diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f4078371..3ccb055c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2076,7 +2076,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ccc2776f0c61eca1ca32528f85548abd1a4be8fb53d1b21c013e4f18da1e7090"
 dependencies = [
  "data-encoding",
- "syn 1.0.109",
+ "syn 2.0.117",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -9463,6 +9463,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "system_accounts",
  "tempfile",
  "thiserror 2.0.18",
+ "zstd",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -11799,3 +11800,31 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "simd-adler32",
 ]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zstd"
+version = "0.13.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e91ee311a569c327171651566e07972200e76fcfe2242a4fa446149a3881c08a"
+dependencies = [
+ "zstd-safe",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zstd-safe"
+version = "7.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8f49c4d5f0abb602a93fb8736af2a4f4dd9512e36f7f570d66e65ff867ed3b9d"
+dependencies = [
+ "zstd-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zstd-sys"
+version = "2.0.16+zstd.1.5.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "91e19ebc2adc8f83e43039e79776e3fda8ca919132d68a1fed6a5faca2683748"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "pkg-config",
+]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 88fe0c32..53b684b3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ bip39 = "2.2.0"
 hmac-sha512 = "1.1.7"
 chrono = "0.4.41"
 borsh = "1.5.7"
+zstd = "0.13"
 base58 = "0.2.0"
 itertools = "0.14.0"
 num-bigint = "0.4.6"
diff --git a/lez/storage/Cargo.toml b/lez/storage/Cargo.toml
index 8767b525..930de77c 100644
--- a/lez/storage/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lez/storage/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ thiserror.workspace = true
 borsh.workspace = true
 rocksdb.workspace = true
 tempfile.workspace = true
+zstd.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 programs.workspace = true
diff --git a/lez/storage/src/error.rs b/lez/storage/src/error.rs
index 3056e09b..069a95d8 100644
--- a/lez/storage/src/error.rs
+++ b/lez/storage/src/error.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ pub enum DbError {
         error: borsh::io::Error,
         additional_info: Option<String>,
     },
+    #[error("Compression error: {}", additional_info.as_deref().unwrap_or("No additional info"))]
+    CompressionError {
+        #[source]
+        error: std::io::Error,
+        additional_info: Option<String>,
+    },
     #[error("Logic Error: {additional_info}")]
     DbInteractionError { additional_info: String },
 }
@@ -33,6 +39,14 @@ impl DbError {
         }
     }
 
+    #[must_use]
+    pub const fn compression_error(err: std::io::Error, message: Option<String>) -> Self {
+        Self::CompressionError {
+            error: err,
+            additional_info: message,
+        }
+    }
+
     #[must_use]
     pub const fn db_interaction_error(message: String) -> Self {
         Self::DbInteractionError {
diff --git a/lez/storage/src/sequencer/mod.rs b/lez/storage/src/sequencer/mod.rs
index 13f0c378..1a3a1886 100644
--- a/lez/storage/src/sequencer/mod.rs
+++ b/lez/storage/src/sequencer/mod.rs
@@ -62,17 +62,27 @@ pub struct DbDump {
 }
 
 impl DbDump {
-    /// Serialize the dump to a borsh blob.
+    /// Serialize the dump to a zstd-compressed borsh blob.
     pub fn to_bytes(&self) -> DbResult<Vec<u8>> {
-        borsh::to_vec(self).map_err(|err| {
+        /// zstd compression level for [`DbDump::to_bytes`]. Level 19 keeps the committed fixture
+        /// small without a meaningful decompression cost.
+        const DUMP_ZSTD_LEVEL: i32 = 19;
+
+        let borsh = borsh::to_vec(self).map_err(|err| {
             DbError::borsh_cast_message(err, Some("Failed to serialize DbDump".to_owned()))
+        })?;
+        zstd::encode_all(borsh.as_slice(), DUMP_ZSTD_LEVEL).map_err(|err| {
+            DbError::compression_error(err, Some("Failed to compress DbDump".to_owned()))
         })
     }
 
     /// Deserialize a dump produced by [`Self::to_bytes`].
     pub fn from_bytes(bytes: &[u8]) -> DbResult<Self> {
-        borsh::from_slice(bytes).map_err(|err| {
-            DbError::borsh_cast_message(err, Some("Failed to deserialize DbDump".to_owned()))
+        let borsh = zstd::decode_all(bytes).map_err(|err| {
+            DbError::db_interaction_error(format!("Failed to decompress DbDump: {err}"))
+        })?;
+        borsh::from_slice(&borsh).map_err(|err| {
+            DbError::compression_error(err, Some("Failed to deserialize DbDump".to_owned()))
         })
     }
 }
diff --git a/test_fixtures/fixtures/prebuilt_sequencer_db.dump b/test_fixtures/fixtures/prebuilt_sequencer_db.dump
index e07ec265..2528b798 100644
Binary files a/test_fixtures/fixtures/prebuilt_sequencer_db.dump and b/test_fixtures/fixtures/prebuilt_sequencer_db.dump differ