diff --git a/projects/Generic/options b/projects/Generic/options
index 7c4e1691fc..9b6884406e 100644
--- a/projects/Generic/options
+++ b/projects/Generic/options
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     PROJECT_CFLAGS=""
 
   # SquashFS compression method (gzip / lzo / xz / zstd)
-    SQUASHFS_COMPRESSION="gzip"
+    SQUASHFS_COMPRESSION="zstd"
 
 
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