diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2bffc4c9c..faf7c731e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3743,6 +3743,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7ced92e76e966ca2fd84c8f7aa01a4aea65b0eb6648d72f7c8f3e2764a67fece"
 dependencies = [
  "crc32fast",
+ "libz-ng-sys",
  "libz-rs-sys",
  "miniz_oxide 0.8.8",
 ]
@@ -5741,6 +5742,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "vcpkg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libz-ng-sys"
+version = "1.1.22"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a7118c2c2a3c7b6edc279a8b19507672b9c4d716f95e671172dfa4e23f9fd824"
+dependencies = [
+ "cmake",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libz-rs-sys"
 version = "0.5.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 19c258385..a14ccaea7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ chrono = { version = "0.4.41", default-features = false, features = ["clock", "s
 chrono-tz = { version = "0.10.3", default-features = false, features = ["serde"] }
 clap = { version = "4.5.37", default-features = false, features = ["derive", "error-context", "env", "help", "std", "string", "usage", "wrap_help"] }
 darling = { version = "0.20.11", default-features = false, features = ["suggestions"] }
-flate2 = { version = "1.1.1", default-features = false, features = ["zlib-rs"] }
+flate2 = { version = "1.1.1", default-features = false, features = ["zlib-ng"] }
 futures = { version = "0.3.31", default-features = false, features = ["compat", "io-compat", "std"], package = "futures" }
 glob = { version = "0.3.2", default-features = false }
 hickory-proto = { version = "0.25.1", default-features = false, features = ["dnssec-ring"] }
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ thread_local = { version = "1.1.8", default-features = false, optional = true }
 typetag = { version = "0.2.20", default-features = false }
 url = { version = "2.5.4", default-features = false, features = ["serde"] }
 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
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ 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"]