diff --git a/projects/RPi/options b/projects/RPi/options
index 172f569997c..66dea707e61 100644
--- a/projects/RPi/options
+++ b/projects/RPi/options
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     PROJECT_CFLAGS=""
 
   # SquashFS compression method (gzip / lzo / xz / zstd)
-    SQUASHFS_COMPRESSION="lzo"
+    SQUASHFS_COMPRESSION="zstd"
 
 ################################################################################
 # setup project defaults