diff --git a/packages/app-builder-lib/scheme.json b/packages/app-builder-lib/scheme.json
index 3e6043ca118..072dd8d86f7 100644
--- a/packages/app-builder-lib/scheme.json
+++ b/packages/app-builder-lib/scheme.json
@@ -5234,8 +5234,8 @@
               "type": "null"
             }
           ],
-          "default": "xz",
-          "description": "Sets the compression type for the snap. Can be xz or lzo. Defaults to xz when not specified."
+          "default": "lzo",
+          "description": "Sets the compression type for the snap. Can be xz or lzo. Defaults to lzo when not specified."
         },
         "useTemplateApp": {
           "description": "Whether to use template snap. Defaults to `true` if `stagePackages` not specified.",
diff --git a/packages/app-builder-lib/src/targets/snap.ts b/packages/app-builder-lib/src/targets/snap.ts
index 7f1dbd723f1..e6e0dbc99b3 100644
--- a/packages/app-builder-lib/src/targets/snap.ts
+++ b/packages/app-builder-lib/src/targets/snap.ts
@@ -222,6 +222,10 @@ export default class SnapTarget extends Target {
     if (this.isUseTemplateApp) {
       args.push("--template-url", `electron4:${snapArch}`)
     }
+
+    if (options.compression != null) {
+      args.push("--compression", options.compression)
+    }
     await executeAppBuilder(args)
 
     await packager.info.callArtifactBuildCompleted({
diff --git a/packages/builder-util/package.json b/packages/builder-util/package.json
index 178309ccc22..8e2166fa7ba 100644
--- a/packages/builder-util/package.json
+++ b/packages/builder-util/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "7zip-bin": "~5.1.1",
     "@types/debug": "^4.1.6",
     "@types/fs-extra": "^9.0.11",
-    "app-builder-bin": "3.7.1",
+    "app-builder-bin": "4.1.0",
     "bluebird-lst": "^1.0.9",
     "builder-util-runtime": "workspace:*",
     "chalk": "^4.1.1",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index cf64bfb2085..d151bb3b1a8 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ importers:
       '@types/js-yaml': 4.0.2
       '@types/source-map-support': 0.5.4
       7zip-bin: ~5.1.1
-      app-builder-bin: 3.7.1
+      app-builder-bin: 4.1.0
       bluebird-lst: ^1.0.9
       builder-util-runtime: workspace:*
       chalk: ^4.1.1
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ importers:
       '@types/debug': 4.1.7
       '@types/fs-extra': 9.0.12
       7zip-bin: 5.1.1
-      app-builder-bin: 3.7.1
+      app-builder-bin: 4.1.0
       bluebird-lst: 1.0.9
       builder-util-runtime: link:../builder-util-runtime
       chalk: 4.1.2
@@ -2899,8 +2899,8 @@ packages:
       normalize-path: 3.0.0
       picomatch: 2.3.0
 
-  /app-builder-bin/3.7.1:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-ql93vEUq6WsstGXD+SBLSIQw6SNnhbDEM0swzgugytMxLp3rT24Ag/jcC80ZHxiPRTdew1niuR7P3/FCrDqIjw==}
+  /app-builder-bin/4.1.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-rbdMe0sIVE95cpYqMQh4IFqhTDdB8LkKlTRcbO/Y3QleRYoIePejIbX774IYomYYzZbJfJuX7pLRiGvSdIxIYA==}
     dev: false
 
   /archiver-utils/2.1.0: