diff --git a/testbed/go.mod b/testbed/go.mod
index 2bee2b55191e..582ae84a1cb0 100644
--- a/testbed/go.mod
+++ b/testbed/go.mod
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.81.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.81.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configcompression v0.81.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configgrpc v0.81.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/confighttp v0.81.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/confignet v0.81.0
@@ -212,7 +213,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/yusufpapurcu/wmi v1.2.3 // indirect
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configauth v0.81.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configcompression v0.81.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configopaque v0.81.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.81.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/internal v0.81.0 // indirect
diff --git a/testbed/testbed/mock_backend_test.go b/testbed/testbed/mock_backend_test.go
index 92bc351330dd..d5493cbafb00 100644
--- a/testbed/testbed/mock_backend_test.go
+++ b/testbed/testbed/mock_backend_test.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func TestGeneratorAndBackend(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:     "OTLP/HTTP-OTLP/HTTP",
 			receiver: NewOTLPHTTPDataReceiver(port),
-			sender:   NewOTLPHTTPTraceDataSender(DefaultHost, port),
+			sender:   NewOTLPHTTPTraceDataSender(DefaultHost, port, ""),
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/testbed/testbed/senders.go b/testbed/testbed/senders.go
index 2bc8691fc51d..1fca0860cedb 100644
--- a/testbed/testbed/senders.go
+++ b/testbed/testbed/senders.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"net"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componenttest"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configcompression"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtls"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest"
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ func (dsb *DataSenderBase) Flush() {
 
 type otlpHTTPDataSender struct {
 	DataSenderBase
+	compression configcompression.CompressionType
 }
 
 func (ods *otlpHTTPDataSender) fillConfig(cfg *otlphttpexporter.Config) *otlphttpexporter.Config {
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ func (ods *otlpHTTPDataSender) fillConfig(cfg *otlphttpexporter.Config) *otlphtt
 	cfg.TLSSetting = configtls.TLSClientSetting{
 		Insecure: true,
 	}
+	cfg.Compression = ods.compression
 	return cfg
 }
 
@@ -111,13 +114,14 @@ type otlpHTTPTraceDataSender struct {
 }
 
 // NewOTLPHTTPTraceDataSender creates a new TraceDataSender for OTLP/HTTP traces exporter.
-func NewOTLPHTTPTraceDataSender(host string, port int) TraceDataSender {
+func NewOTLPHTTPTraceDataSender(host string, port int, compression configcompression.CompressionType) TraceDataSender {
 	return &otlpHTTPTraceDataSender{
 		otlpHTTPDataSender: otlpHTTPDataSender{
 			DataSenderBase: DataSenderBase{
 				Port: port,
 				Host: host,
 			},
+			compression: compression,
 		},
 	}
 }
diff --git a/testbed/tests/trace_test.go b/testbed/tests/trace_test.go
index 161dc4631c12..5d060867ad95 100644
--- a/testbed/tests/trace_test.go
+++ b/testbed/tests/trace_test.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func TestTrace10kSPS(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			"OTLP-HTTP",
-			testbed.NewOTLPHTTPTraceDataSender(testbed.DefaultHost, testbed.GetAvailablePort(t)),
+			testbed.NewOTLPHTTPTraceDataSender(testbed.DefaultHost, testbed.GetAvailablePort(t), ""),
 			testbed.NewOTLPHTTPDataReceiver(testbed.GetAvailablePort(t)),
 			testbed.ResourceSpec{
 				ExpectedMaxCPU: 20,
@@ -84,13 +84,22 @@ func TestTrace10kSPS(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			"OTLP-HTTP-gzip",
-			testbed.NewOTLPHTTPTraceDataSender(testbed.DefaultHost, testbed.GetAvailablePort(t)),
+			testbed.NewOTLPHTTPTraceDataSender(testbed.DefaultHost, testbed.GetAvailablePort(t), "gzip"),
 			testbed.NewOTLPHTTPDataReceiver(testbed.GetAvailablePort(t)).WithCompression("gzip"),
 			testbed.ResourceSpec{
 				ExpectedMaxCPU: 25,
 				ExpectedMaxRAM: 100,
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			"OTLP-HTTP-zstd",
+			testbed.NewOTLPHTTPTraceDataSender(testbed.DefaultHost, testbed.GetAvailablePort(t), "zstd"),
+			testbed.NewOTLPHTTPDataReceiver(testbed.GetAvailablePort(t)).WithCompression("zstd"),
+			testbed.ResourceSpec{
+				ExpectedMaxCPU: 22,
+				ExpectedMaxRAM: 220,
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			"SAPM",
 			datasenders.NewSapmDataSender(testbed.GetAvailablePort(t), ""),