diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2547613..a55a47d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -17,18 +17,6 @@ version = "2.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "512761e0bb2578dd7380c6baaa0f4ce03e84f95e960231d1dec8bf4d7d6e2627"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ahash"
-version = "0.8.12"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5a15f179cd60c4584b8a8c596927aadc462e27f2ca70c04e0071964a73ba7a75"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "once_cell",
- "version_check",
- "zerocopy",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "aho-corasick"
 version = "1.1.3"
@@ -44,12 +32,6 @@ version = "0.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "250f629c0161ad8107cf89319e990051fae62832fd343083bea452d93e2205fd"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "allocator-api2"
-version = "0.2.21"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "683d7910e743518b0e34f1186f92494becacb047c7b6bf616c96772180fef923"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "android-tzdata"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -285,6 +267,8 @@ version = "1.2.25"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d0fc897dc1e865cc67c0e05a836d9d3f1df3cbe442aa4a9473b18e12624a4951"
 dependencies = [
+ "jobserver",
+ "libc",
  "shlex",
 ]
 
@@ -365,20 +349,20 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "config"
-version = "0.14.1"
+version = "0.15.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "68578f196d2a33ff61b27fae256c3164f65e36382648e30666dde05b8cc9dfdf"
+checksum = "595aae20e65c3be792d05818e8c63025294ac3cb7e200f11459063a352a6ef80"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "convert_case",
  "json5",
- "nom",
  "pathdiff",
  "ron",
  "rust-ini",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "toml",
+ "winnow 0.7.10",
  "yaml-rust2",
 ]
 
@@ -785,6 +769,12 @@ version = "1.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "foldhash"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d9c4f5dac5e15c24eb999c26181a6ca40b39fe946cbe4c263c7209467bc83af2"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "foreign-types"
 version = "0.3.2"
@@ -991,24 +981,23 @@ name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.14.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e5274423e17b7c9fc20b6e7e208532f9b19825d82dfd615708b70edd83df41f1"
-dependencies = [
- "ahash",
- "allocator-api2",
-]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.15.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "84b26c544d002229e640969970a2e74021aadf6e2f96372b9c58eff97de08eb3"
+dependencies = [
+ "foldhash",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hashlink"
-version = "0.8.4"
+version = "0.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e8094feaf31ff591f651a2664fb9cfd92bba7a60ce3197265e9482ebe753c8f7"
+checksum = "7382cf6263419f2d8df38c55d7da83da5c18aef87fc7a7fc1fb1e344edfe14c1"
 dependencies = [
- "hashbrown 0.14.5",
+ "hashbrown 0.15.3",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1349,6 +1338,16 @@ version = "1.0.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4a5f13b858c8d314ee3e8f639011f7ccefe71f97f96e50151fb991f267928e2c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "jobserver"
+version = "0.1.33"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "38f262f097c174adebe41eb73d66ae9c06b2844fb0da69969647bbddd9b0538a"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom 0.3.3",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
 version = "0.3.77"
@@ -1439,15 +1438,6 @@ version = "0.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "112b39cec0b298b6c1999fee3e31427f74f676e4cb9879ed1a121b43661a4154"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "lz4_flex"
-version = "0.11.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "75761162ae2b0e580d7e7c390558127e5f01b4194debd6221fd8c207fc80e3f5"
-dependencies = [
- "twox-hash",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "matchers"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -1494,12 +1484,6 @@ version = "0.3.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6877bb514081ee2a7ff5ef9de3281f14a4dd4bceac4c09388074a6b5df8a139a"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "minimal-lexical"
-version = "0.2.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "68354c5c6bd36d73ff3feceb05efa59b6acb7626617f4962be322a825e61f79a"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "miniz_oxide"
 version = "0.8.8"
@@ -1568,16 +1552,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "smallvec",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "nom"
-version = "7.1.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d273983c5a657a70a3e8f2a01329822f3b8c8172b73826411a55751e404a0a4a"
-dependencies = [
- "memchr",
- "minimal-lexical",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "nu-ansi-term"
 version = "0.46.0"
@@ -2276,12 +2250,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rust-ini"
-version = "0.20.0"
+version = "0.21.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3e0698206bcb8882bf2a9ecb4c1e7785db57ff052297085a6efd4fe42302068a"
+checksum = "4e310ef0e1b6eeb79169a1171daf9abcb87a2e17c03bee2c4bb100b55c75409f"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "ordered-multimap",
+ "trim-in-place",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2630,7 +2605,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "flatbuffers",
  "futures",
  "log",
- "lz4_flex",
  "moka",
  "object_store",
  "once_cell",
@@ -2650,6 +2624,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ulid",
  "uuid",
  "walkdir",
+ "zstd",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3104,20 +3079,16 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "try-lock"
-version = "0.2.5"
+name = "trim-in-place"
+version = "0.1.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e421abadd41a4225275504ea4d6566923418b7f05506fbc9c0fe86ba7396114b"
+checksum = "343e926fc669bc8cde4fa3129ab681c63671bae288b1f1081ceee6d9d37904fc"
 
 [[package]]
-name = "twox-hash"
-version = "1.6.3"
+name = "try-lock"
+version = "0.2.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "97fee6b57c6a41524a810daee9286c02d7752c4253064d0b05472833a438f675"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "static_assertions",
-]
+checksum = "e421abadd41a4225275504ea4d6566923418b7f05506fbc9c0fe86ba7396114b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "typenum"
@@ -3737,9 +3708,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "yaml-rust2"
-version = "0.8.1"
+version = "0.10.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8902160c4e6f2fb145dbe9d6760a75e3c9522d8bf796ed7047c85919ac7115f8"
+checksum = "4ce2a4ff45552406d02501cea6c18d8a7e50228e7736a872951fe2fe75c91be7"
 dependencies = [
  "arraydeque",
  "encoding_rs",
@@ -3869,3 +3840,31 @@ dependencies = [
  "quote",
  "syn",
 ]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zstd"
+version = "0.13.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e91ee311a569c327171651566e07972200e76fcfe2242a4fa446149a3881c08a"
+dependencies = [
+ "zstd-safe",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zstd-safe"
+version = "7.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8f49c4d5f0abb602a93fb8736af2a4f4dd9512e36f7f570d66e65ff867ed3b9d"
+dependencies = [
+ "zstd-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zstd-sys"
+version = "2.0.15+zstd.1.5.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "eb81183ddd97d0c74cedf1d50d85c8d08c1b8b68ee863bdee9e706eedba1a237"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "pkg-config",
+]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b3308a8..f817b76 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ opt-level = 3
 
 [dependencies]
 slatedb = { git = "https://github.com/Barre/slatedb.git", rev = "c80bcddbbbd066b05d3bee9ca797fa4dfc6081f4", features = [
-    "lz4",
+    "zstd",
     "azure",
 ] }
 num_cpus = "1.17.0"
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ chrono = "0.4"
 p256 = { version = "0.13", features = ["ecdsa", "pkcs8"] }
 signature = "2.2"
 toml = "0.8"
-config = "0.14"
+config = "0.15"
 rand = "0.8"
 mimalloc = "0.1"
 subtle = "2.5"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e1a7558..cc1841d 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ async fn initialize_storage(
     };
 
     let mut db_options = Settings::default();
-    db_options.compression_codec = Some(CompressionCodec::Lz4);
+    db_options.compression_codec = Some(CompressionCodec::Zstd);
     db_options.garbage_collector_options = Some(GarbageCollectorOptions {
         wal_options: Some(garbage_collector_directory_options),
         manifest_options: Some(garbage_collector_directory_options),