diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b529bf6..8531175 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ rand = "0.8.5"
 serde = { version = "1.0.193", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.108" }
 rs_merkle = "1.4.2"
-zstd = "0.13.3"
+flate2 = { version = "1.0", features = ["miniz_oxide"] }
 getrandom = { version = "0.2", features = ["js"] }
 sp-client = { git = "https://github.com/Sosthene00/sp-client.git", branch = "dev", default-features = false }
 backend-blindbit-native = { git = "https://github.com/Sosthene00/sp-client.git", branch = "dev", optional = true }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index c0a707b..1b8cb43 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pub use serde_json;
 pub use sp_client;
 pub use tsify;
 pub use wasm_bindgen;
-pub use zstd;
+pub use flate2;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "blindbit-wasm")]
 pub use js_sys;
diff --git a/src/pcd.rs b/src/pcd.rs
index 374d5c6..2f16c34 100644
--- a/src/pcd.rs
+++ b/src/pcd.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ use sp_client::{
     silentpayments::SilentPaymentAddress,
 };
 use tsify::Tsify;
+use flate2::write::{DeflateEncoder, DeflateDecoder};
+use flate2::Compression;
 
 use crate::hash::AnkPcdHash;
 use crate::serialization::OutPointMemberMap;
@@ -24,7 +26,6 @@ use crate::{
 };
 
 pub const PCD_VERSION: u8 = 1;
-pub(crate) const ZSTD_COMPRESSION_LEVEL: i32 = zstd::DEFAULT_COMPRESSION_LEVEL;
 
 pub trait PcdSerializable {
     fn serialize_to_pcd(&self) -> Result<Vec<u8>>;
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ pub trait PcdSerializable {
 impl PcdSerializable for serde_json::Value {
     fn serialize_to_pcd(&self) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
         let mut compressed = Vec::new();
-        let mut encoder = zstd::stream::Encoder::new(&mut compressed, ZSTD_COMPRESSION_LEVEL)?;
+        let mut encoder = DeflateEncoder::new(&mut compressed, Compression::default());
 
         encoder.write_all(&[PCD_VERSION])?;
         encoder.write_all(&[DataType::Json as u8])?;
@@ -48,7 +49,9 @@ impl PcdSerializable for serde_json::Value {
 
     fn deserialize_from_pcd(data: &[u8]) -> Result<Self> {
         let mut decompressed = Vec::new();
-        zstd::stream::copy_decode(data, &mut decompressed)?;
+        let mut decoder = DeflateDecoder::new(&mut decompressed);
+        decoder.write_all(data)?;
+        let decompressed = decoder.finish()?;
 
         if decompressed.len() < 3 {
             return Err(Error::msg("Invalid data: too short"));
@@ -71,7 +74,7 @@ impl PcdSerializable for serde_json::Value {
 impl PcdSerializable for FileBlob {
     fn serialize_to_pcd(&self) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
         let mut compressed = Vec::new();
-        let mut encoder = zstd::stream::Encoder::new(&mut compressed, ZSTD_COMPRESSION_LEVEL)?;
+        let mut encoder = DeflateEncoder::new(&mut compressed, Compression::default());
 
         encoder.write_all(&[PCD_VERSION])?;
         encoder.write_all(&[DataType::FileBlob as u8])?;
@@ -87,7 +90,9 @@ impl PcdSerializable for FileBlob {
 
     fn deserialize_from_pcd(data: &[u8]) -> Result<Self> {
         let mut decompressed = Vec::new();
-        zstd::stream::copy_decode(data, &mut decompressed)?;
+        let mut decoder = DeflateDecoder::new(&mut decompressed);
+        decoder.write_all(data)?;
+        let decompressed = decoder.finish()?;
 
         if decompressed.len() < 4 {
             return Err(Error::msg("Invalid data: too short"));
diff --git a/src/process.rs b/src/process.rs
index de57944..88b1534 100644
--- a/src/process.rs
+++ b/src/process.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use anyhow::Result;
 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::sync::{Mutex, MutexGuard, OnceLock};
+use std::io::Write;
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use sp_client::{
@@ -698,7 +699,7 @@ mod tests {
         SpClient, SpendKey,
     };
 
-    use crate::pcd::{Member, ValidationRule, ZSTD_COMPRESSION_LEVEL};
+    use crate::pcd::{Member, ValidationRule};
 
     use super::*;
 
@@ -1362,8 +1363,9 @@ mod tests {
             &Value::String("new_value1".to_owned()),
         )
         .unwrap();
-        let updated_value =
-            zstd::encode_all(serialized_value.as_slice(), ZSTD_COMPRESSION_LEVEL).unwrap();
+        let mut encoder = DeflateEncoder::new(Vec::new(), Compression::default());
+        encoder.write_all(serialized_value.as_slice()).unwrap();
+        let updated_value = encoder.finish().unwrap();
         new_state
             .update_value(key_to_modify.as_str(), updated_value.as_slice())
             .unwrap();
@@ -1396,8 +1398,9 @@ mod tests {
             &Value::String("new_value1".to_owned()),
         )
         .unwrap();
-        let updated_value =
-            zstd::encode_all(serialized_value.as_slice(), ZSTD_COMPRESSION_LEVEL).unwrap();
+        let mut encoder = DeflateEncoder::new(Vec::new(), Compression::default());
+        encoder.write_all(serialized_value.as_slice()).unwrap();
+        let updated_value = encoder.finish().unwrap();
         new_state
             .update_value(key_to_modify.as_str(), updated_value.as_slice())
             .unwrap();