diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/netty/codec/PacketCompressor.java b/src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/netty/codec/PacketCompressor.java
index 4e9c8ed8c..eae4f8313 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/netty/codec/PacketCompressor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/netty/codec/PacketCompressor.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class PacketCompressor extends ByteToMessageCodec<ByteBuf> {
 
     private final byte[] buffer = new byte[8192];
 
-    private final Deflater deflater = new Deflater();
+    private final Deflater deflater = new Deflater(3);
     private final Inflater inflater = new Inflater();
 
     public PacketCompressor(int threshold) {