diff --git a/log4j-core-test/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/rolling/RollingAppenderTempCompressedFilePatternTest.java b/log4j-core-test/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/rolling/RollingAppenderTempCompressedFilePatternTest.java
index 4b343f09d1c..837f797bb07 100644
--- a/log4j-core-test/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/rolling/RollingAppenderTempCompressedFilePatternTest.java
+++ b/log4j-core-test/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/rolling/RollingAppenderTempCompressedFilePatternTest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertDoesNotThrow;
 
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ void testAppender(final LoggerContext context) throws Exception {
             AtomicInteger fileCount = new AtomicInteger();
             AtomicInteger gzippedFileCount = new AtomicInteger();
             try (final DirectoryStream<Path> files = Files.newDirectoryStream(logsDir)) {
-                assertThat(files).allSatisfy(file -> {
+                files.forEach(file -> assertDoesNotThrow(() -> {
                     fileCount.incrementAndGet();
                     final boolean isGzipped = file.getFileName().toString().endsWith(".gz");
                     if (isGzipped) {
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ void testAppender(final LoggerContext context) throws Exception {
                             lines.forEach(messages::remove);
                         }
                     }
-                });
+                }));
             }
             assertThat(messages).as("Lost messages").isEmpty();
             assertThat(fileCount).as("Log file file count").hasValueGreaterThan(16);
diff --git a/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/rolling/DefaultRolloverStrategy.java b/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/rolling/DefaultRolloverStrategy.java
index e214eb8a107..fd40406b958 100644
--- a/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/rolling/DefaultRolloverStrategy.java
+++ b/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/rolling/DefaultRolloverStrategy.java
@@ -147,11 +147,14 @@ public DefaultRolloverStrategy build() {
             // The config object can be null only in tests
             final Configuration configuration = config != null ? config : new NullConfiguration();
             final StrSubstitutor nonNullStrSubstitutor = configuration.getStrSubstitutor();
+            final Map<String, ?> compressionOptions = compressionLevel != null
+                    ? Map.of(CompressActionFactory.COMPRESSION_LEVEL, compressionLevel)
+                    : Map.of();
             return new DefaultRolloverStrategy(
                     minIndex,
                     maxIndex,
                     useMax,
-                    Map.of(CompressActionFactory.COMPRESSION_LEVEL, compressionLevel),
+                    compressionOptions,
                     nonNullStrSubstitutor,
                     customActions,
                     stopCustomActionsOnError,
diff --git a/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/rolling/DirectWriteRolloverStrategy.java b/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/rolling/DirectWriteRolloverStrategy.java
index a79952e2fcf..8cc919025db 100644
--- a/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/rolling/DirectWriteRolloverStrategy.java
+++ b/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/rolling/DirectWriteRolloverStrategy.java
@@ -96,9 +96,12 @@ public DirectWriteRolloverStrategy build() {
                     maxIndex = DEFAULT_MAX_FILES;
                 }
             }
+            final Map<String, ?> compressionOptions = compressionLevel != null
+                    ? Map.of(CompressActionFactory.COMPRESSION_LEVEL, compressionLevel)
+                    : Map.of();
             return new DirectWriteRolloverStrategy(
                     maxIndex,
-                    Map.of(CompressActionFactory.COMPRESSION_LEVEL, compressionLevel),
+                    compressionOptions,
                     config.getStrSubstitutor(),
                     customActions,
                     stopCustomActionsOnError,