diff --git a/src/connector/Cargo.toml b/src/connector/Cargo.toml
index 5231a55ea0583..2bf42bf38d81b 100644
--- a/src/connector/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/connector/Cargo.toml
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ pulsar = { version = "6.1", default-features = false, features = [
     "tokio-runtime",
     "telemetry",
     "auth-oauth2",
+    "lz4",
+    "zstd",
 ] }
 rdkafka = { workspace = true, features = [
     "cmake-build",