diff --git a/testing/trino-tests/src/test/java/io/trino/tests/tpch/TpchQueryRunner.java b/testing/trino-tests/src/test/java/io/trino/tests/tpch/TpchQueryRunner.java
index e1ecc74e249b..28fc5955e8cb 100644
--- a/testing/trino-tests/src/test/java/io/trino/tests/tpch/TpchQueryRunner.java
+++ b/testing/trino-tests/src/test/java/io/trino/tests/tpch/TpchQueryRunner.java
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args)
                         .put("sql.default-catalog", "tpch")
                         .put("sql.default-schema", "tiny")
                         .buildOrThrow())
+                .withProtocolSpooling("json+zstd")
                 .build();
         Logger log = Logger.get(TpchQueryRunner.class);
         log.info("======== SERVER STARTED ========");