diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/pom.xml b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/pom.xml
index a4a33633b2..30f4d33c94 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/pom.xml
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/pom.xml
@@ -149,6 +149,10 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.github.luben</groupId>
+            <artifactId>zstd-jni</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
@@ -241,10 +245,6 @@
             <groupId>com.github.jponge</groupId>
             <artifactId>lzma-java</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.github.luben</groupId>
-            <artifactId>zstd-jni</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.aayushatharva.brotli4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>brotli4j</artifactId>
diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/CompressContent.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/CompressContent.java
index 7c690588cd..a910a4f875 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/CompressContent.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/CompressContent.java
@@ -349,8 +349,7 @@ public class CompressContent extends AbstractProcessor {
                                     compressionOut = new CompressorStreamFactory().createCompressorOutputStream(compressionFormat.toLowerCase(), bufferedOut);
                                     break;
                                 case COMPRESSION_FORMAT_ZSTD:
-                                    final int zstdcompressionLevel = context.getProperty(COMPRESSION_LEVEL).asInteger() * 2;
-                                    compressionOut = new ZstdCompressorOutputStream(bufferedOut, zstdcompressionLevel);
+                                    compressionOut = new ZstdCompressorOutputStream(bufferedOut);
                                     mimeTypeRef.set("application/zstd");
                                     break;
                                 case COMPRESSION_FORMAT_BROTLI: {
diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/pom.xml b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/pom.xml
index c43158d31b..e04f155b36 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/pom.xml
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/pom.xml
@@ -105,11 +105,6 @@
                 <artifactId>lzma-java</artifactId>
                 <version>1.3</version>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>com.github.luben</groupId>
-                <artifactId>zstd-jni</artifactId>
-                <version>1.5.5-6</version>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.aayushatharva.brotli4j</groupId>
                 <artifactId>brotli4j</artifactId>
diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-shared-bundle/nifi-standard-shared-bom/pom.xml b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-shared-bundle/nifi-standard-shared-bom/pom.xml
index 6edaa9d1c1..d3321cf322 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-shared-bundle/nifi-standard-shared-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-shared-bundle/nifi-standard-shared-bom/pom.xml
@@ -31,12 +31,20 @@
                 <version>${org.apache.commons.codec.version}</version>
                 <scope>provided</scope>
             </dependency>
+            <!-- Commons compress and associated 'optional' dependencies we require -->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
                 <version>${org.apache.commons.compress.version}</version>
                 <scope>provided</scope>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.github.luben</groupId>
+                <artifactId>zstd-jni</artifactId>
+                <version>${com.github.luben.zstd-jni.version}</version>
+                <scope>provided</scope>
+            </dependency>
+            <!-- end commons compress dependencies -->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-shared-bundle/nifi-standard-shared-nar/pom.xml b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-shared-bundle/nifi-standard-shared-nar/pom.xml
index 6648212a1a..0ebb74ad8b 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-shared-bundle/nifi-standard-shared-nar/pom.xml
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-shared-bundle/nifi-standard-shared-nar/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.github.luben</groupId>
+            <artifactId>zstd-jni</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6f5df0da3a..9772516bc6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@
         <org.apache.commons.cli.version>1.6.0</org.apache.commons.cli.version>
         <org.apache.commons.codec.version>1.16.1</org.apache.commons.codec.version>
         <org.apache.commons.compress.version>1.26.1</org.apache.commons.compress.version>
+        <com.github.luben.zstd-jni.version>1.5.6-1</com.github.luben.zstd-jni.version>
         <org.apache.commons.configuration.version>2.10.1</org.apache.commons.configuration.version>
         <org.apache.commons.lang3.version>3.14.0</org.apache.commons.lang3.version>
         <org.apache.commons.net.version>3.10.0</org.apache.commons.net.version>
@@ -273,6 +274,11 @@
                 <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
                 <version>${org.apache.commons.compress.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.github.luben</groupId>
+                <artifactId>zstd-jni</artifactId>
+                <version>${com.github.luben.zstd-jni.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-configuration2</artifactId>