diff --git a/components/core/CMakeLists.txt b/components/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 57715c7f5a..ecbb0a6fdc 100644
--- a/components/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -297,16 +297,14 @@ if(CLP_NEED_YSTDLIB)
     add_subdirectory("${CLP_YSTDLIB_SOURCE_DIRECTORY}" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/ystdlib" EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 endif()
 
-# Find and setup ZStd Library
 if(CLP_NEED_ZSTD)
+    # v1.4.8 is the lowest version available in the package managers of the OSes we support.
+    find_package(zstd 1.4.8 REQUIRED)
+    message(STATUS "Found zstd ${zstd_VERSION}")
     if(CLP_USE_STATIC_LIBS)
-        set(ZStd_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
-    endif()
-    find_package(ZStd 1.4.4 REQUIRED)
-    if(ZStd_FOUND)
-        message(STATUS "Found ZStd ${ZStd_VERSION}")
+        set(zstd_TARGET zstd::libzstd_static)
     else()
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find ${CLP_LIBS_STRING} libraries for ZStd")
+        set(zstd_TARGET zstd::libzstd_shared)
     endif()
 endif()
 
@@ -772,7 +770,7 @@ if(CLP_BUILD_TESTING)
             ystdlib::containers
             ystdlib::error_handling
             ${LIBLZMA_LIBRARIES}
-            ZStd::ZStd
+            ${zstd_TARGET}
             )
     target_compile_features(unitTest
             PRIVATE cxx_std_20
diff --git a/components/core/cmake/Modules/FindLZ4.cmake b/components/core/cmake/Modules/FindLZ4.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 66ad14ff0d..0000000000
--- a/components/core/cmake/Modules/FindLZ4.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,103 +0,0 @@
-# Try to find LZ4
-#
-# Set LZ4_USE_STATIC_LIBS=ON to look for static libraries.
-#
-# Once done this will define:
-#  LZ4_FOUND - Whether LZ4 was found on the system
-#  LZ4_INCLUDE_DIR - The LZ4 include directories
-#  LZ4_VERSION - The version of LZ4 installed on the system
-#
-# Conventions:
-# - Variables only for use within the script are prefixed with "lz4_"
-# - Variables that should be externally visible are prefixed with "LZ4_"
-
-set(lz4_LIBNAME "lz4")
-
-include(cmake/Modules/FindLibraryDependencies.cmake)
-
-# Run pkg-config
-find_package(PkgConfig)
-pkg_check_modules(lz4_PKGCONF QUIET "lib${lz4_LIBNAME}")
-
-# Set include directory
-find_path(LZ4_INCLUDE_DIR lz4.h
-        HINTS ${lz4_PKGCONF_INCLUDEDIR}
-        PATH_SUFFIXES include
-        )
-
-# Handle static libraries
-if(LZ4_USE_STATIC_LIBS)
-    # Save current value of CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES
-    set(lz4_ORIG_CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ${CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES})
-
-    # Temporarily change CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES to static library suffix
-    set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES .a)
-endif()
-
-# Find library
-find_library(LZ4_LIBRARY
-        NAMES ${lz4_LIBNAME}
-        HINTS ${lz4_PKGCONF_LIBDIR}
-        PATH_SUFFIXES lib
-        )
-if (LZ4_LIBRARY)
-    # NOTE: This must be set for find_package_handle_standard_args to work
-    set(LZ4_FOUND ON)
-endif()
-
-if(LZ4_USE_STATIC_LIBS)
-    FindStaticLibraryDependencies(${lz4_LIBNAME} lz4 "${lz4_PKGCONF_STATIC_LIBRARIES}")
-
-    # Restore original value of CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES
-    set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ${lz4_ORIG_CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES})
-    unset(lz4_ORIG_CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES)
-endif()
-
-FindDynamicLibraryDependencies(lz4 "${lz4_DYNAMIC_LIBS}")
-
-# Set version
-set(LZ4_VERSION ${lz4_PKGCONF_VERSION})
-
-include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
-find_package_handle_standard_args(LZ4
-        REQUIRED_VARS LZ4_INCLUDE_DIR
-        VERSION_VAR LZ4_VERSION
-        )
-
-if(NOT TARGET LZ4::LZ4)
-    # Add library to build
-    if (LZ4_FOUND)
-        if (LZ4_USE_STATIC_LIBS)
-            add_library(LZ4::LZ4 STATIC IMPORTED)
-        else()
-            # NOTE: We use UNKNOWN so that if the user doesn't have the SHARED
-            # libraries installed, we can still use the STATIC libraries
-            add_library(LZ4::LZ4 UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
-        endif()
-    endif()
-
-    # Set include directories for library
-    if(LZ4_INCLUDE_DIR)
-        set_target_properties(LZ4::LZ4
-                PROPERTIES
-                INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${LZ4_INCLUDE_DIR}"
-                )
-    endif()
-
-    # Set location of library
-    if(EXISTS "${LZ4_LIBRARY}")
-        set_target_properties(LZ4::LZ4
-                PROPERTIES
-                IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LANGUAGES "C"
-                IMPORTED_LOCATION "${LZ4_LIBRARY}"
-                )
-
-        # Add component's dependencies for linking
-        if(lz4_LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES)
-            set_target_properties(LZ4::LZ4
-                    PROPERTIES
-                    INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "${lz4_LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES}"
-                    )
-        endif()
-    endif()
-endif()
diff --git a/components/core/cmake/Modules/FindZStd.cmake b/components/core/cmake/Modules/FindZStd.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 503dfebfac..0000000000
--- a/components/core/cmake/Modules/FindZStd.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,106 +0,0 @@
-# Try to find ZStd
-#
-# Set ZStd_USE_STATIC_LIBS=ON to look for static libraries.
-#
-# Once done this will define:
-#  ZStd_FOUND - Whether ZStd was found on the system
-#  ZStd_INCLUDE_DIR - The ZStd include directories
-#  ZStd_VERSION - The version of ZStd installed on the system
-#
-# Conventions:
-# - Variables only for use within the script are prefixed with "zstd_"
-# - Variables that should be externally visible are prefixed with "ZStd_"
-
-set(zstd_LIBNAME "zstd")
-
-include(cmake/Modules/FindLibraryDependencies.cmake)
-
-# Run pkg-config
-find_package(PkgConfig)
-pkg_check_modules(zstd_PKGCONF QUIET lib${zstd_LIBNAME})
-
-# Set include directory
-find_path(ZStd_INCLUDE_DIR zstd.h
-        HINTS ${zstd_PKGCONF_INCLUDEDIR}
-        PATH_SUFFIXES include
-        )
-
-# Handle static libraries
-if(ZStd_USE_STATIC_LIBS)
-    # Save current value of CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES
-    set(zstd_ORIG_CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ${CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES})
-
-    # Temporarily change CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES to static library suffix
-    set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES .a)
-endif()
-
-# Find library
-find_library(ZStd_LIBRARY
-        NAMES zstd
-        HINTS ${zstd_PKGCONF_LIBDIR}
-        PATH_SUFFIXES lib
-        )
-if (ZStd_LIBRARY)
-    # NOTE: This must be set for find_package_handle_standard_args to work
-    set(ZStd_FOUND ON)
-endif()
-
-if(ZStd_USE_STATIC_LIBS)
-    FindStaticLibraryDependencies(${zstd_LIBNAME} zstd "${zstd_PKGCONF_STATIC_LIBRARIES}")
-
-    # Restore original value of CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES
-    set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ${zstd_ORIG_CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES})
-    unset(zstd_ORIG_CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES)
-endif()
-
-# Add pthread manually since zstd's pkgconfig doesn't include it
-list(APPEND zstd_DYNAMIC_LIBS "pthread")
-
-FindDynamicLibraryDependencies(zstd "${zstd_DYNAMIC_LIBS}")
-
-# Set version
-set(ZStd_VERSION ${zstd_PKGCONF_VERSION})
-
-include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
-find_package_handle_standard_args(ZStd
-        REQUIRED_VARS ZStd_INCLUDE_DIR
-        VERSION_VAR ZStd_VERSION
-        )
-
-if(NOT TARGET ZStd::ZStd)
-    # Add library to build
-    if (ZStd_FOUND)
-        if (ZStd_USE_STATIC_LIBS)
-            add_library(ZStd::ZStd STATIC IMPORTED)
-        else()
-            # NOTE: We use UNKNOWN so that if the user doesn't have the SHARED
-            # libraries installed, we can still use the STATIC libraries
-            add_library(ZStd::ZStd UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
-        endif()
-    endif()
-
-    # Set include directories for library
-    if(ZStd_INCLUDE_DIR)
-        set_target_properties(ZStd::ZStd
-                PROPERTIES
-                INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${ZStd_INCLUDE_DIR}"
-                )
-    endif()
-
-    # Set location of library
-    if(EXISTS "${ZStd_LIBRARY}")
-        set_target_properties(ZStd::ZStd
-                PROPERTIES
-                IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LANGUAGES "C"
-                IMPORTED_LOCATION "${ZStd_LIBRARY}"
-                )
-
-        # Add component's dependencies for linking
-        if(zstd_LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES)
-            set_target_properties(ZStd::ZStd
-                    PROPERTIES
-                    INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "${zstd_LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES}"
-                    )
-        endif()
-    endif()
-endif()
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp/clg/CMakeLists.txt b/components/core/src/clp/clg/CMakeLists.txt
index d4443536d7..fd69eb2b8a 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp/clg/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/core/src/clp/clg/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ if(CLP_BUILD_EXECUTABLES)
                 yaml-cpp
                 ystdlib::containers
                 ystdlib::error_handling
-                ZStd::ZStd
+                ${zstd_TARGET}
         )
         # Put the built executable at the root of the build directory
         set_target_properties(
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp/clo/CMakeLists.txt b/components/core/src/clp/clo/CMakeLists.txt
index fef53eb8de..d53fe21d1f 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp/clo/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/core/src/clp/clo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ if(CLP_BUILD_EXECUTABLES)
                 clp::string_utils
                 ystdlib::containers
                 ystdlib::error_handling
-                ZStd::ZStd
+                ${zstd_TARGET}
         )
         # Put the built executable at the root of the build directory
         set_target_properties(
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp/clp/CMakeLists.txt b/components/core/src/clp/clp/CMakeLists.txt
index e9b35c296e..c468725ed7 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp/clp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/core/src/clp/clp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ if(CLP_BUILD_EXECUTABLES)
                 yaml-cpp
                 ystdlib::containers
                 ystdlib::error_handling
-                ZStd::ZStd
+                ${zstd_TARGET}
         )
         # Put the built executable at the root of the build directory
         set_target_properties(
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp/make_dictionaries_readable/CMakeLists.txt b/components/core/src/clp/make_dictionaries_readable/CMakeLists.txt
index 65bf33e03e..c979b9453b 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp/make_dictionaries_readable/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/core/src/clp/make_dictionaries_readable/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ if(CLP_BUILD_EXECUTABLES)
                 spdlog::spdlog
                 clp::string_utils
                 ystdlib::containers
-                ZStd::ZStd
+                ${zstd_TARGET}
         )
         # Put the built executable at the root of the build directory
         set_target_properties(
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp_s/CMakeLists.txt b/components/core/src/clp_s/CMakeLists.txt
index 076ef8cbfe..46cbda49d3 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp_s/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/core/src/clp_s/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ if(CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_CLP_DEPENDENCIES)
                 OpenSSL::Crypto
                 spdlog::spdlog
                 ystdlib::error_handling
-                ZStd::ZStd
+                ${zstd_TARGET}
         )
 endif()
 
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ if(CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_IO)
                 clp_s::clp_dependencies
                 fmt::fmt
                 spdlog::spdlog
-                ZStd::ZStd
+                ${zstd_TARGET}
         )
 endif()
 
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp_s/indexer/CMakeLists.txt b/components/core/src/clp_s/indexer/CMakeLists.txt
index ba5e83e44d..43e4e88354 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp_s/indexer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/core/src/clp_s/indexer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ if(CLP_BUILD_EXECUTABLES)
                 spdlog::spdlog
                 yaml-cpp
                 ystdlib::containers
-                ZStd::ZStd
+                ${zstd_TARGET}
         )
         # Put the built executable at the root of the build directory
         set_target_properties(
diff --git a/components/core/src/glt/glt/CMakeLists.txt b/components/core/src/glt/glt/CMakeLists.txt
index 8576f391f5..6936dab8ea 100644
--- a/components/core/src/glt/glt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/core/src/glt/glt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ if(CLP_BUILD_EXECUTABLES)
                 clp::string_utils
                 yaml-cpp
                 ystdlib::error_handling
-                ZStd::ZStd
+                ${zstd_TARGET}
         )
         # Put the built executable at the root of the build directory
         set_target_properties(
diff --git a/components/core/tools/scripts/lib_install/centos-stream-9/install-prebuilt-packages.sh b/components/core/tools/scripts/lib_install/centos-stream-9/install-prebuilt-packages.sh
index 1d5b253a57..f91035b61c 100755
--- a/components/core/tools/scripts/lib_install/centos-stream-9/install-prebuilt-packages.sh
+++ b/components/core/tools/scripts/lib_install/centos-stream-9/install-prebuilt-packages.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ dnf install -y \
     libarchive-devel \
     libcurl-devel \
     libzstd-devel \
+    lz4-devel \
     make \
     mariadb-connector-c-devel \
     openssl-devel \
diff --git a/components/core/tools/scripts/lib_install/ubuntu-jammy/install-packages-from-source.sh b/components/core/tools/scripts/lib_install/ubuntu-jammy/install-packages-from-source.sh
index af1d2774a9..161058ae9f 100755
--- a/components/core/tools/scripts/lib_install/ubuntu-jammy/install-packages-from-source.sh
+++ b/components/core/tools/scripts/lib_install/ubuntu-jammy/install-packages-from-source.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ lib_install_scripts_dir=$script_dir/..
 
 "$lib_install_scripts_dir"/libarchive.sh 3.5.1
 "$lib_install_scripts_dir"/liblzma.sh 5.8.1
-"$lib_install_scripts_dir"/lz4.sh 1.8.2
+"$lib_install_scripts_dir"/lz4.sh 1.10.0
 "$lib_install_scripts_dir"/msgpack.sh 7.0.0
-"$lib_install_scripts_dir"/zstandard.sh 1.4.9
+"$lib_install_scripts_dir"/zstandard.sh 1.5.7
diff --git a/docs/src/dev-guide/components-core/index.md b/docs/src/dev-guide/components-core/index.md
index 2d0b768bea..20db3ed9a8 100644
--- a/docs/src/dev-guide/components-core/index.md
+++ b/docs/src/dev-guide/components-core/index.md
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ The task will download, build, and install (within the build directory) the foll
 | [fmt](https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt)                                  | v10.2.1        |
 | [json](https://github.com/nlohmann/json.git)                          | v3.11.3        |
 | [log-surgeon](https://github.com/y-scope/log-surgeon)                 | f801a3f        |
+| [lz4](https://github.com/lz4/lz4)                                     | v1.10.0        |
 | [mongo-cxx-driver](https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-cxx-driver)       | r3.10.2        |
 | [simdjson](https://github.com/simdjson/simdjson)                      | v3.13.0        |
 | [spdlog](https://github.com/gabime/spdlog)                            | v1.14.1        |
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ The task will download, build, and install (within the build directory) the foll
 | [yaml-cpp](https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp.git)                    | v0.7.0         |
 | [yscope-log-viewer](https://github.com/y-scope/yscope-log-viewer.git) | 969ff35        |
 | [ystdlib-cpp](https://github.com/y-scope/ystdlib-cpp.git)             | d80cf86        |
+| [zstd](https://github.com/facebook/zstd)                              | v1.5.7         |
 
 ### Environment
 
diff --git a/taskfiles/deps/main.yaml b/taskfiles/deps/main.yaml
index e4cbd258c6..cdb5905a3b 100644
--- a/taskfiles/deps/main.yaml
+++ b/taskfiles/deps/main.yaml
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ tasks:
       - task: "date"
       - task: "fmt"
       - task: "log-surgeon"
+      - task: "lz4"
       - task: "microsoft.gsl"
       - task: "mongocxx"
       - task: "nlohmann_json"
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ tasks:
       - task: "utfcpp"
       - task: "yaml-cpp"
       - task: "ystdlib"
+      - task: "zstd"
 
   absl:
     internal: true
@@ -238,6 +240,23 @@ tasks:
           TARBALL_SHA256: "d91a7469db437162d518eb0f9175268084b478b5003163d0f6233abbbce9b0f8"
           TARBALL_URL: "https://github.com/y-scope/log-surgeon/archive/dfd5c79.tar.gz"
 
+  lz4:
+    internal: true
+    run: "once"
+    cmds:
+      - task: "utils:install-remote-cmake-lib"
+        vars:
+          CMAKE_GEN_ARGS:
+            - "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
+            - "-DBUILD_STATIC_LIBS=ON"
+            - "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release"
+            - "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_MESSAGE=LAZY"
+            - "-DLZ4_BUILD_CLI=OFF"
+          CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR: "build/cmake"
+          LIB_NAME: "lz4"
+          TARBALL_SHA256: "537512904744b35e232912055ccf8ec66d768639ff3abe5788d90d792ec5f48b"
+          TARBALL_URL: "https://github.com/lz4/lz4/releases/download/v1.10.0/lz4-1.10.0.tar.gz"
+
   microsoft.gsl:
     internal: true
     run: "once"
@@ -413,3 +432,22 @@ tasks:
         echo "set(
         CLP_YSTDLIB_SOURCE_DIRECTORY \"{{.YSTDLIB_OUTPUT_DIR}}\"
         )" > "{{.G_DEPS_CORE_CMAKE_SETTINGS_DIR}}/{{.LIB_NAME}}.cmake"
+
+  zstd:
+    internal: true
+    run: "once"
+    cmds:
+      - task: "utils:install-remote-cmake-lib"
+        vars:
+          CMAKE_GEN_ARGS:
+            - "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release"
+            - "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_MESSAGE=LAZY"
+            - "-DZSTD_BUILD_CONTRIB=OFF"
+            - "-DZSTD_BUILD_PROGRAMS=OFF"
+            - "-DZSTD_BUILD_SHARED=ON"
+            - "-DZSTD_BUILD_STATIC=ON"
+            - "-DZSTD_BUILD_TESTS=OFF"
+          CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR: "build/cmake"
+          LIB_NAME: "zstd"
+          TARBALL_SHA256: "eb33e51f49a15e023950cd7825ca74a4a2b43db8354825ac24fc1b7ee09e6fa3"
+          TARBALL_URL: "https://github.com/facebook/zstd/releases/download/v1.5.7/zstd-1.5.7.tar.gz"
diff --git a/taskfiles/deps/utils.yaml b/taskfiles/deps/utils.yaml
index a80fe953a7..4ab651b7a7 100644
--- a/taskfiles/deps/utils.yaml
+++ b/taskfiles/deps/utils.yaml
@@ -46,11 +46,15 @@ tasks:
   # @param {string} TARBALL_URL
   # @param {string[]} [CMAKE_GEN_ARGS] Any additional arguments to pass to the CMake generate
   # command.
+  # @param {string} [CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR=.] The path, within the tarball extraction directory,
+  # containing the project's top level CMakeLists.txt.
   install-remote-cmake-lib:
     internal: true
     vars:
       CMAKE_GEN_ARGS:
         ref: "default (list) .CMAKE_GEN_ARGS"
+      CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR: >-
+        {{default "." .CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}}
       INSTALL_PREFIX: "{{.G_DEPS_CORE_DIR}}/{{.LIB_NAME}}-install"
       INSTALL_DIR_CHECKSUM_FILE: "{{.G_DEPS_CORE_CHECKSUMS_DIR}}/{{.LIB_NAME}}.md5"
     deps:
@@ -68,6 +72,7 @@ tasks:
           CMAKE_JOBS: "{{.G_CORE_MAX_PARALLELISM_PER_BUILD_TASK}}"
           CMAKE_PACKAGE_NAME: "{{.LIB_NAME}}"
           CMAKE_SETTINGS_DIR: "{{.G_DEPS_CORE_CMAKE_SETTINGS_DIR}}"
+          CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR: "{{.CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}}"
           TAR_SHA256: "{{.TARBALL_SHA256}}"
           TAR_URL: "{{.TARBALL_URL}}"
           WORK_DIR: "{{.G_DEPS_CORE_DIR}}"