diff --git a/ledger-tool/src/main.rs b/ledger-tool/src/main.rs
index 9f06e0cc5f..065f94d0a5 100644
--- a/ledger-tool/src/main.rs
+++ b/ledger-tool/src/main.rs
@@ -1860,7 +1860,7 @@ fn main() {
                                 &bank.src.roots(),
                                 output_directory,
                                 storages,
-                                CompressionType::Bzip2,
+                                CompressionType::Zstd,
                                 snapshot_version,
                             )
                         })