diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6f9396562..594d6d0f0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4175,6 +4175,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4a3d7db9596fecd151c5f638c0ee5d5bd487b6e0ea232e5dc96d5250f6f94b1d"
 dependencies = [
  "crc32fast",
+ "libz-ng-sys",
  "libz-rs-sys",
  "miniz_oxide",
 ]
@@ -6401,6 +6402,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "vcpkg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libz-ng-sys"
+version = "1.1.23"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7bf914b7dd154ca9193afec311d8e39345c1bd93b48b3faa77329f0db8f553c0"
+dependencies = [
+ "cmake",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libz-rs-sys"
 version = "0.5.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 19377e86a..ee11e7967 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ darling = { version = "0.20.11", default-features = false, features = ["suggesti
 dashmap = { version = "6.1.0", default-features = false }
 derivative = { version = "2.2.0", default-features = false }
 exitcode = { version = "1.1.2", default-features = false }
-flate2 = { version = "1.1.2", default-features = false, features = ["zlib-rs"] }
+flate2 = { version = "1.1.2", default-features = false, features = ["zlib-ng"] }
 futures = { version = "0.3.31", default-features = false, features = ["compat", "io-compat", "std"], package = "futures" }
 futures-util = { version = "0.3.29", default-features = false }
 glob = { version = "0.3.3", default-features = false }
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ thread_local = { version = "1.1.9", default-features = false, optional = true }
 typetag = { version = "0.2.20", default-features = false }
 url.workspace = true
 warp = { version = "0.3.7", default-features = false }
-zstd = { version = "0.13.0", default-features = false }
+zstd = { version = "0.13.0", default-features = false, features = ["pkg-config"] }
 arr_macro = { version = "0.2.1" }
 
 # depending on fork for bumped nix dependency
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ default-cmake = ["api", "api-client", "enrichment-tables", "rdkafka?/cmake_build
 # Default features for *-pc-windows-msvc
 # TODO: Enable SASL https://github.com/vectordotdev/vector/pull/3081#issuecomment-659298042
 default-msvc = ["api", "api-client", "enrichment-tables", "rdkafka?/cmake_build", "sinks", "sources", "transforms", "secrets"]
-default-musl = ["api", "api-client", "enrichment-tables", "rdkafka?/cmake_build", "sinks", "sources", "sources-dnstap", "transforms", "unix", "rdkafka?/gssapi-vendored", "secrets"]
+default-musl = ["api", "api-client", "enrichment-tables", "rdkafka?/dynamic-linking", "sinks", "sources", "sources-dnstap", "transforms", "unix", "rdkafka?/gssapi", "secrets"]
 default-no-api-client = ["api", "enrichment-tables", "sinks", "sources", "sources-dnstap", "transforms", "unix", "rdkafka?/gssapi-vendored", "secrets"]
 default-no-vrl-cli = ["api", "sinks", "sources", "sources-dnstap", "transforms", "unix", "rdkafka?/gssapi-vendored", "secrets"]
 tokio-console = ["dep:console-subscriber", "tokio/tracing"]