diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f8f779b593
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# dependabot
+# Ref: https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates/configuration-options-for-the-dependabot.yml-file
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+version: 2
+updates:
+- package-ecosystem: github-actions
+  directory: /
+  schedule:
+    interval: monthly
+  groups:
+    # open a single pull-request for all GitHub actions updates
+    github-actions:
+      patterns:
+      - '*'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/general.yaml b/.github/workflows/general.yaml
index 5fa0dd9eb2..a44ccc96aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/general.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/general.yaml
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ["3.10", "3.11"]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Install Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Prepare environment
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test software
         run: hatch run +py=${{ matrix.py || matrix.python-version }} ci:test
       - name: Report coverage
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v2
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
     services:
       postgres:
         image: postgres:12
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Install Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
       - name: Prepare environment
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Install Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
       - name: Prepare environment
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Install Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
       - name: Prepare environment
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ jobs:
           echo '!**/*.html' >> .gitignore
           make docs
       - name: Publush to Github Pages
-        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v4
+        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5
         with:
           branch: site
           create_branch: true
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ jobs:
     needs: [test-linux, test-macos, test-windows]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Install Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
       - name: Install dependencies
diff --git a/data/table.csv.bz2 b/data/table.csv.bz2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc1d68a76c
Binary files /dev/null and b/data/table.csv.bz2 differ
diff --git a/data/table.csv.xz b/data/table.csv.xz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5348c739e2
Binary files /dev/null and b/data/table.csv.xz differ
diff --git a/frictionless/platform.py b/frictionless/platform.py
index f10302db40..b88584d99d 100644
--- a/frictionless/platform.py
+++ b/frictionless/platform.py
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ class Platform:
 
     # Core
 
+    @cached_property
+    def bz2(self):
+        import bz2
+
+        return bz2
+
     @cached_property
     def chardet(self):
         import chardet
@@ -146,6 +152,12 @@ def jsonschema_validators(self):
 
         return jsonschema.validators
 
+    @cached_property
+    def lzma(self):
+        import lzma
+
+        return lzma
+
     @cached_property
     def marko(self):
         import marko
diff --git a/frictionless/schema/field.py b/frictionless/schema/field.py
index 8c310df4e8..c04306ac97 100644
--- a/frictionless/schema/field.py
+++ b/frictionless/schema/field.py
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ def metadata_validate(cls, descriptor: IDescriptor):  # type: ignore
             type = descriptor.get("type")
             Class = system.select_field_class(type)
             field = Class(
-                name=descriptor.get("name"), format=descriptor.get("format", None)  # type: ignore
+                name=descriptor.get("name"), format=descriptor.get("format", "default")  # type: ignore
             )
             if type == "boolean":
                 # 'example' value must be compared to customized 'trueValues' and 'falseValues'
diff --git a/frictionless/settings.py b/frictionless/settings.py
index e1db003c52..84c8b64403 100644
--- a/frictionless/settings.py
+++ b/frictionless/settings.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 # Version
 
-VERSION = "5.16.0"
+VERSION = "5.16.1"
 
 # General
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 NAME_PATTERN = "^([-a-z0-9._/])+$"
 TYPE_PATTERN = "^([-a-z/])+$"
 PACKAGE_PATH = "datapackage.json"
-COMPRESSION_FORMATS = ["zip", "gz"]
+COMPRESSION_FORMATS = ["zip", "gz", "bz2", "xz"]
 
 # Defaults
 
diff --git a/frictionless/system/loader.py b/frictionless/system/loader.py
index b2980fbab5..0da2c21b4d 100644
--- a/frictionless/system/loader.py
+++ b/frictionless/system/loader.py
@@ -231,6 +231,28 @@ def read_byte_stream_decompress(
             byte_stream = platform.gzip.open(byte_stream)  # type: ignore
             return byte_stream
 
+        # bzip2 compression
+        if self.resource.compression == "bz2":
+            # Stats
+            if not self.remote:
+                bytes = True
+                while bytes:
+                    bytes = byte_stream.read1(io.DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE)  # type: ignore
+                byte_stream.seek(0)
+            byte_stream = platform.bz2.open(byte_stream)  # type: ignore
+            return byte_stream
+
+        # XZ compression
+        if self.resource.compression == "xz":
+            # Stats
+            if not self.remote:
+                bytes = True
+                while bytes:
+                    bytes = byte_stream.read1(io.DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE)  # type: ignore
+                byte_stream.seek(0)
+            byte_stream = platform.lzma.open(byte_stream)  # type: ignore
+            return byte_stream
+
         # Not supported compression
         note = f'compression "{self.resource.compression}" is not supported'
         raise FrictionlessException(errors.CompressionError(note=note))
diff --git a/tests/resources/table/test_compression.py b/tests/resources/table/test_compression.py
index 5658ec759c..8647483257 100644
--- a/tests/resources/table/test_compression.py
+++ b/tests/resources/table/test_compression.py
@@ -63,6 +63,28 @@ def test_resource_compression_local_csv_gz():
         ]
 
 
+def test_resource_compression_local_csv_xz():
+    with TableResource(path="data/table.csv.xz") as resource:
+        assert resource.compression == "xz"
+        assert resource.innerpath is None
+        assert resource.header == ["id", "name"]
+        assert resource.read_rows() == [
+            {"id": 1, "name": "english"},
+            {"id": 2, "name": "中国人"},
+        ]
+
+
+def test_resource_compression_local_csv_bz2():
+    with TableResource(path="data/table.csv.bz2") as resource:
+        assert resource.compression == "bz2"
+        assert resource.innerpath is None
+        assert resource.header == ["id", "name"]
+        assert resource.read_rows() == [
+            {"id": 1, "name": "english"},
+            {"id": 2, "name": "中国人"},
+        ]
+
+
 def test_resource_compression_stream_csv_zip():
     with open("data/table.csv.zip", "rb") as file:
         with TableResource(data=file, format="csv", compression="zip") as resource:
@@ -83,6 +105,26 @@ def test_resource_compression_stream_csv_gz():
             ]
 
 
+def test_resource_compression_stream_csv_xz():
+    with open("data/table.csv.xz", "rb") as file:
+        with TableResource(data=file, format="csv", compression="xz") as resource:
+            assert resource.header == ["id", "name"]
+            assert resource.read_rows() == [
+                {"id": 1, "name": "english"},
+                {"id": 2, "name": "中国人"},
+            ]
+
+
+def test_resource_compression_stream_csv_bz2():
+    with open("data/table.csv.bz2", "rb") as file:
+        with TableResource(data=file, format="csv", compression="bz2") as resource:
+            assert resource.header == ["id", "name"]
+            assert resource.read_rows() == [
+                {"id": 1, "name": "english"},
+                {"id": 2, "name": "中国人"},
+            ]
+
+
 @pytest.mark.vcr
 def test_resource_compression_remote_csv_zip():
     source = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/frictionlessdata/tabulator-py/master/data/table.csv.zip"