diff --git a/example/complex.nix b/example/complex.nix
index ba6c92a..120721b 100644
--- a/example/complex.nix
+++ b/example/complex.nix
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
         type = "zpool";
         mode = "mirror";
         rootFsOptions = {
-          compression = "lz4";
+          compression = "zstd";
           "com.sun:auto-snapshot" = "false";
         };
         mountpoint = "/";
diff --git a/example/zfs.nix b/example/zfs.nix
index 8e85c96..8372753 100644
--- a/example/zfs.nix
+++ b/example/zfs.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         type = "zpool";
         mode = "mirror";
         rootFsOptions = {
-          compression = "lz4";
+          compression = "zstd";
           "com.sun:auto-snapshot" = "false";
         };
         mountpoint = "/";
diff --git a/tests/zfs.nix b/tests/zfs.nix
index bb29e98..da2e49c 100644
--- a/tests/zfs.nix
+++ b/tests/zfs.nix
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ diskoLib.testLib.makeDiskoTest {
             out == expected_value
         ), f"Expected {property}={expected_value} on {ds}, got: {out}"
 
-    assert_property("zroot", "compression", "lz4")
-    assert_property("zroot/zfs_fs", "compression", "lz4")
+    assert_property("zroot", "compression", "zstd")
+    assert_property("zroot/zfs_fs", "compression", "zstd")
     assert_property("zroot", "com.sun:auto-snapshot", "false")
     assert_property("zroot/zfs_fs", "com.sun:auto-snapshot", "true")
     assert_property("zroot/zfs_testvolume", "volsize", "10M")