diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index e8dbbdcc4..762d07eda 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pdfjs-dist",
-  "version": "1.3.152",
+  "version": "1.3.154",
   "main": [
     "build/pdf.js",
     "build/pdf.worker.js"
diff --git a/build/pdf.combined.js b/build/pdf.combined.js
index 2788b4173..f18206fb9 100644
--- a/build/pdf.combined.js
+++ b/build/pdf.combined.js
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ if (typeof PDFJS === 'undefined') {
    typeof global !== 'undefined' ? global : this).PDFJS = {};
 }
 
-PDFJS.version = '1.3.152';
-PDFJS.build = '96d8b8f';
+PDFJS.version = '1.3.154';
+PDFJS.build = '4399d01';
 
 (function pdfjsWrapper() {
   // Use strict in our context only - users might not want it
@@ -9972,6 +9972,16 @@ var XRefParseException = (function XRefParseExceptionClosure() {
   return XRefParseException;
 })();
 
+var NullCharactersRegExp = /\x00/g;
+
+function removeNullCharacters(str) {
+  if (typeof str !== 'string') {
+    warn('The argument for removeNullCharacters must be a string.');
+    return str;
+  }
+  return str.replace(NullCharactersRegExp, '');
+}
+PDFJS.removeNullCharacters = removeNullCharacters;
 
 function bytesToString(bytes) {
   assert(bytes !== null && typeof bytes === 'object' &&
@@ -11150,6 +11160,7 @@ exports.log2 = log2;
 exports.readInt8 = readInt8;
 exports.readUint16 = readUint16;
 exports.readUint32 = readUint32;
+exports.removeNullCharacters = removeNullCharacters;
 exports.shadow = shadow;
 exports.string32 = string32;
 exports.stringToBytes = stringToBytes;
@@ -15527,6 +15538,7 @@ var AnnotationType = sharedUtil.AnnotationType;
 var Util = sharedUtil.Util;
 var isExternalLinkTargetSet = sharedUtil.isExternalLinkTargetSet;
 var LinkTargetStringMap = sharedUtil.LinkTargetStringMap;
+var removeNullCharacters = sharedUtil.removeNullCharacters;
 var warn = sharedUtil.warn;
 var CustomStyle = displayDOMUtils.CustomStyle;
 
@@ -15726,7 +15738,8 @@ var LinkAnnotationElement = (function LinkAnnotationElementClosure() {
       this.container.className = 'linkAnnotation';
 
       var link = document.createElement('a');
-      link.href = link.title = this.data.url || '';
+      link.href = link.title = (this.data.url ?
+                                removeNullCharacters(this.data.url) : '');
 
       if (this.data.url && isExternalLinkTargetSet()) {
         link.target = LinkTargetStringMap[PDFJS.externalLinkTarget];
diff --git a/build/pdf.js b/build/pdf.js
index 66b93bfcf..f907f71a0 100644
--- a/build/pdf.js
+++ b/build/pdf.js
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ if (typeof PDFJS === 'undefined') {
    typeof global !== 'undefined' ? global : this).PDFJS = {};
 }
 
-PDFJS.version = '1.3.152';
-PDFJS.build = '96d8b8f';
+PDFJS.version = '1.3.154';
+PDFJS.build = '4399d01';
 
 (function pdfjsWrapper() {
   // Use strict in our context only - users might not want it
@@ -607,6 +607,16 @@ var XRefParseException = (function XRefParseExceptionClosure() {
   return XRefParseException;
 })();
 
+var NullCharactersRegExp = /\x00/g;
+
+function removeNullCharacters(str) {
+  if (typeof str !== 'string') {
+    warn('The argument for removeNullCharacters must be a string.');
+    return str;
+  }
+  return str.replace(NullCharactersRegExp, '');
+}
+PDFJS.removeNullCharacters = removeNullCharacters;
 
 function bytesToString(bytes) {
   assert(bytes !== null && typeof bytes === 'object' &&
@@ -1785,6 +1795,7 @@ exports.log2 = log2;
 exports.readInt8 = readInt8;
 exports.readUint16 = readUint16;
 exports.readUint32 = readUint32;
+exports.removeNullCharacters = removeNullCharacters;
 exports.shadow = shadow;
 exports.string32 = string32;
 exports.stringToBytes = stringToBytes;
@@ -1807,6 +1818,7 @@ var AnnotationType = sharedUtil.AnnotationType;
 var Util = sharedUtil.Util;
 var isExternalLinkTargetSet = sharedUtil.isExternalLinkTargetSet;
 var LinkTargetStringMap = sharedUtil.LinkTargetStringMap;
+var removeNullCharacters = sharedUtil.removeNullCharacters;
 var warn = sharedUtil.warn;
 var CustomStyle = displayDOMUtils.CustomStyle;
 
@@ -2006,7 +2018,8 @@ var LinkAnnotationElement = (function LinkAnnotationElementClosure() {
       this.container.className = 'linkAnnotation';
 
       var link = document.createElement('a');
-      link.href = link.title = this.data.url || '';
+      link.href = link.title = (this.data.url ?
+                                removeNullCharacters(this.data.url) : '');
 
       if (this.data.url && isExternalLinkTargetSet()) {
         link.target = LinkTargetStringMap[PDFJS.externalLinkTarget];
diff --git a/build/pdf.worker.js b/build/pdf.worker.js
index 6a0d42d89..dcd6c4753 100644
--- a/build/pdf.worker.js
+++ b/build/pdf.worker.js
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ if (typeof PDFJS === 'undefined') {
    typeof global !== 'undefined' ? global : this).PDFJS = {};
 }
 
-PDFJS.version = '1.3.152';
-PDFJS.build = '96d8b8f';
+PDFJS.version = '1.3.154';
+PDFJS.build = '4399d01';
 
 (function pdfjsWrapper() {
   // Use strict in our context only - users might not want it
@@ -9904,6 +9904,16 @@ var XRefParseException = (function XRefParseExceptionClosure() {
   return XRefParseException;
 })();
 
+var NullCharactersRegExp = /\x00/g;
+
+function removeNullCharacters(str) {
+  if (typeof str !== 'string') {
+    warn('The argument for removeNullCharacters must be a string.');
+    return str;
+  }
+  return str.replace(NullCharactersRegExp, '');
+}
+PDFJS.removeNullCharacters = removeNullCharacters;
 
 function bytesToString(bytes) {
   assert(bytes !== null && typeof bytes === 'object' &&
@@ -11082,6 +11092,7 @@ exports.log2 = log2;
 exports.readInt8 = readInt8;
 exports.readUint16 = readUint16;
 exports.readUint32 = readUint32;
+exports.removeNullCharacters = removeNullCharacters;
 exports.shadow = shadow;
 exports.string32 = string32;
 exports.stringToBytes = stringToBytes;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5c09284cc..f20fd65ec 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pdfjs-dist",
-  "version": "1.3.152",
+  "version": "1.3.154",
   "main": "build/pdf.js",
   "description": "Generic build of Mozilla's PDF.js library.",
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/web/pdf_viewer.js b/web/pdf_viewer.js
index 18995dbf7..73516708c 100644
--- a/web/pdf_viewer.js
+++ b/web/pdf_viewer.js
@@ -34,12 +34,6 @@ var MAX_AUTO_SCALE = 1.25;
 var SCROLLBAR_PADDING = 40;
 var VERTICAL_PADDING = 5;
 
-var NullCharactersRegExp = /\x00/g;
-
-function removeNullCharacters(str) {
-  return str.replace(NullCharactersRegExp, '');
-}
-
 function getFileName(url) {
   var anchor = url.indexOf('#');
   var query = url.indexOf('?');