diff --git a/pkg/archive/gzip/gzip.go b/pkg/archive/gzip/gzip.go
index 730df290938..dc2c1945c92 100644
--- a/pkg/archive/gzip/gzip.go
+++ b/pkg/archive/gzip/gzip.go
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ func (a Archive) Close() error {
 
 // New gz archive
 func New(target io.Writer) Archive {
-	gw := gzip.NewWriter(target)
+	// the error will be nil since the compression level is valid
+	gw, _ := gzip.NewWriterLevel(target, gzip.BestCompression)
 	return Archive{
 		gw: gw,
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/archive/targz/targz.go b/pkg/archive/targz/targz.go
index afc837be105..7ea3f41bdb1 100644
--- a/pkg/archive/targz/targz.go
+++ b/pkg/archive/targz/targz.go
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ func (a Archive) Close() error {
 
 // New tar.gz archive
 func New(target io.Writer) Archive {
-	gw := gzip.NewWriter(target)
+	// the error will be nil since the compression level is valid
+	gw, _ := gzip.NewWriterLevel(target, gzip.BestCompression)
 	tw := tar.NewWriter(gw)
 	return Archive{
 		gw: gw,
diff --git a/pkg/archive/zip/zip.go b/pkg/archive/zip/zip.go
index e9be3fcf56b..d1dd5ead7c1 100644
--- a/pkg/archive/zip/zip.go
+++ b/pkg/archive/zip/zip.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package zip
 
 import (
 	"archive/zip"
+	"compress/flate"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 )
@@ -20,8 +21,12 @@ func (a Archive) Close() error {
 
 // New zip archive
 func New(target io.Writer) Archive {
+	compressor := zip.NewWriter(target)
+	compressor.RegisterCompressor(zip.Deflate, func(out io.Writer) (io.WriteCloser, error) {
+		return flate.NewWriter(out, flate.BestCompression)
+	})
 	return Archive{
-		z: zip.NewWriter(target),
+		z: compressor,
 	}
 }