diff --git a/crates/data-client/Cargo.toml b/crates/data-client/Cargo.toml
index 98554b29..539fc215 100644
--- a/crates/data-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/data-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 anyhow = { workspace = true, features = ["std"] }
 bytes = { workspace = true }
 futures = { workspace = true }
-reqwest = { workspace = true, features = ["gzip", "json", "stream"] }
+reqwest = { workspace = true, features = ["zstd", "json", "stream"] }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 sqd-primitives = { path = "../primitives", features = ["serde"] }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crates/data-client/src/reqwest/client.rs b/crates/data-client/src/reqwest/client.rs
index b4d1c6d5..f59308f0 100644
--- a/crates/data-client/src/reqwest/client.rs
+++ b/crates/data-client/src/reqwest/client.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ pub fn default_http_client() -> Client {
     Client::builder()
         .read_timeout(Duration::from_secs(20))
         .connect_timeout(Duration::from_secs(20))
-        .gzip(true)
+        .zstd(true)
         .build()
         .unwrap()
 }