diff --git a/src/hackney_conn.erl b/src/hackney_conn.erl
index 4c65e662..7c3962cd 100644
--- a/src/hackney_conn.erl
+++ b/src/hackney_conn.erl
@@ -1778,6 +1778,11 @@ recv_headers(#conn_data{parser = Parser} = Data, Headers) ->
 read_full_body(#conn_data{method = <<"HEAD">>} = Data, Acc) ->
     %% HEAD requests have no body
     {ok, Acc, Data};
+read_full_body(#conn_data{status = Status} = Data, Acc) when Status =:= 204; Status =:= 304 ->
+    %% 204 No Content and 304 Not Modified have no body per RFC 7230 3.3.3
+    %% Force connection close to avoid corrupting subsequent requests if
+    %% a misbehaving server sent Content-Length or body data
+    {ok, Acc, Data#conn_data{socket = undefined}};
 read_full_body(Data, Acc) ->
     case stream_body_chunk(Data) of
         {ok, Chunk, NewData} ->
@@ -1791,6 +1796,11 @@ read_full_body(Data, Acc) ->
 %% @private Stream a single body chunk
 stream_body_chunk(#conn_data{method = <<"HEAD">>} = Data) ->
     {done, Data};
+stream_body_chunk(#conn_data{status = Status} = Data) when Status =:= 204; Status =:= 304 ->
+    %% 204 No Content and 304 Not Modified have no body per RFC 7230 3.3.3
+    %% Force connection close to avoid corrupting subsequent requests if
+    %% a misbehaving server sent Content-Length or body data
+    {done, Data#conn_data{socket = undefined}};
 stream_body_chunk(#conn_data{parser = Parser, transport = Transport, socket = Socket, recv_timeout = Timeout} = Data) ->
     case hackney_http:execute(Parser) of
         {more, NewParser, _Buffer} ->
diff --git a/test/hackney_integration_tests.erl b/test/hackney_integration_tests.erl
index 002eb2e5..b71d417c 100644
--- a/test/hackney_integration_tests.erl
+++ b/test/hackney_integration_tests.erl
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ all_tests() ->
    fun head_request/0,
    fun no_content_response/0,
    fun not_modified_response/0,
+   fun no_content_body_read_then_next_request/0,
+   fun not_modified_body_read_then_next_request/0,
    fun basic_auth_request_failed/0,
    fun basic_auth_request/0,
    fun basic_auth_url_request/0,
@@ -85,6 +87,33 @@ not_modified_response() ->
     {ok, StatusCode, _, _} = hackney:request(get, URL, [], <<>>, []),
     ?assertEqual(304, StatusCode).
 
+%% Test for issue #434: 204 response followed by body read should not corrupt next request
+%% Per RFC 7230 3.3.3, 204 and 304 responses have no body regardless of headers
+no_content_body_read_then_next_request() ->
+    URL204 = url(<<"/status/204">>),
+    URLGet = url(<<"/get">>),
+    %% First request: 204 with explicit body read
+    {ok, Status1, _, Client1} = hackney:request(get, URL204, [], <<>>, []),
+    ?assertEqual(204, Status1),
+    {ok, Body1} = hackney:body(Client1),
+    ?assertEqual(<<>>, Body1),
+    %% Second request: should succeed (connection closed after 204, new connection used)
+    {ok, Status2, _, _} = hackney:request(get, URLGet, [], <<>>, []),
+    ?assertEqual(200, Status2).
+
+%% Same test for 304 Not Modified
+not_modified_body_read_then_next_request() ->
+    URL304 = url(<<"/status/304">>),
+    URLGet = url(<<"/get">>),
+    %% First request: 304 with explicit body read
+    {ok, Status1, _, Client1} = hackney:request(get, URL304, [], <<>>, []),
+    ?assertEqual(304, Status1),
+    {ok, Body1} = hackney:body(Client1),
+    ?assertEqual(<<>>, Body1),
+    %% Second request: should succeed
+    {ok, Status2, _, _} = hackney:request(get, URLGet, [], <<>>, []),
+    ?assertEqual(200, Status2).
+
 basic_auth_request() ->
     URL = url(<<"/basic-auth/username/password">>),
     %% Use application variable instead of per-request option