStream = new ReadableStream(),
-        wrapped = newStream.wrap(stream);
-    // as of now, 07/02/2013, the readable-stream module is behind in updates
-    // and has different behavior for the return value of wrap() compared to
-    // node v0.10+, so we check for that here ...
-    if (wrapped)
-      stream = wrapped;
-    else
-      stream = newStream;
-  }
-  this._stream = stream;
+    this._stream = (new ReadableStream()).wrap(stream);
+
+    // since Readable.wrap() proxies events, we need to remove at least the
+    // proxied 'error' event since this can cause problems and Parser doesn't
+    // care about such events
+    stream._events.error.pop();
+  } else
+    this._stream = stream;
 };
 
 Parser.prototype._tryread = function(n) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4a54662..be7d229 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "utf7": "1.0.0",
     "iconv-lite": "0.2.11",
-    "readable-stream": "1.0.2"
+    "readable-stream": "1.0.15"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "test": "node test/test.js"