diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ce9bb73..bc7603f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ If you were at `firehose-core` version `1.0.0` and are bumping to `1.1.0`, you s
 
 ### Substreams
 
+* Add support for zstd encoding on server
 * Fix an issue preventing proper detection of gzip compression when multiple headers are set (ex: python grpc client)
 * Fix an issue preventing some tier2 requests on last-stage from correctly generating stores. This could lead to some missing "backfilling" jobs and slower time to first block on reconnection.
 
diff --git a/cmd/tools/firehose/firehose.go b/cmd/tools/firehose/firehose.go
index 6cfdb4b..532d5b7 100644
--- a/cmd/tools/firehose/firehose.go
+++ b/cmd/tools/firehose/firehose.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func addFirehoseStreamClientFlagsToSet[B firecore.Block](flags *pflag.FlagSet, c
 func addFirehoseFetchClientFlagsToSet[B firecore.Block](flags *pflag.FlagSet, chain *firecore.Chain[B]) {
 	flags.StringP("api-token-env-var", "a", "FIREHOSE_API_TOKEN", "Look for a JWT in this environment variable to authenticate against endpoint (alternative to api-key-env-var)")
 	flags.String("api-key-env-var", "FIREHOSE_API_KEY", "Look for an API key directly in this environment variable to authenticate against endpoint (alternative to api-token-env-var)")
-	flags.String("compression", "none", "The HTTP compression: use either 'none', 'gzip' or 'zstd'")
+	flags.String("compression", "zstd", "The HTTP compression: use either 'none', 'gzip' or 'zstd'")
 	flags.BoolP("plaintext", "p", false, "Use plaintext connection to Firehose")
 	flags.BoolP("insecure", "k", false, "Use SSL connection to Firehose but skip SSL certificate validation")
 	if chain.Tools.TransformFlags != nil {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6be95f6..b50cf5e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/streamingfast/dauth v0.0.0-20240222213226-519afc16cf84
 	github.com/streamingfast/dbin v0.9.1-0.20231117225723-59790c798e2c
 	github.com/streamingfast/derr v0.0.0-20230515163924-8570aaa43fe1
-	github.com/streamingfast/dgrpc v0.0.0-20240423143010-f36784700c9a
+	github.com/streamingfast/dgrpc v0.0.0-20250109212433-ae21a7f7a01a
 	github.com/streamingfast/dhammer v0.0.0-20230125192823-c34bbd561bd4
 	github.com/streamingfast/dmetering v0.0.0-20241101155221-489f5a9d9139
 	github.com/streamingfast/dmetrics v0.0.0-20230919161904-206fa8ebd545
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/streamingfast/payment-gateway v0.0.0-20240426151444-581e930c76e2
 	github.com/streamingfast/pbgo v0.0.6-0.20240823134334-812f6a16c5cb
 	github.com/streamingfast/snapshotter v0.0.0-20230316190750-5bcadfde44d0
-	github.com/streamingfast/substreams v1.11.4-0.20250109182709-0d625ab7408e
+	github.com/streamingfast/substreams v1.11.4-0.20250109213525-f6731243efb1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	github.com/test-go/testify v1.1.4
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.10.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 29a20f1..5c76494 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2135,8 +2135,8 @@ github.com/streamingfast/dbin v0.9.1-0.20231117225723-59790c798e2c h1:6WjE2yInE+
 github.com/streamingfast/dbin v0.9.1-0.20231117225723-59790c798e2c/go.mod h1:dbfiy9ORrL8c6ldSq+L0H9pg8TOqqu/FsghsgUEWK54=
 github.com/streamingfast/derr v0.0.0-20230515163924-8570aaa43fe1 h1:xJB7rXnOHLesosMjfwWsEL2i/40mFSkzenEb3M0qTyM=
 github.com/streamingfast/derr v0.0.0-20230515163924-8570aaa43fe1/go.mod h1:QSm/AfaDsE0k1xBYi0lW580YJ/WDV/FKZI628tkZR0Y=
-github.com/streamingfast/dgrpc v0.0.0-20240423143010-f36784700c9a h1:JwAGZ7f5vkBmq2CbrqR+nY2H7YA/2tNqkR9MKkhy6K0=
-github.com/streamingfast/dgrpc v0.0.0-20240423143010-f36784700c9a/go.mod h1:EPtUX/vhRphE37Zo6sDcgD/S3sm5YqXHhxAgzS6Ebwo=
+github.com/streamingfast/dgrpc v0.0.0-20250109212433-ae21a7f7a01a h1:yrxCZ7Py0FdMu80cWPv/EpDvBLyumPlfhehD7iJ5VJM=
+github.com/streamingfast/dgrpc v0.0.0-20250109212433-ae21a7f7a01a/go.mod h1:bxRfCxRKQ0ZH2BGi6UcYdlH0nkj8yERm3kpP1jPLQLY=
 github.com/streamingfast/dhammer v0.0.0-20230125192823-c34bbd561bd4 h1:HKi8AIkLBzxZWmbCRUo1RxoOLK33iXO6gZprfsE9rf4=
 github.com/streamingfast/dhammer v0.0.0-20230125192823-c34bbd561bd4/go.mod h1:ehPytv7E4rI65iLcrwTes4rNGGqPPiugnH+20nDQyp4=
 github.com/streamingfast/dmetering v0.0.0-20241101155221-489f5a9d9139 h1:a22XzjeY7n9Xv+0yJMV2pzuPptALtOu6jdg69pOwuO4=
@@ -2170,8 +2170,8 @@ github.com/streamingfast/shutter v1.5.0 h1:NpzDYzj0HVpSiDJVO/FFSL6QIK/YKOxY0gJAt
 github.com/streamingfast/shutter v1.5.0/go.mod h1:B/T6efqdeMGbGwjzPS1ToXzYZI4kDzI5/u4I+7qbjY8=
 github.com/streamingfast/snapshotter v0.0.0-20230316190750-5bcadfde44d0 h1:Y15G1Z4fpEdm2b+/70owI7TLuXadlqBtGM7rk4Hxrzk=
 github.com/streamingfast/snapshotter v0.0.0-20230316190750-5bcadfde44d0/go.mod h1:/Rnz2TJvaShjUct0scZ9kKV2Jr9/+KBAoWy4UMYxgv4=
-github.com/streamingfast/substreams v1.11.4-0.20250109182709-0d625ab7408e h1:Mp/s70Rc4ZWmv3L22DZDBYQAhqhLygbRuRFgMOws6nY=
-github.com/streamingfast/substreams v1.11.4-0.20250109182709-0d625ab7408e/go.mod h1:t0oezioVTrJVQ1FcQFhJ1aWKDQM+es6VJiIT69fsSDM=
+github.com/streamingfast/substreams v1.11.4-0.20250109213525-f6731243efb1 h1:5KVer7aR+2mrp33Ub5vgFSXBfbrWCjz4p5F62ZgC7D8=
+github.com/streamingfast/substreams v1.11.4-0.20250109213525-f6731243efb1/go.mod h1:gl4g6eqMV3tAvir2J+3tY/JfXwm3TThHe7VL53glywE=
 github.com/streamingfast/wazero v0.0.0-20241202185309-91287c3640ed h1:LU6/c376zP1cMAo9L6rFLyjo0W7RU+hIh7BegH8Zo5M=
 github.com/streamingfast/wazero v0.0.0-20241202185309-91287c3640ed/go.mod h1:yAI0XTsMBhREkM/YDAK/zNou3GoiAce1P6+rp/wQhjs=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=