diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 26e2bf56..2e35c634 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 1.3.5
 ------
 
+* Fix "sql/table must contain zoom variable" error when using
+  "[ zoom > 3]" CartoCSS snippets (note the space)
+
 1.3.4
 ------
 
diff --git a/npm-shrinkwrap.json b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
index 90c65f87..650bdd6a 100644
--- a/npm-shrinkwrap.json
+++ b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "windshaft-cartodb",
-  "version": "1.3.4",
+  "version": "1.3.5",
   "dependencies": {
     "node-varnish": {
       "version": "0.1.1"
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@
       "version": "1.3.3"
     },
     "windshaft": {
-      "version": "0.13.4",
+      "version": "0.13.5",
       "dependencies": {
         "grainstore": {
-          "version": "0.13.8",
+          "version": "0.13.9",
           "dependencies": {
             "carto": {
-              "version": "0.9.3-cdb3",
-              "from": "git://github.com/CartoDB/carto.git#cdb-0.9.3-cdb3",
+              "version": "0.9.3-cdb4",
+              "from": "git://github.com/CartoDB/carto.git#cdb-0.9.3-cdb4",
               "dependencies": {
                 "mapnik-reference": {
                   "version": "5.0.0-cdb1",
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
               "from": "git://github.com/CartoDB/millstone.git#cdb-0.6.0-cdb1",
               "dependencies": {
                 "underscore": {
-                  "version": "1.5.1"
+                  "version": "1.5.2"
                 },
                 "request": {
                   "version": "2.26.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c68ac986..a8deef6e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "dependencies": {
         "node-varnish": "0.1.1",
         "underscore"  : "~1.3.3",
-        "windshaft"  : "~0.13.4",
+        "windshaft"  : "~0.13.5",
         "step": "0.0.x",
         "generic-pool": "~2.0.3",
         "redis": "~0.8.3",
diff --git a/test/acceptance/server.js b/test/acceptance/server.js
index 7a383a4c..e62d62c8 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/server.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/server.js
@@ -1020,6 +1020,23 @@ suite('server', function() {
         );
     });
 
+    // Zoom is a special variable
+    test("Specifying zoom level in CartoCSS does not need a 'zoom' variable in SQL output", function(done){
+        // NOTE: may fail if grainstore < 0.3.0 is used by Windshaft
+        var query = querystring.stringify({
+          sql: "SELECT 'SRID=3857;POINT(0 0)'::geometry as the_geom_webmercator, 1::int as cartodb_id",
+          style: '#gadm4 [ zoom>=3] { marker-fill:red; }'
+        });
+        assert.response(server, {
+            headers: {host: 'localhost'},
+            url: '/tiles/gadm4/0/0/0.png?' + query,
+            method: 'GET'
+        },{}, function(res) {
+          assert.equal(res.statusCode, 200, res.statusCode + ': ' + res.body);
+          done();
+        });
+    });
+
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     //
     // DELETE CACHE